Rob Zombie

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A few Rob Zombie updates...

ROB ZOMBIE Mixing Live CD

ROB ZOMBIE has issued the following update:

"Well, the long-talked-about live CD is almost done. I am in the studio with producer Scott Humphrey mixing the tracks right now. Not sure exactly when this coming out but it gonna kick ass. The CD will include live versions of everything from 'Lords Of Salem' to 'Black Sunshine'."


ROB ZOMBIE TO APPEAR ON "NIGHTS WITH ALICE COOPER"

Rob Zombie will be Alice Cooper's special guest on Cooper's radio show "Nights with Alice Cooper" airing on Tuesday, October 17. According to a posting on the "Nights with Alice Cooper" web site, Cooper and Zombie will be talking horror as Alice counts down to Halloween. The program is a classic-rock format and is nationally syndicated on the United Stations Radio Networks. Air times differ, so make sure to check out NightsWithAliceCooper.com for more information.

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ROB ZOMBIE Lists Top Five Zombie Movies

Launch Radio Networks reports: Although Rob Zombie has previously touted the original 1931 "Frankenstein" as his all-time favorite horror movie, he's got a different set of favorites on his list of the top five zombie flicks. In a posting on his MySpace page, Zombie revealed his fave movies about the walking dead, along with his reasons for their inclusion:

5. "Zombie Lake" - "This one is just really weird. Maybe not the best zombie movie, but for some reason I like it anyway."

4. "Dawn of the Dead" (1978 original) - "As a sequel, it's outstanding and a great political commentary on how people are zombified by their culture. Where else can you get a Zombie Mexican Biker Pie Fight?"

3. "I Walked With a Zombie" - "This one is classic, but a little unknown. They had a really different approach to the storytelling in this one, which I why I like it."

2. "Night of the Living Dead" - "This movie was simply groundbreaking for the black and white zombie genre. (Director) George Romero had people freaking out with the whole idea of zombies coming alive and eating people."

1. "White Zombie" - "Nothing like a little voodoo to make your woman love you more. Plus it's got Bela Lugosi."

Rob Zombie's remake of the classic horror film "Halloween" is scheduled to hit theatres a year from now. Shooting is scheduled to begin in January.

Zombie's previous credits as a screenwriter and director are 2003's "House of 1000 Corpses" and 2005's "The Devil's Rejects".

He's also finishing up work on a live CD and DVD, recorded and filmed during his 2006 tour.

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ROB ZOMBIE Guitarist JOHN 5 To Release New Solo Album In April

Guitarist John 5 (ROB ZOMBIE, ex-MARILYN MANSON) will release his eagerly awaited third solo album on April 3, 2007 via Shrapnel Records. Entitled "The Devil Knows My Name", the CD will feature guest appearances by Zakk Wylde (BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, OZZY OSBOURNE), Joe Satriani, Tommy Clufetos (ROB ZOMBIE, ex-ALICE COOPER), Piggy D. (ROB ZOMBIE), and Matt Bissonette (DAVID LEE ROTH), among others.

John 5's second solo album, "Songs for Sanity" (2005), featured guest guitar solos from Steve Vai and Albert Lee. John also worked with KISS frontman Paul Stanley on Stanley's second solo album, "Live to Win", which was released in October.

In other news, John will be making an appearance at the NAMM show at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA to sign autographs. The details are as follows:

Friday, January 19, 2007:
Marshall Booth: 1-2 p.m.
Samson Booth: 2-3:30 p.m.

Saturday, January 20, 2007:
Coffin Case Booth: 2-3 p.m.
Samson Booth: 4-6 p.m.

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ROSARIO DAWSON Joins Cast Of ROB ZOMBIE's 'El Superbeasto'

Fresh of the set of Quentin Tarantino's "Grindhouse" feature "Death Proof", Rosario Dawson has now joined the cast of Rob Zombie's animated feature "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto". Rosario plays Miss Velvet Von Black, the love of Dr. Satan's (Paul Giamatti) life.

Zombie is currently mixing a live album with producer Scott Humphrey for a tentative early 2007 release.

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ROB ZOMBIE: 'A Great One Dies'

Musician/filmmaker Rob Zombie has issued the following statement:

"I just hear that actor Peter Boyle died last night. Peter was one of my favorite actors and appeared in so many amazing films I can't even count. If you only remember him from 'Everybody Loves Raymond' then I suggest you go watch 'Taxi Driver', 'Hardcore', 'Joe', 'Swashbuckler' or 'Young Frankenstein'.

