Rob Zombie
Formed: 1985
From:
New York,
NY,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Background
Since 1985 Zombie has been carving out a strange legacy of music in the world of rock, beginning in with the formation of his brainchild White Zombie. From the start, White Zombie was a bizarre hybrid of hardcore/punk aggression, Lower East Side art-damage and hard rock thunder. As if that weren’t enough, these fixations were filtered through Mr. Zombie’s love of classic horror/sci-fi films, trash hot rod culture and generally, all things on the dark side.
White Zombie was most noted for their release 'Astro Creep 2000'. The album reached #10 on billboard and stayed for two months. After this record, we started to see a little different style from Zombie. What might best be called Techno-Horror Rock. Since then Zombie has gone solo, simply renaming the band 'Rob Zombie'.
Rob Zombie is a man of many faces. He has done work on the Beavis and Butthead movie, directed all videos since going solo, wrote a script for 'The Crow 3' (which got scrapped), and is currently in the works of creating and directing his first feature film entitled 'House Of 1000 Corpses'. In short, Rob Zombie is an entertaiment genius.
Latest Rob Zombie News
Below is our complete Rob Zombie news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
Displaying records 221 - 240 of 339 1 2 ... 10 11 12 13 14 ... 16 17 Last
Sheriff Refuses To Give Ozzy Osbourne An Apology
As previously reported, Ozzy Osbourne recently expressed outrage following a police sting operation in Fargo, ND, that used his name to lure unsuspecting contest "winners" to a pre-show bash, where they were promptly arrested for outstanding warrants. Dave Kolpack of the Associated Press has issued a follow-up report, found below:
One Ozzy Osbourne fan thinks it's clever while another thinks he should sue. Either way, the Cass County sheriff who used Osbourne's concert as bait in a sting operation says he's not apologizing to the hard rock musician.
"If Mr. Osbourne has a desire and a need to speak to me, he can contact me at the Cass County sheriff's office," Sheriff Paul Laney said, in response to a statement from Osbourne demanding an apology. "I'm proud of my staff. We're not going to apologize for doing our jobs."
Laney's department sent out 500 letters to people with outstanding warrants, inviting them to a phony party at a local nightclub before Osbourne's concert with Rob Zombie last week at the Fargodome. The offer included two free tickets to the show.
More than 30 people showed up and were arrested. They were being sought on charges ranging from delinquent child support payments to traffic and drug fines.
Osbourne said in a statement that the sting tarnished his reputation by implying his concerts attract criminals. He could not be reached Wednesday for further comment.
Anthony James, 36, an Ozzy Osbourne fan from Fargo, said Osbourne should sue the city and the sheriff for using his name without permission.
"It's not right. It's not fair," James said. "It also implies that all of his fans are criminals and crooks. That's stereotyping us."
Fargo lawyer Michael Raum said North Dakota does not have "false light" laws that aim to protect against invasion of privacy, and it's unlikely that Osbourne has any legal recourse because he is a public figure.
"He would be facing an uphill climb," Raum said.
Troy Salonen, 39, who owns a guitar store in Fargo, is an Ozzy Osbourne fan and member of a local fan club for Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde. Salonen laughed at Osbourne's comment that the sting hurt his reputation.
"I think snorting ants and biting the heads off doves and bats has done more to damage his reputation than this sting," he said.
"I thought it was ingenious," Salonen said. "If somebody has broken the law they have warrants out for them, they should get picked up. It was clever and I think it was the right thing to do."
The sheriff's department was not specifically targeting the Osbourne concert, Laney said. "That show came up during the time we were dealing with the situation," he said.
Managers at Playmakers, the nightclub that hosted the sting, said they were assured the location would be kept quiet, and said they won't hold another one.
Rob Sobolik, executive director of the Fargodome, said he hoped the incident would not hurt efforts by the dome and its managing company, Global Spectrum, to attract concerts.
"I think it's important to point out that the Fargodome and Global Spectrum had nothing to do with this. We didn't support it. We didn't condone it," Sobolik said.
Sobolik said he was contacted by authorities about holding the phony party at the dome.
"We said, 'absolutely not,'" Sobolik said. "We didn't see any benefit by doing that."
