Craig Spector: News

		Fabulous factoids and undigested innuendo fresh from the ever-sinister Spectoverse.... 05.08 Streiber and Spector do Mania TV - click to see them unveil the twisted mysteries of THE NYE INCIDENTS on Dave Navarro's SPREAD TV! 04.08 Spector's new graphic novel THE NYE INCIDENTS, co-created with Whitley Streiber, is a June 2008 release from Devils Due Publishing. Click to see a 20 page sample! The Bragelonne Edition of UNDERGROUND has won Le Prix Masterton: Best Translated Novel of Horror in 2008! 07.24.07 - IT'S ALIVE!!!!! Principal photography is wrapped on the feature film version ANIMALS, and the official ANIMALS website is live! Stay tuned and come back often for thrilling updates, inside peeks behind the scenes, and other freakishly fun stuff... or click on the link below and get it straight from the were-thing's mouth! 07.07 - Spector Speaks with Fango! Click on the logo above to read the first in a series of interviews Spector did with FANGORIA magazine about his adapation of ANIMALS. 06.07: ANIMALS finally makes it to production! From Variety: ACTORS FLOCK TO 'ANIMALS' Andrews, Blucas, Amurri set for horror film By DAVE MCNARY Anonymous Content ("Babel") and T&C Pictures have signed Mark Blucas, Nicki Aycox, Eva Amurri, Andy Comeau and Naveen Andrews for the horror film "Animals," which begins production this week in Salt Lake City. "Animals" is produced by Barry Rosenbush and Bill Borden, who teamed on the "High School Musical" telepics, and exec produced by Anonymous Content's Paul Green and T&C's Arata Matsushima. Craig Spector ("A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child") adapted his original novel, which he co-wrote with John Skipp. Helming the pic is first-time director Doug Aarniokoski, assistant/second unit director on projects for Robert Rodriguez such as "Once Upon a Time in Mexico." Story centers on a blue-collar man in a dying factory town whose life is jolted after becoming involved in a romantic triangle amid a spate of uncontrolled violence. Upcoming Anonymous pics include "Married Life," "Case 39," "Rendition" and "Smiley Face." T&C was formed in January by Matsushima, a former exec at Sony Pictures Television Intl., and has completed its first film, "American Pastime." Date in print: Wed., Jun. 20, 2007, Los Angeles 04.06 On April 20 Spector had the extreme pleasure of sitting in with the legendary Bob Malone band at a return engagement at the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood. The joint was packed, the band was on fire, and by all accounts Spector held his own quite nicely with nine other monster musicians, especially on a swingin' tune from Bob's new album, Born Too Late, called Who Cares If It's Halloween ("There ain't no monsters in this joint scarier than the human race...") Audio and video clips coming soon, both here and on Spector's myspace page, stay tuned... 03.06 Trumor has it that Spector has teamed up with bestselling author Whitley Strieber [Wolfen, Communion] on a new project called THE NYE INCIDENTS. A serial killer stalks the UFO/alien abductee subculture... and it's allegedly inspired by actual events! Originally developed in conjunction with Wolper Entertainment for the screen, Strieber and Spector are so taken with the material that they're thinking of doing the book version. 03.06 Spector has recently optioned ANIMALS (Skipp & Spector's classic werewolves-in-blues-bars novel) for development as a feature film, with a new script by Spector. Faithful to the original gritty saga of one man's lost weekend gone wild, the screen version further expands the mythology into epic (and franchisable) scale. Stay tuned to further developments... 03.06 Trumor has it that Spector's latest novel, UNDERGROUND, is currently being adapted as a graphic novel by Italian artist Andrea Caveletto. Pages are under wraps but an example of Cavaletto's work can be seen in this portrait of Spector: 03.06 Spector GEAR sighting: UK fan Martin Roberts wins first prize for this self portrait sporting his fabulous (not to mention, voluminous!) UNDERGROUND hoodie! Thanks Martin! (Want some cheap fame? Send your Spector GEAR pic in! Plug your mug, plus link your site! We have no shame, why should you?) Now Available: Autographed, personalized copies of UNDERGROUND! $26.95 (plus s/h) Supplies limited, order now! Click HERE to order! Stay tuned, more to come, the year is young.... Wanna talk about it? Click here. craigspector.com.©2005 C. Spector. All rights reserved.