"Sheri [Rob's wife] and I ran into him at a shopping mall many years ago and he was very cool. I still got the autograph."

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WHITE ZOMBIE Box Set In The Works

Rob Zombie is putting together a WHITE ZOMBIE box set containing "everything we ever recorded," according to the singer. "I am currently transferring all the early shit from the original tapes," he said. "No remixing going on here — everything will be as it was originally recorded. Don't know when this box set will be available, but it is slowly moving forward. This will be the final word on WHITE ZOMBIE."

Zombie recently mixed a new ROB ZOMBIE live album with producer Scott Humphrey for a tentative early 2007 release.

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Zombie speaks about the look of "The Shape"

Writer/Producer/Director Rob Zombie writes on his MySpace Blog: "I've just seen Wayne Toth's finished mask for Michael and all I can say is "HOLY FUCK". It looks perfect. exactly like the original. Not since 1978 has the shape looked so good. Wayne worked this sucker to death and boy did it pay off."

So far the confirmed cast is Tyler Mane (Michael Myers), Malcolm McDowell (Dr. Loomis), Daeg Faerch (young Michael Myers) and Heather Bowen.

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ROB ZOMBIE: Live Album Due In August

ROB ZOMBIE's frst-ever live album is scheduled for release in August via Geffen. The CD was recorded over several nights during the band's "Educated Horses" tour and will include a 36-page super-deluxe book of never-before-seen live pictures and a DVD of live footage and animated videos. It was mixed by Zombie and producer Scott Humphrey.

As previously reported, Zombie is putting together a WHITE ZOMBIE box set containing "everything we ever recorded," according to the singer. "I am currently transferring all the early shit from the original tapes," he previously said. "No remixing going on here — everything will be as it was originally recorded. Don't know when this box set will be available, but it is slowly moving forward. This will be the final word on WHITE ZOMBIE."

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ROB ZOMBIE Rumored For HEAVEN AND HELL/QUEENSRŸCHE U.S. Tour

ROB ZOMBIE is the rumored second support act for HEAVEN AND HELL on the next leg of their U.S. tour, which is scheduled to kick off early September. Also scheduled to appear is QUEENSRŸCHE. Exact cities and dates are expected to be announced soon.

ROB ZOMBIE's first-ever live album is scheduled for release in August via Geffen. The CD was recorded over several nights during the band's "Educated Horses" tour and will include a 36-page super-deluxe book of never-before-seen live pictures and a DVD of live footage and animated videos. It was mixed by Zombie and producer Scott Humphrey.

As previously reported, Zombie is putting together a WHITE ZOMBIE box set containing "everything we ever recorded," according to the singer. "I am currently transferring all the early shit from the original tapes," he previously said. "No remixing going on here — everything will be as it was originally recorded. Don't know when this box set will be available, but it is slowly moving forward. This will be the final word on WHITE ZOMBIE."

ROB ZOMBIE's first-ever career retrospective, "Past, Present & Future", has sold more than a million copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. The two-disc set, which was released in September 2003 through Geffen Records, contains a CD of 19 digitally remastered selections and a DVD of 10 music videos, including three that were previously unreleased.

QUEENSRŸCHE will release the "Mindcrime at the Moore" double CD ($24.98) and double DVD ($29.99) on June 26 via all physical retail outlets (on Rhino Records) and www.rhino.com. The album will also be available at all digital retail outlets for a suggested retail price of $14.99. An iTunes exclusive version featuring a video of "The Chase" with Ronnie James Dio will be available for $15.99.

The CD includes singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate along with guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson and drummer Scott Rockenfield performing all 32 mindcrime tracks plus a two-song encore featuring their signature hits — "Jet City Woman" and "Walk In The Shadows". The DVD features the same performance expanded with bonus material including a tour documentary, a featurette on the band's "Rock & Ride Across America" charity motorcycle ride for the VH1 Save The Music Foundation, and a live performance of "The Chase" from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, featuring Ronnie James Dio's only public appearance as Dr. X.

