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by: Dave Davis May. 9, 2007

Dimension must feel pretty good about their haunted hotel room thriller 1408, since they're opening the door almost a full month sooner -- the release date has been moved from July 13th all the way up to June 22nd.

Though certainly one of the "smaller" films in a summer overloaded with CGI 'toons and sequels, the flick (based on a Stephen King story, which can be an albatross more than a blessing) seems to be building some buzz. John Cusack plays a horror writer and paranormal debunker who checks into the notorious room, while Sam Jackson plays the manager who tells him it's not a great idea.

This comes as something of a surprise from Dimension and the Weinsteins, who have grown disreputable for their treatment of genre fare (raise your hand if you saw FEAST in theaters -- oh, you're the one).

Source: Weinstein Co.

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Extra Tidbit: Cusack reportedly wrote WAR, INC. as an unofficial sequel to GROSSE POINTE BLANK (Disney didn't want to do another film with the Martin Q. Blank character).

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7:31AM on 05/10/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
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I hope that someone else will pick up the Blank series I enjoyed that movie alot.
I hope that someone else will pick up the Blank series I enjoyed that movie alot.
 
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3:54AM on 05/10/2007 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This movie looks pretty good. It is too bad that Disney did not want to do the follow-up to Grosse Point, I liked the Martin Blank character.
This movie looks pretty good. It is too bad that Disney did not want to do the follow-up to Grosse Point, I liked the Martin Blank character.