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Film News: Original Freddy Krueger to star in Verdi horror pic — Horror film specialist Robert Englund has signed to topline Verdi Corrente Prods. “Inkubus,” which has started lensing in Rhode Island.

Film News: ‘Strangers’ director to helm horror pic for Raimi’s company — Helmer Bryan Bertino will follow up his horror hit “The Strangers” with the fact-based “This Man” for Ghost House.

Film News: Reimagined horror franchise grabs the top spot on Friday — Friday night was a dream for New Line Cinema and its latest franchise horror pic, “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

Film News: Thesp in talks to play lead in horror redo —
Anton Yelchin is in talks to play the lead in DreamWorks Studios’ redo of cult horror pic “Fright Night,” from director Craig Gillespie.

Film News: ‘Star Trek’ star eyes role of Charley Brewster — Anton Yelchin is in talks to play the lead in DreamWorks Studios’ contemporary redo of cult horror pic “Fright Night,” from director Craig Gillespie.

Film News: ‘Lars and the Real Girl’ guy boards DreamWorks remake — Craig Gillespie is out for blood, inking a deal to direct DreamWorks redo of cult horror pic “Fright Night.”

Film News: Charles Pierce helmed influential horror pic — Indie filmmaker Charles Pierce whose “Legend of Bogey Creek” inspired later horror pics like “The Blair Witch Project” died March 5 in Dover, Tenn., of natural causes. He was 71.

Film News: Image takes North American rights to Jinga’s horror pic — Image Ent. has acquired all North American rights to Jinga Films’ supernatural horror “Finale.”

Film News: Horror pic produced by Eli Roth, StudioCanal, Strike — Lionsgate has grabbed U.S. distribution rights to “The Last Exorcism,” a verite-style horror pic produced by Strike Entertainment, StudioCanal and genre maven Eli Roth.

Film News: ‘Avatar’ actor eyes Universal horror pic — Sam Worthington is moving from Pandora to Transylvania: The “Avatar” thesp is in negotiations to star in “Dracula Year Zero” for Universal Pictures.