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ROB ZOMBIE Confirmed as support for HEAVEN AND HELL This Fall

LiveNation.com has now confirmed that ROB ZOMBIE will fill the direct-support slot on the next leg of HEAVEN AND HELL's U.S. tour, which is scheduled to kick off early September. Also slated to appear is QUEENSRŸCHE. So far only one date has been leaked: Sunday, September 9 at the Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

ROB ZOMBIE's first-ever live album is scheduled for release in August via Geffen. The CD was recorded over several nights during the band's "Educated Horses" tour and will include a 36-page super-deluxe book of never-before-seen live pictures and a DVD of live footage and animated videos. It was mixed by Zombie and producer Scott Humphrey.

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ROB ZOMBIE: Live Album Release Date Announced

ROB ZOMBIE's first-ever live album is scheduled for release on September 18 via Geffen. The CD was recorded over several nights during the band's "Educated Horses" tour and will include a 36-page super-deluxe book of never-before-seen live pictures and a DVD of live footage and animated videos. It was mixed by Zombie and producer Scott Humphrey.

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ROB ZOMBIE To Hit The Road In October

The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: Now that Rob Zombie has completed work on his third film as a writer and director, a remake of the horror classic "Halloween", the rocker-turned-filmmaker is setting his sights on the road. Zombie told The Pulse of Radio that he'll go on tour in October and stay out for a couple of months before turning to his next project. "Me and the guys have been talking, and we're, like, you know, gonna start rehearsing soon and, you know, we'll be back on the road in October," he said. "We'll probably quit right around Christmas time, take a break for that, and then who knows what — maybe make a new record or start another movie or something, I don't know."

Zombie says he'll hit the road with at least one other major act (rumored to be OZZY OSBOURNE), whose name he couldn't reveal. Dates and venues are also yet to be announced.

The singer was originally in the running to open some fall dates for BLACK SABBATH offshoot band HEAVEN AND HELL, but couldn't commit to that because it was too close to the opening of "Halloween".

"Halloween" arrives in theatres on August 31.

Zombie will release his first-ever live album on September 18.

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ROB ZOMBIE Says Upcoming Live Album
Contains 'A Little Bit Of Everything'

Rob Zombie has commented on upcoming concert album, which appears to be simply titled "Zombie Live". The disc comes out on September 18 and is Zombie's first-ever live effort, featuring 18 songs from both his solo career and his time with WHITE ZOMBIE.

Zombie told The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) that fans should expect a wide assortment of material. "We did the live record last summer when we were on tour, and it's a pretty long record, it's 18 songs, it's a little bit of everything," he said. "There's a couple of songs on there that we hardly ever, ever play, that we played a couple of nights and recorded it — older WHITE ZOMBIE songs like 'Black Sunshine' and things like that which we never, ever play. We didn't even hardly ever play that even in WHITE ZOMBIE. So, you know, stuff like that's pretty cool."

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ROB ZOMBIE: 'Live' Album Pushed Back To October

The release date of ROB ZOMBIE's first-ever live album, entitled simply "Zombie - Live" (cover), has been pushed back to October 23 from the previously announced September 18. The CD was recorded over several nights during the band's "Educated Horses" tour and will include a 36-page super-deluxe book of never-before-seen live pictures and a DVD of live footage and animated videos. It was mixed by Zombie and producer Scott Humphrey. The track listing is as follows:

01. Sawdust in the Blood
02. American Witch
03. Demon Speeding
04. Living Dead Girl
05. More Human than Human
06. Dead Girl Superstar
07. House of 1000 Corpses
08. Let It All Bleed Out
09. Creature of the Wheel
10. Demoniod Phenomenon
11. Supercharger Heaven
12. Never Gonna Stop
13. Black Sunshine
14. Superbeast
15. The Devil's Rejects
16. Lords of Salem
17. Thunder Kiss
18. Dragula

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ROB ZOMBIE To Support OZZY OSBOURNE In The Fall

ROB ZOMBIE confirmed in an interview with the Los Angeles TV station KTLA this morning (Thursday, August 23) that he will hit the road in October as the support act for OZZY OSBOURNE. According to Zombie, the trek is expected to run through December. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.

The singer was originally in the running to open some fall dates for BLACK SABBATH offshoot band HEAVEN AND HELL, but couldn't commit to that because it was too close to the opening of his remake of the horror classic "Halloween".

