Hellraiser Concept Art for the Failed Reboot

If you are a head of a studio and you want to remake a horror movie you call upon writer, Todd Farmer (Drive Angry 3D, My Bloody Valentine & Jason X) and his partner, Patrick Lussier (director of My Bloody Valentine & Drive Angry) Not exactly a glowing resume, but executive at studios seem to be pleased with their work. Well, both were given the task of trying to reboot Clive Barker's classic horror franchise Hellraiser. The task appears to have been to daunting and the pitch and concept art that went with it didn't get them the gig.

By the way anyone not familiar with the term Cenobite, read below.

The Cenobites are extradimensional beings who appear in the works of Clive Barker. The Cenobites vary in number, appearance, and motivations depending on the medium (film, comic book, etc.) in which they appear. The involvement of multiple parties in the production of Hellraiser films and comics (many eschewing the creative supervision of Clive Barker) has led to varying levels of consistency regarding the canonical aspects of their philosophies and abilities. The one constant is that they can reach Earth's reality only through a schism in time and space, which is opened and closed using an innocuous-looking puzzle box called the Lament Configuration. - Courtesy of Wikipedia

Photos courtesy of shocktillyoudrop.com

The following is an excerpt of interview horror-movies.ca had with Todd Farmer.

HM: There has been a lot of hoopla regarding Dimension Film’s reboot/remake of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and Bloody-Disgsuting has reported that yourself and Patrick Lussier are no longer a part of the film, is that true?

TF: Lussier and I are no longer attached to Hellraiser… We pitched, sold and wrote a take, then we developed a couple additional approaches. In the end we never fully connected creatively. Nothing wrong with that. Happens all the time. We wish Hellraiser and TWC the very best and look forward to what they come up with.

HM: Regarding the Hellraiser reboot, have you had any contact with Clive Barker and if so, did he put his view/opinion across?

TF: We had no contact with Clive. Not through normal channels anyway. Patrick and I both love the original and had no intention of ever “remaking” it. What we pitched was a franchise reboot that existed in the world Clive created. My only access to Clive was through Twitter thus I tweeted him a few times but never heard back. Understandably. He is an icon with an army of followers and I’m me.