BY Borys Kit

{Hollywood Reporter} -Director Mark Romanek has left Universal's "The Wolfman," just weeks before the movie was to go before cameras.

The helmer and studio were on opposite sides of the budget fence. Romanek was asking for additional money to make the film, and the studio was adamant about containing it to the $100 million range, especially because the project was being eyed as an R-rated horror film, typically not blockbuster fare.

BY Nellie Andreeva

{Hollywood Reporter} - Kevin Nealon has joined the cast of Fox's adventure comedy "They Came From Upstairs," starring Ashley Tisdale.

"Upstairs," produced by Barry Josephson and directed by John Schultz, revolves around a group of teens who team to defend their Maine vacation home from an alien invasion upstairs.

BY Boris Kit

{Hollywood Reporter} - Freddy's back. Again.

New Line is in talks with horror production company Platinum Dunes to relaunch the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movie series, the franchise that helped establish the studio.

Partners Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form will produce the remake. 

BY FEARSmag

- The Horror Writers Association will hold their annual Stoker Award Banquet in conjunction with the 2008 World Horror Convention (WHC). WHC 2008 will be held from March 27-30 at the Radisson Hotel Salt Lake City Downtown. The award-winning author Jeff Strand will be the emcee for the 2008 Bram Stoker Awards Banquet.

 The following works have been recommended for inclusion in the preliminary ballot for this year's Stoker Awards. In the following weeks, the votes will be cast and counted, after which, the nominees will be announced.

BY FEARSmag

- Grab your parrot, raise the gang plank and ready the cannons with Pirates of the Burning Sea™ (PotBS), the hotly anticipated online PC game where players can clash on land and sea. This new title from Sony Online Entertainment LLC’s (SOE) Platform Publishing label, and Flying Lab Software LLC (FLS), is available today at participating retail outlets worldwide and as a digital download through www.station.com and www.direct2drive.com for a suggested retail price of US$49.99, with a monthly subscription fee of US$14.99 plus applicable taxes.

 Please join STRANGEco, Gallery 1988 and Luke Cheuh for the much anticipated release of the Vivisect Playset Toy Series!