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ROB ZOMBIE's 'Filthy Adult Movie' Is Ready To Go

Rob Zombie has told MTV Movies Blog that his animated feature "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" is "finally finished. I watched it the other day and it's hilarious."

For the uninitiated, this animated flick that Zombie calls "a superhero monster sex comedy," features the voices of everyone from Paul Giamatti to Danny Trejo and is based on the comic of the same name by the icon. While promoting "Halloween", Zombie told MTV Movies Blog that "people are just not going to believe this movie exists. It is so strange." He also called it "a filthy adult movie."

Image Comics recently collected the entire "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" hit series in one volume, including over 50 pages of never-before-seen illustrated story! "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto" is a 288-page trade paperback and is available in book stores and comic shops.

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ROB ZOMBIE Inks Two-Picture Deal With DIMENSION

According to Variety, Dimension Films has inked a two-picture deal with writer-director Rob Zombie.

Andy Gould, Zombie's longtime manager and producing partner, has boarded both projects as producer.

Per the terms of the deal, Zombie will write and direct both titles, although Dimension didn't release any further details about the projects, including whether they would be horror films.

"We are excited about his fresh take on 'Halloween' and are thrilled to be expanding our relationship with him on future projects," Dimension head Bob Weinstein said. "We admire Rob for all the roles he plays, both as a director and writer."

Zombie said the two-picture deal with Dimension is a "natural step in the evolution of my film career."

Gould, with Spectacle Entertainment Group, produced Zombie's two previous features, "The Devil's Rejects" and "House of 1000 Corpses".

Zombie also directed the upcoming animated picture "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", featuring Paul Giamatti in the lead voice role. He also helmed one of the fake trailers, "Werewolf Women of the S.S.", featuring Nicolas Cage, that was part of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's "Grindhouse".

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OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE Tour Dates Announced

OZZY OSBOURNE returns to the road October 18 in Seattle, WA for a massive 40-show North American fall tour in support of "Black Rain" — his critically acclaimed first album of new studio material in six years — with special guest ROB ZOMBIE. General ticket on-sales start Friday, September 14. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Oct. 18 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena
Oct. 20 - Vancouver, BC - GM Place
Oct. 22 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
Oct. 24 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
Oct. 27 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
Oct. 29 - Fargo, ND - Fargodome
Oct. 31 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
Nov. 02 - Des Moines, IA - Veterans Memorial Auditorium
Nov. 04 - Sioux City, IA - Gateway Arena
Nov. 06 - Rapid City, SD - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
Nov. 09 - Billings, MT - MetraPark Arena
Nov. 11 - Salt Lake City, UT - The E-Center
Nov. 14 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden
Nov. 16 - Stockton, CA - Stockton Arena
Nov. 18 - Oakland, CA - ORACLE Arena
Nov. 20 - San Diego, CA - San Diego Sports Arena
Nov. 24 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
Nov. 26 - Bakersfield, CA - Rabobank Arena
Nov. 28 - Glendale, AZ - Jobing.com Arena
Nov. 30 - Los Angeles, CA - STAPLES Center
Dec. 04 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
Dec. 06 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
Dec. 08 - Wichita, KS - Kansas Coliseum
Dec. 11 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
Dec. 13 - Milwaukee, WI - Bradley Center
Dec. 16 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
Dec. 18 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
Dec. 20 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mellon Arena
Dec. 22 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Jan. 03 - Portland, ME - Cumberland County Civic Center
Jan. 05 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
Jan. 08 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
Jan. 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Spectrum
Jan. 14 - Quebec City, QC - Colisée Pepsi Arena
Jan. 16 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
Jan. 19 - London, ON - John Labatt Centre
Jan. 21 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
Jan. 24 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena

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ROB ZOMBIE Says BUTTERBALL 'Tortures Turkeys'

World Entertainment News Network reports that Rob Zombie quit eating turkey at Thanksgiving when he learned all about the torture methods farms use to fatten up fowl.

The animal lover insists he can't even look at a frozen Butterball turkey (a brand of turkey and other poultry products produced by Butterball LLC, a joint venture of Smithfield Foods and Maxwell Farms) anymore, and this Thanksgiving he's hoping to encourage others to give up meat as part of a new People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals campaign.

