"The" trailer is here

The always reliable Rely on Horror (yes, I will always say that), brings us the first view of the trailer for Silent Hill: Revelations 3D outside of Comicon. Go view the details, but if the link to the video is broken (and it was last I looked), if you Google around a bit, you might find it.

So far, it looks promising. I love the returning cast.

Silent Hill Revelations choose The Order this time

You likely already read this somewhere else, but just in case you haven't

http://www.relyonhorror.com/latest-news/silent-hill-revelation-to-have-the-order-as-the-antagonists/

Principal photography is finished

Director Michael Bassett posted May 14th that principal photography for Silent Hill Revelations 3D has finished.

At this point its a wait and see game for fans. Let's keep our fingers crossed that Mr. Bassett pulls this one through and gives us the film we want.

I remember the days...

Lakeside Amusement Park photographed by ~EvidencE~

I remember when filming started on the first Silent Hill movie, and the fan forums were awash in set photos and tales of fan pilgrimage. At that time, I daydreamed of a car trip to Canada to dig around the set after filming--ridiculous, I know.

With production of the new movie Silent Hill: Revelations 3D well underway, its that time again--more and more pics keep turning up--of particular note are the photos from Flickr user ~EvidencE~ who has managed to take some really wonderful pics during filming. These are fully lit, night photos of the set and props in the middle of production. Amazing stuff, especially the ones that reveal secrets.

Thanks to ~EvidencE~ for letting me use one of his photos, Copyright 2011.

Radha

Been meaning to post this since it hit the usual news sites. Radha, Sean, and Deborah are "in." I'm still hoping they will straighten out the cult thing this go round, considering how they changed things in the last movie. And, I really hope Pyramid Head is not in this one either--as much as I like his character, he belongs in Silent Hill 2 as a part of James' story.

Silent Hill: Revelations gets its Heather

Adelaide Clemens had been rumored as a potential "Heather" for a couple of weeks. Now, according to director Michael J. Bassett's twitter Adelaide is officially the face of Heather Mason on the big screen.

Kit Harrington from Game of Thrones has also been cast, and according to Bloody Disgusting, Sean Bean is still negotiating for a role. Given what happens to Heather's father in Silent Hill 3 (BIG spoiler) its likely Sean's part will be small.

Principal photography starts today.

Silent Hill: Revelation casting reveal coming soon

Film director and writer Michael J. Bassett keeps teasing us with the casting reveal for Heather in his upcoming production Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. Bassett is no stranger to creepy movies, with films like Solomon Kane and Death Watch under his belt. This upcoming Silent Hill film will focus on the story told in Silent Hill 3, and Heather's discovery of who she is and what the future holds for her.

Very little has been said about the casting of this film up until know, even with principal photography scheduled to start in March. I would love to see some continuity with Sean Bean or Radha Mitchell, but such wishes are usually only fanboy dreams. Filming will occur in England rather than Canada this time, so expect lots of that classic English weather.

Bassett's visual stylings should meld well with the previous work done by Christophe Gans in the first Silent Hill film. My biggest hope for this new movie is that Bassett drops the first's pseudo-Christian fundamentalist cult for The Order that was depicted in the games. The handling of religion and its role in the Silent Hill games has always been complex and fascinating to say the least, and one of the things that helps to raise it up to a "mature" game--not using violence and sex to tell a story, but rather "ideas." IMHO, the original film's representation of religion seemed to be a complete dumbing down of what made the games so interesting--essentially undermining the foundation of the story and its horror. I can only wonder if this direction came from Sony Pictures in an effort to broaden the film's appeal. Hopefully, Bassett and Sony Pictures will trust the sophistication and education of its audience a little more this time, and allow the underlying story to be told with all of its depth and complexity intact.