Steven Mottinger, a Fargo public defender, said there may have been a better option for the sheriff's department.
"They knew where to send these people letters," Mottinger said. "If they were Cass County residents, don't you think they could just go out and pick them up?"
Rob Zombie Talks White Zombie Box Set
Rob Zombie recently spoke to Gary Graff of Billboard.com about the long-delayed WHITE ZOMBIE box set. "I always keep putting it on the back burner to do other projects," he said. "I'm not real good at going back and wanting to re-do old stuff. I always want to do new stuff, so that's why that project keeps dragging on forever."
He does have a plan for it, however — "Basically every single thing ever so that I could put out the box set and say, 'That's everything. Don't ask me about anything else. That's everything that band ever recorded,' 'cause there isn't a lot of extra stuff. But there's tons of stuff that was never on CD, that was on these limited vinyl releases."
As to whether the WHITE ZOMBIE box will finally see a 2008 release, Zombie — who's currently touring with OZZY OSBOURNE — offered a definite "maybe. If I wait much longer, no one will know what a boxed set is."
Rob Zombie Announces Headlining Dates
ROB ZOMBIE has scheduled the following "off" headlining dates during his current tour with OZZY OSBOURNE:
Nov. 08 - Expo Park - Great Falls, MT
Nov. 12 - The Big Easy - Boise, ID
Nov. 13 - The Big Easy - Boise, ID
Nov. 17 - Senator Arena - Chico, CA
Nov. 29 - Orpheum Theatre - Flagstaff, AZ
Dec. 03 - The Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
Dec. 07 - The Shrine Mosque - Springfield, MO
Dec. 09 - The Paladium - Dallas, TX
Dec. 14 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
Dec. 15 - Bogarts - Cincinnati, OH
Dec. 19 - The Egyptian Room - Indianapolis, IN
Dec. 21 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
Support at all shows will come from Southern California's IN THIS MOMENT, who is opening the OZZY OSBOURNE tour.
ROB ZOMBIE's first-ever live album, "Zombie Live", sold 14,200 copeis in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 57 on The Billboard 200 chart.
The DVD companion to "Zombie Live", will be available in the spring of 2008 and will include bonus footage.
Recorded in 2006 during the tour supporting the "Educated Horses" album, which hit #5 on the Pop chart, "Zombie Live" finds Zombie leading a supercharged band featuring guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D, drummer Tommy Clufetos and was produced by long-time co-writer and producer Scott Humphrey.
"Zombie Live" includes the concert's renditions of the Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy-nominated "Thunder Kiss '65" and "Black Sunshine" from WHITE ZOMBIE's 1992 major label debut "La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1", which went Top 40 and double platinum. "Super Charger Heaven", "Creature Of The Wheel" and "More Human Than Human", also Grammy-nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance, were first heard on WHITE ZOMBIE's 1995 Top 10, double platinum "Astro-Creep: 2000 Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head".
From ROB ZOMBIE's 1998 solo debut, the Top 5, triple-platinum "Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales Of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside The Spookshow International", are "Superbeast", "Living Dead Girl", "Demonoid Phenomenon" and "Dragula". Songs from 2001's Top 10 and platinum "The Sinister Urge" are "Demon Speeding", "Dead Girl Superstar" and "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)". The latest songs hail from "Educated Horses": "Sawdust In The Blood", "American Witch", "Let It All Bleed Out" and "Lords Of Salem". Heard too are the title songs from the first two feature films directed by Zombie, 2000's cult smash hit "House Of 1000 Corpses" and 2004's critically acclaimed "The Devil's Rejects".
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.
As a recording artist Rob Zombie has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and continues to be one of Geffen Records' top-selling artists.
Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie Add More Tour Dates
More tour dates have been added to the Ozzy Osbourne, Rob Zombie, and In This Moment tour. The latest tour dates are as follows:
November
3 - The Blue Note - Columbus, OH (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
4 - Gateway Arena - Sioux City, IA
6 - Rushmore Plaza Civic Centre - Rapid City, SD
8 - Expo Park - Great Falls, MT (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
9 - MetraPark Arena - Billings, MT
11 - The E-Center - Salt Lake City, UT
12 - The Big Easy - Boise, ID (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
13 - The Big Easy - Boise, ID (Rob Zombie and ITM only) *
14 - Rose Garden - Portland, OR
16 - Stockton Arena - Stockton, CA
17 - Senator Theater - Chico, CA (Rob Zombie and ITM only)
18 - ORACLE Arena - Bakersfield, CA
20 - San Diego Sports Arena - San Diego, CA
24 - The Joint - Las Vegas, NV
26 - Rabobank Arena - Bakersfield, CA
28 - Jobing.com Arena - Glendale, AZ
30 - STAPLES Center - Los Angeles, CA
December
4 - Pepsi Center - Denver, CO
6 - Ford Center - Oklahoma City, OK
8 - Kansas Coliseum - Wichita, KS
11 - Sprint Center - Kansas City, MO
13 - Bradley Center - Milwaukee, WI
16 - Allstate Arena - Chicago, IL
18 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit, MI
20 - Mellon Arena - Pittsburgh, PA
21 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall *
22 - Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
January
3 - Cumberland County Civic Center - Portland, ME
5 - Verizon Center - Washington, DC
8 - DCU Center - Worcester, MA
10 - Wachovia Spectrum - Philadelphia, PA
12- Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
14 - Colisee Pepsi Arena - Quebec City, QC
16 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC
19 - John Labatt Centre - London, ON
21 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON
Ozzy Osbourne Fans Arrested In Party Raid
Patrick Springer of The Associated Press reports: Some fans who turned out for a party before Monday's [October 29] OZZY OSBOURNE-ROB ZOMBIE concert [in Fargo, North Dakota] found out they'd been handed tricks instead of treats by the law when sheriff's deputies crashed the party.
The approximately 40 people who answered letters of invitation turned up at The Venue at Playmakers for what they thought would be a festive party before the big concert at the Fargodome.
The Venue event was sponsored by PDL Productions — a bogus firm created by Paul D. Laney, the Cass County sheriff, to help catch some people who had ignored court summons and child support payments or failed to pay fines.
Instead of partying down, attendees were arrested on outstanding warrants. "It was more of a warrant party," Laney said.
"Some actually thought it was pretty funny," he added. Others were upset, with a couple who turned hostile. "I think they were upset with themselves for being had."
Rob Zombie To Unleash Terror On YouTube
Rob Zombie, the ultimate horror advocate, will unleash terror onto YouTube. At midnight tonight, Rob Zombie will be the first celebrity guest editor of YouTube. In honor of Halloween, Zombie will choose the most horrifying videos on the internet to be posted on the YouTube home page. In the spirit of all things ghastly, Rob Zombie will also premiere a self-filmed video. To take the edge off the terror factor, Zombie will also include various parody trailers from his "Halloween" movie.
To commemorate the release of Rob Zombie's first-ever live album, "Zombie Live", he's giving away the chance of a lifetime! Zombie has featured an amateur video/filmmaker contest on his YouTube page. The winner will receive VIP tickets for LIFE, have their winning video posted on Rob's YouTube page and will get to meet Rob Zombie in person! Check it out here
Rob Zombie Release More Headlining Tour Dates
ROB ZOMBIE has scheduled more “off” dates during his upcoming tour with OZZY OSBOURNE and IN THIS MOMENT:
October 23 - Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall
October 26 - Regina, SK @ The Agribition Building
October 30 - Duluth, MN @ Pioneer Hall
November 3 - Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
November 5 - Brookings, SD @ Swiftel Center
November 8 - Great Falls, MT @ Expo Park
November 12 - Boise, ID @ The Big Easy
November 13 - Spokane, WA @ The Big Easy
November 17 - Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre
November 29 - Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre
December 3 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Sunshine Theatre
December 7 - Springfield, MO @ Shrine Mosque
December 9 - Dallas, TX @ Palladium Ballroom
December 15 - Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
December 19 - Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
December 21 - Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
In This Moment To Play All Off Dates With Zombie
Following their breakthrough run on Ozzfest 2007, and most recently as direct support to Megadeth, the Southern CA quintet IN THIS MOMENT will now make the big move to arenas this fall opening for the legendary Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Zombie. The group has also just been confirmed as the direct support act for all of Zombie’s off-dates throughout the tour. See the Century Media tour section or visit their official MySpace page for their current itinerary.