Zombie is narrating the message on PETA's new holiday hotline, 1-888-VEG-FOOD, where callers can hear the "Halloween" and "House Of 1000 Corpses" director warn that eating turkeys supports misery that even the horror king can't stomach.

Hear the message at this location:
www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/1115_rob_zombie.mp3

He says, "Every year, Butterball's Turkey Talk Line answers questions about how to boil, broil, roast, and toast the bodies of these gentle, smart, and social birds.

"What Butterball doesn't tell you is that it, like other meat companies, tortures turkeys before they end up in grocery stores."

Zombie became a vegetarian in high school after seeing a documentary about slaughterhouses. "It freaked me out, and I found it so disgusting that I stopped eating meat," he says.

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ROB ZOMBIE Talks Live DVD, Upcoming WHITE ZOMBIE Box Set

Chris Harris of MTV.com reports: Not only does Rob Zombie hope to record another studio LP in 2008, he's still working on the companion DVD to his recently released album, "Zombie Live", Zombie's inaugural live offering, which sold 15,000 copies during its first week to debut at #57 on the Billboard top 200. He'd like to have the DVD finished for a spring 2008 release, he said during a recent teleconference with reporters.

"I'm not sure [when the DVD will be in stores], 'cause right now, the editor who I'll have edit that is editing [this] behind-the-scenes documentary, documenting the making of 'Halloween', " he said, referring to his re-imagining of the 1978 classic, which hit theaters last summer. "So when he's done doing that, he's then going to go do this one. So, who knows?

"I didn't want to really just make a live DVD, because I felt like, 'Ah, who cares?' " he continued. "What I really did was [make] a tour documentary similar to the documentary I made for the DVD for 'Devil's Rejects', where it starts with the first rehearsal through the building of the stage, through traveling and flying and playing every show and after the show and this and that."

So what of that long-rumored, oft-delayed WHITE ZOMBIE box set, a compilation of every piece of music the band ever put to tape?

"I don't know when it's going to come out," he explained. "I always keep putting it on the backburner to do other projects. What my plan for what to put on it was basically every single thing ever, so that I could put out the box set and go, 'That's everything. Don't ask me about anything else. That is absolutely everything that band's ever recorded.' There [won't be] a lot of extra stuff, but there's tons of stuff that was never even on CD that was just on these limited vinyl releases. I'm not real good at going back and wanting to redo old stuff. I always want to do new stuff, so that's why the project keeps dragging on forever."

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ROB ZOMBIE Says 'Halloween' DVD Won't Include Leaked Version

The Pulse of Radio reports: Rob Zombie sat down with Bloody-Disgusting.com for an update on all his current projects, including the upcoming DVD of his recent hit remake of "Halloween". Zombie said the package will contain his "unrated" longer cut of the movie, loads of deleted scenes, documentaries and other bonus features. One thing it will not include, however, is the "workprint" version of the movie that leaked online prior to its theatrical release. Zombie said, "I don't know what this bullshit workprint is. Something got online which I never saw...the version from the day that someone decided to steal the movie and put it online is one of the 300 versions we were cutting. So I don't know what that is, but the one on the unrated DVD is not that."

Zombie also confirmed that recent rumors about him directing a remake of Eighties horror film "C.H.U.D." were "100% false," and that his "adult" cartoon, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", will be completed in February when he finishes his current tour with OZZY OSBOURNE.

Speaking of Ozzy, Zombie was asked in a recent call with reporters if he'd ever consider casting his tourmate in one of his movies: "Casting Ozzy? No, no. Acting's not a joke for me, you know, and not everybody can act. I mean, there's a lot of people that are great personalities, but that doesn't mean they're actors, because acting's hard and it's really hard on the actors. And that's why usually musicians are terrible actors, 'cause they have their personality and persona, but it doesn't mean they can act."

Zombie has not announced what his next live-action feature will be, although he has said it will "not be a horror film" or "Grande Nation."

The rocker-turned-director appears with Ozzy on Wednesday night (November 28) in Glendale, Arizona.

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ROB ZOMBIE Directing A Western?