Fabulous factoids and undigested innuendo
fresh from the ever-sinister Spectoverse....

05.08 Streiber and Spector do Mania TV - click to see them unveil the twisted mysteries of THE NYE INCIDENTS on Dave Navarro's SPREAD TV!

04.08 Spector's new graphic novel THE NYE INCIDENTS, co-created with Whitley Streiber, is a June 2008 release from Devils Due Publishing. Click to see a 20 page sample!

The Bragelonne Edition of UNDERGROUND has won Le Prix Masterton: Best Translated Novel of Horror in 2008!

07.24.07 - IT'S ALIVE!!!!! Principal photography is wrapped on the feature film version ANIMALS, and the official ANIMALS website is live! Stay tuned and come back often for thrilling updates, inside peeks behind the scenes, and other freakishly fun stuff... or click on the link below and get it straight from the were-thing's mouth!

07.07 - Spector Speaks with Fango! Click on the logo above to read the first in a series of interviews Spector did with FANGORIA magazine about his adapation of ANIMALS.

06.07: ANIMALS finally makes it to production! From Variety:

ACTORS FLOCK TO 'ANIMALS'

Andrews, Blucas, Amurri set for horror film

By DAVE MCNARY

Anonymous Content ("Babel") and T&C Pictures have signed Mark Blucas, Nicki Aycox, Eva Amurri, Andy Comeau and Naveen Andrews for the horror film "Animals," which begins production this week in Salt Lake City.

"Animals" is produced by Barry Rosenbush and Bill Borden, who teamed on the "High School Musical" telepics, and exec produced by Anonymous Content's Paul Green and T&C's Arata Matsushima.

Craig Spector ("A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child") adapted his original novel, which he co-wrote with John Skipp. Helming the pic is first-time director Doug Aarniokoski, assistant/second unit director on projects for Robert Rodriguez such as "Once Upon a Time in Mexico."

Story centers on a blue-collar man in a dying factory town whose life is jolted after becoming involved in a romantic triangle amid a spate of uncontrolled violence.

Upcoming Anonymous pics include "Married Life," "Case 39," "Rendition" and "Smiley Face." T&C was formed in January by Matsushima, a former exec at Sony Pictures Television Intl., and has completed its first film, "American Pastime."

Date in print: Wed., Jun. 20, 2007, Los Angeles

04.06 On April 20 Spector had the extreme pleasure of sitting in with the legendary Bob Malone band at a return engagement at the Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood. The joint was packed, the band was on fire, and by all accounts Spector held his own quite nicely with nine other monster musicians, especially on a swingin' tune from Bob's new album, Born Too Late, called Who Cares If It's Halloween ("There ain't no monsters in this joint scarier than the human race...") Audio and video clips coming soon, both here and on Spector's myspace page, stay tuned...

03.06 Trumor has it that Spector has teamed up with bestselling author Whitley Strieber [Wolfen, Communion] on a new project called THE NYE INCIDENTS. A serial killer stalks the UFO/alien abductee subculture... and it's allegedly inspired by actual events! Originally developed in conjunction with Wolper Entertainment for the screen, Strieber and Spector are so taken with the material that they're thinking of doing the book version.

03.06 Spector has recently optioned ANIMALS (Skipp & Spector's classic werewolves-in-blues-bars novel) for development as a feature film, with a new script by Spector. Faithful to the original gritty saga of one man's lost weekend gone wild, the screen version further expands the mythology into epic (and franchisable) scale. Stay tuned to further developments...

03.06 Trumor has it that Spector's latest novel, UNDERGROUND, is currently being adapted as a graphic novel by Italian artist Andrea Caveletto. Pages are under wraps but an example of Cavaletto's work can be seen in this portrait of Spector:

03.06 Spector GEAR sighting: UK fan Martin Roberts wins first prize for this self portrait sporting his fabulous (not to mention, voluminous!) UNDERGROUND hoodie! Thanks Martin!

(Want some cheap fame? Send your Spector GEAR pic in! Plug your mug, plus link your site! We have no shame, why should you?)

Now Available:
Autographed, personalized copies of
UNDERGROUND!
$26.95 (plus s/h)
Supplies limited, order now!
Click HERE to order!

Stay tuned, more to come, the year is young....

Wanna talk about it? Click here.

craigspector.com.©2005 C. Spector. All rights reserved.