All the Netflix Original Series ink has been thrown at David Fincher’s House Of Cards and the return of Arrested Devleopment so far, but those are only two among a half-dozen shows the streaming service is bringing into homes this year. Another potential Instant Watch hit is Hemlock Grove– a horror series with Eli Roth’s name affixed, which has just pumped out its first trailer.
Surely riffing on your True Bloods and network fantasy shows and whathaveyou, the trailer does promise some unique little mysteries. This whole little town seems twisted into its own horror universe where all manner of crazy things are happening, all while a Russell Brand and Michael Pitt pair of dudes center it with their own little Twilight romance thing. Also, Famke Jannsen vamps about.
I’m certainly in for the Roth-directed first episode. And hey, if I like it, the entire series will be right there to devour all at once.
This drops in April.
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I was trying to get some work on this when it was scheduled to shoot in Pittsburgh this last summer, and I had some friends that had been hired for the crew, but they pulled the plug on it last minute to go shoot up in Canada where it was cheaper. That sucked, especially since people had already been hired for what was to be a relatively long-term gig, but I understand the budgetary concerns. I heard rumblings later on that they NEVER intended to shoot here, that it was some sort of set-up to get the author fully on board, that they’d always intended on Canada, which would have been a total dick move, but then I also saw something about how the people behind the show didn’t understand how the Pennsylvania Film Tax Credit system worked, which actually makes a lot of sense. I guess it works differently for what could possibly be a multi-year TV project than it does for movies. Still, it would have been nice to work on the damn thing… 🙁
I believe Roth directed the entire first half of the season.
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