IN THIS MOMENT recently visited the EMI offices (Century Media’s distributor) in Hollywood, CA to perform a special acoustic performance for its staff. Segments of this performance were cut into a new EPK alongside new interview footage. Click here to check it out.
IN THIS MOMENT have also been creating a buzz at commercial radio with their latest single, “Beautiful Tragedy,” which is currently Top 40 on the Active Rock charts. The captivating new video for the track, directed by Robert Hall (Josh Todd), can now also be streamed at the band's myspace page.
Rob Zombie Announce More Headlining Dates
ROB ZOMBIE has scheduled the following "off" dates during his upcoming tour with OZZY OSBOURNE and IN THIS MOMENT:
Oct. 23 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall
Oct. 30 - Duluth, MN - Pioneer Hall
Nov. 03 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
Nov. 08 - Great Falls, MT - Expo Park
Nov. 12 - Boise, ID - The Big Easy
Nov. 13 - Spokane, WA - The Big Easy
Dec. 15 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
Dec. 21 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
Rob Zombie Announces Headlining Dates
In between dates scheduled on his upcoming tour with OZZY OSBOURNE, ROB ZOMBIE has scheduled the following headlining dates:
October
23 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall
30 - Duluth, MN - Pioneer Hall
November
8 - Great Falls, MT - Expo Park
12 - Boise, ID - The Big Easy
13 - Spokane, WA - The Big Easy
As previously reported, dates for the Ozzy Osbourne/Rob Zombie trek (with openers IN THIS MOMENT) include:
October
18 - Seattle, WA - KeyArena
20 - Vancouver, BC - GM Place
22 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
24 - Saskatoon, SK - Credit Union Centre
27 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
29 - Fargo, ND - Fargodome
31 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
November
2 - Des Moines, IO - Veterans Memorial Auditorium
6 - Rapid City, SD - Rushmore Plaza Civic Center
In This Moment To Open On Ozzy, Rob Zombie Tour
Los Angeles-based female-fronted act IN THIS MOMENT has been confirmed as the opening act for OZZY OSBOURNE and ROB ZOMBIE on their upcoming North American tour.
As previously reported, IN THIS MOMENT will take part in a signing session at Guitar Center (8601 Sheridan Blvd.) in Arvada, Colorado on Sunday, September 16 from noon to 1:00 p.m.
Video footage of IN THIS MOMENT performing the song "Daddy’s Fallen Angel" at Northern Lights in Clifton Park, New York during the band's tour with KITTIE, WALLS OF JERICHO, DEAD TO FALL and 36 CRAZYFISTS has been posted online at the Underground Video Television web site.
IN THIS MOMENT's captivating new video for the track "Beautiful Tragedy" made its "Headbanger's Ball" debut on July 21 on MTV2. Directed by Robert Hall (JOSH TODD), the video features lead singer Maria Brink falling asleep in a bathtub and slipping into a surreal nightmare where a dark, evil figures looms amidst the burnt landscapes.
IN THIS MOMENT's debut album, "Beautiful Tragedy" (Century Media Records), has sold 30,000 copies in the United States since its March 20, 2007 release, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Rob Zombie Live DVD Due In Spring
The DVD companion to ROB ZOMBIE's first-ever live album, "Zombie - Live", will be available in the spring of 2008 and will include bonus footage.
"Zombie - Live" will be released on October 23, 2007 in both clean and explicit versions. Recorded in 2006 during the tour supporting the "Educated Horses" album, which hit #5 on the Pop chart, the CD finds Zombie leading a supercharged band featuring guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D, drummer Tommy Clufetos and was produced by long-time co-writer and producer Scott Humphrey.
"Zombie - Live" includes the concert's renditions of the Best Hard Rock Performance Grammy-nominated "Thunder Kiss '65" and "Black Sunshine" from WHITE ZOMBIE's 1992 major label debut "La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1", which went Top 40 and double platinum. "Super Charger Heaven", "Creature Of The Wheel" and "More Human Than Human", also Grammy-nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance, were first heard on WHITE ZOMBIE's 1995 Top 10, double platinum "Astro-Creep: 2000 Songs Of Love, Destruction And Other Synthetic Delusions Of The Electric Head".