According to The Pulse of Radio, Rob Zombie told RollingStone.com on Friday (December 7) that his next film might be a Western. The rocker-turned-filmmaker, who said he loved this fall's remake of "3:10 to Yuma", explained, "It's one of my favorite genres. I love John Ford, Howard Hawks". Although Zombie has not revealed specific plans for his fourth film as a director, he told one group of reporters on a recent conference call that it would not be a horror movie. He has also ruled out directing a sequel to his hit remake of "Halloween" and dismissed Internet rumors that he was working on a re-imagining of the '80s chiller "C.H.U.D."

Zombie also said he'd like to make a feature-length version of "Werewolf Women of the S.S.", the fake trailer he directed as part of last spring's "Grindhouse".

Zombie is currently back in rock musician mode, and is touring with Ozzy Osbourne. The trek hits Kansas City, Missouri on Tuesday (December 11).

The unrated "director's cut" of "Halloween" arrives on DVD on December 18, containing additional footage, deleted scenes, documentaries and more.

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Rumored Plotline For Next ROB ZOMBIE Movie Surfaces

The Pulse of Radio reports: More information has possibly crept out about the next movie from rocker-turned-filmmaker Rob Zombie, titled "Tyrannosaurus Rex". According to Bloody-Disgusting.com, the movie is about a semi-professional wrestler named Tyrannosaurus Rex who is being pursued by a "biker gang from hell." If that is in fact the premise, it closely resembles a comic book that Zombie co-authored a few years ago, called "The Nail". Although a film version of "The Nail" was reportedly in the works at one point, nothing ever came of it.

Zombie created "The Nail" with hot horror comics writer Steve Niles, author of the graphic novel "30 Days of Night". Zombie told The Pulse of Radio at the time how the partnership began. "We got together and we're like the same age, and we sort of have the same background, you know, he was in these DC hardcore bands, and somehow we just were very similar," he said. "So we started working together and, I don't know, it just worked. 'The Nail' is pretty ridiculous, it's sort of like ('70s biker horror film) 'Satan's Sadists' meets ('70s Peter Fonda horror movie) 'Race With The Devil'."

Zombie has not made any public announcements about "Tyrannosaurus Rex" except for the title. The film is due out on August 28, 2009 and will follow his hit 2007 remake of "Halloween".

Zombie's upcoming animated film, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", was also based on a comic book character he created.

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ROB ZOMBIE: Issues Album Update

Rob Zombie has issued the following update:

"Work on the new album is moving along great. We have about 10 songs so far and are still writing away like maniacs. No release date as of yet."

Rob Zombie called the record labels "dinosaurs waiting to die" in an interview in the March issue of Metal Edge magazine. Zombie said that the labels "all have a defeatist attitude. And that's why in another couple of years, they won't exist...They're just overpaid and lazy, and it's all crumbled around them. But the art is not going anywhere. You go out there, and there's more tours than ever, the shows are bigger than ever, the crowds are crazier than ever, the fans are younger than ever; there's no lack of demand for the music or the bands or anything. It's just that the record labels are these overstuffed, overpaid dinosaurs. They're gonna die. The music's not going anywhere."

Zombie said in a recent conference call that he's not sure what future music distribution will look like. "There's got to be something else you can do because CDs, we know that's done," he said. "That's just done. And a download is just not that exciting. There's something missing when you — you can't walk up to someone and go, 'Oh, can you autograph my download?' There's got to be something else that can then happen. I just don't know. I mean, we're certainly trying to figure out what it is, because I want to figure out something special for the next musical release, whatever it will be."

Zombie, who is also a feature film director, also told Metal Edge, "The problem with the record industry is that they've tried to emulate the film business. The film business is very much about the opening weekend...But with a record, it used to be that you'd work it." He added that with his recent concert CD, "Zombie Live", "They put it out there, they put, like, five minutes of work into it, and they're, like, 'We're done'...They say 'No one buys CDs,'so they don't bother to sell them."

Zombie recently confirmed last week that his next live-action feature film will be called "Tyrannosaurus Rex". Reportedly a biker flick and not about dinosaurs, the film is set for release on August 28, 2009. It will follow his hit 2007 remake of the horror classic "Halloween" and his upcoming animated film, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto".

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Rob Zombie Provides Mini "Tyrannosaurus Rex" Update

Today a new MySpace image gives clues on Rob Zombie's forthcoming Tyrannosaurus Rex project, which Dimension Films is looking to have in theaters by August 28, 2009. No official word yet on a plot, but we're told that T-rex is a badass wrestler hunting down a biker. But only time will tell.