Last year, Electroshadow broke the news that there would be a reboot of the horror classic “Hellraiser”. We also posted some cool concept art of what the new version of the film’s iconic demon Pinhead could possibly look like. Since then, things have gotten a bit quiet. Until today, when Dimension Films provided an update. Apparently, they have been getting a slight case of cold feet over the project, and instead of diving straight into it, have instead commissioned a trail run of test footage and concept art to see if the project has that wow factor. Here’s a first-ever glimpse at the artwork, overseen by Paul Gerrard and Mike Le Han. The project’s previously reported director Patrick Lussier seems to have eased his way out of it. Anyway, here’s the concept art…



I must say that is quite a departure from the 1987 Clive Barker version in pretty much every way. That last image shows the new look for Pinhead and though a lot is hidden in shadow, the design is clearly more minimalist. Looks promising.

Here’s an excerpt of a report by Shocktilyoudrop, who describe the status of the reboot: “In July Paul Gerrard (Wrath Of The Titans, Battle LA) and Mike Le Han (Mrs Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room) produced a teaser trailer to accompany the pitch document which has many more conceptual designs that revision Hellraiser. Paul designed the new look for Pinhead and was production designer on the shoot and Le Han pulled in all of his film resources and directed the teaser on the new Alex 4:3 camera with anamorphic lenses.

With a crew of 47 an over 100 bloodied extras, the shoot was completed and is now in the depths of post production with a massive amount of VFX work being undertaken. Method Studios, Fugitive Studios and Flipbook Animation are helming the chi/VFX with the talented Glen Southern designing the new Hellraiser box.

When the teaser is complete they’ll be presenting it to Dimension Films along with an outline of the first film story and conceptual art pitch document with the hope to work on rebooting the Hell raiser franchise and bringing it into the 21st Century.”

It’d be interesting to see that teaser trailer, even if it’s just a test. More details as we get em…

 

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