From ROB ZOMBIE's 1998 solo debut, the Top 5, triple-platinum "Hellbilly Deluxe: 13 Tales Of Cadaverous Cavorting Inside The Spookshow International", are "Superbeast", "Living Dead Girl", "Demonoid Phenomenon" and "Dragula". Songs from 2001's Top 10 and platinum "The Sinister Urge" are "Demon Speeding", "Dead Girl Superstar" and "Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy)". The latest songs hail from "Educated Horses": "Sawdust In The Blood", "American Witch", "Let It All Bleed Out" and "Lords Of Salem". Heard too are the title songs from the first two feature films directed by Zombie, 2000's cult smash hit "House Of 1000 Corpses" and 2004's critically acclaimed "The Devil's Rejects".
"Zombie - Live" track listing:
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
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.
As a recording artist Rob Zombie has sold over 15 million albums worldwide and continues to be one of Geffen Records' top-selling artists.
Ozzy Osbourne And 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
Rob Zombie Rethinks Halloween Plans
World Entertainment News Network reports: Rob Zombie is hoping to scale down his family's Halloween festivities next month after more than 1,000 kids trick or treated his home in 2006.
Zombie was shooting the "Halloween" remake last year when the spookiest night of the year came around — and kids from all over his neighborhood decided his home was a must-call.
He recalls, "We live in a neighborhood that is so trick-or-treat-heavy it's mind-boggling. Last year we had over 1,000 trick-or-treaters. We always run out of candy, so last year we had a garbage pail full of candy — that went! Now we keep count because, after 1,000 kids, we were done. It just turned into a job. Kids were coming from all these other neighborhoods, so I gave up. It was just too stressful."
Zombie is convinced his hit new horror film will make masked villain Michael Myers all the rage this year.
He adds, "I dressed up as Michael Myers for Halloween last year and every single person was like, 'Oh shit, Michael Myers.' He's like Ronald McDonald or something. Kids just love Michael Myers."
Rob Zombie Talks About Dimension Movie Deal
MTV.com reports: Apparently $31 million isn't good enough for Rob Zombie. While the director's "Halloween" scared up a whopping figure at the box office over the weekend, he's "not going to do any more 'Halloween' movies, or any more remakes of any kind," he told EW.com. In fact, Zombie isn't even so sure he'll be sticking to horror when it comes to his recent deal with Dimension Films. "I signed up for two more pictures, but not two more 'Halloween' pictures. They're going to be original stuff — and I don't necessarily know that they're going to be related to the horror genre either."
Album Or Movie Next For Rob Zombie?
The Pulse of Radio (formerly Launch Radio Networks) reports: With his remake of "Halloween" opening on August 31 (and breaking records) both a tour and live album slated for this fall, filmmaker and musician Rob Zombie has a full schedule for the rest of the year. So what comes after that? Zombie has been alternating between records and movies for the last several years, but told The Pulse of Radio he's not really sure what he'll tackle next. "I don't really have any album ideas, I mean those...well, actually we have a little bit," he said. "You know, we were writing some songs on the road for the first time ever so they're kind of floating around. You know, this is the first album I hope that the whole band can be there and really write together. That's exciting 'cause that could be really different, that could bring a whole different vibe to it. And as far as the next movie, you know, I have some ideas I'm working on, but I'm not ready for the next one just yet."
Dimension Films, which is releasing "Halloween", has just signed Zombie to a two-picture deal. According to Variety, Zombie will write and direct both films. There are no further details about the projects or whether they'll be horror outings like Zombie's three movies to-date.
Zombie also told MTV.com's movie blog that his animated flick, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", is finally finished. He described the film as a "superhero monster sex comedy" and a "filthy adult movie," adding, "People are just not going to believe this movie exists. It is so strange."
Zombie's first-ever concert album, simply titled "Zombie Live", is scheduled for release on October 23. He'll support OZZY OSBOURNE on a fall tour that will begin sometime in October and last through December.
Rob Zombie's Halloween #1 Movie In America
The following message has been posted via the official Halloween movie myspace:
"THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FANS, HALLOWEEN IS NOW THE #1 MOVIE IN AMERICA!
HALLOWEEN Scares Up $31 Million Debut
from Yahoo! Movies
HALLOWEEN came early and closed Hollywood's strong summer season with a record-breaking Labor Day weekend debut.
Rob Zombie's new take on John Carpenter's 1978 horror sensation "Halloween" slashed its way to a $31 million haul over the four-day weekend, surpassing the $20.1 million gross for 2005's "Transporter 2," which had held the record for best Labor Day opening.
Released by the Weinstein Co. and MGM, "Halloween" also topped the $29 million Labor Day gross for 1999's "The Sixth Sense," which had been the biggest-grossing movie over the holiday. That blockbuster ghost story was in its fifth weekend when Labor Day came around.
Led by "Halloween," Hollywood set a new overall record for Labor Day, with the top 12 movies taking in $119.6 million, surpassing the previous high of $106.1 million in 2003.
1. "Halloween," $31 million.
2. "Superbad," $15.6 million.
3. "Balls of Fury," $13.8 million.
4. "The Bourne Ultimatum," $13.2 million.
5. "Rush Hour 3," $10.4 million.
6. "Mr. Bean's Holiday," $8.1 million.
7. "The Nanny Diaries," $6.4 million.
8. "Death Sentence," $5.2 million.
9. "War," $5.1 million.
10. "Stardust," $3.9 million."
Rob Zombie's Halloween Set To Gross Over $30 Mil
According to SlashFilm.com, Rob Zombie's remake of the 1978 horror classic "Halloween" has exploded for an estimated $10.5 million at the box office in the United States on Friday (August 31), and it's headed for a three-day of $30 million and a spectacular four-day Labor Day weekend of $35.775 million. This will easily be the best three-day opening weekend of the nine-film Michael Myers franchise.
Top three-day opening weekends for Michael Myers movies:
01. "Halloween" (2007) - $30M (projected)
02. "Halloween: H2O" (1998) - $16.1M
03. "Halloween: Resurrection" (2002) - $12.2M
04. "Halloween II" (1981) - $7.4M
05. "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers" (1995) - $7.3M
Also as expected, Michael Myers has become the all-time No. 4 grossing "killer" franchise in modern box office history, surpassing Jigsaw from the "Saw" trilogy and trailing only Hannibal Lecter, Jason ("Friday the Thirteenth") and Freddy Krueger.
According to DailyHerald.com, John Carpenter filmed his 1978 indie chiller on a $325,000 budget. The film made roughly $47 million at the domestic box office, and still ranks among the most impressive budget-to-box office ratios in history. Zombie's studio-approved "Halloween" cost about $20 million.
Zombie has scored successes with low-budget slasher flicks "House Of 1,000 Corpses" ($12.6 million in domestic receipts) and "The Devil's Rejects" ($17 million cumulative box office gross).
Rob Zombies Halloween Heading For Labor Day Record
Peter Rosenberg of New York City's Hot 97 conducted a radio interview with Rob Zombie about Rob's remake of the horror classic "Halloween". Watch video footage of the 10-minute chat below.
Despite opening to mostly negative reviews, Zombie's "Halloween" is on track to gross a record-breaking $23-$26 million at the box office in the United States during the four-day Labor Day weekend, according to SlashFilm.com.
According to DailyHerald.com, John Carpenter filmed his 1978 indie chiller on a $325,000 budget. The film made roughly $47 million at the domestic box office, and still ranks among the most impressive budget-to-box office ratios in history. Zombie's studio-approved "Halloween" cost about $20 million.
Dimension Films, which is releasing "Halloween", has just signed Zombie to a two-picture deal. According to Variety, Zombie will write and direct both films. There are no further details about the projects or whether they'll be horror outings like Zombie's three movies to-date.
Zombie also told MTV.com's movie blog that his animated flick, "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto", is finally finished. He described the film as a "superhero monster sex comedy" and a "filthy adult movie," adding, "People are just not going to believe this movie exists. It is so strange."
Zombie's first-ever concert album, simply titled "Zombie Live", is scheduled for release on October 23. He'll support OZZY OSBOURNE on a fall tour that will begin sometime in October and last through December.
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".
Displaying records 221 - 240 of 339 1 2 ... 10 11 12 13 14 ... 16 17 Last