Greetings and salutations everyone, and welcome to the latest edition of the WhatCulture.com News Brief! This is the weekly column where we break down the hottest movie and TV news of the week, in exhilarating and snarky detail. Things were a bit quiet last week, with most of the world's movie bloggers catching up on sleep and showers after San Diego Comic-Con, but things went back to normal this week, as we fought off wave after wave of movie and TV announcements. Believe it or not, some seriously big news broke this week that will have lasting effects on Hollywood until 2020. In between now and that not-too-distant future are stories about Terminator 5's new title (better turn off the autocorrect on your phone for that one), the Monster Squad remake, True Detective season 2, Arrested Development season 5, more LEGO movies, and more. So much more, in fact, that we're skipping over the honourable mentions this week and diving right into the news. Because there was so much news we expanded the list from the typical ten entries to fifteen, so sit back, buckle up, and hold on to your butts...
15. Eli Roth's Green Inferno Delayed Indefinitely
Eli Roth's cannibal horror film The Green Inferno has just been sentenced to one of the most dangerous circles of hell: Development Hell. According to Deadline, Open Road has removed the film entirely from its release calendar, pulling the movie from its September release date and putting it back on the shelf indefinitely. The delay has absolutely nothing to do with the film itself, but is instead due to a power struggle happening between Open Road and Worldview Entertainment, the company that financed the movie. Worldview's head executive Christopher Woodrow abruptly abandoned ship in June, and the shockwave from his exit is now being felt. In the wake of his departure, Worldview's new management has been putting a stop to all of the spending that had anything to do with previous deals that Woodrow had put in place. Unfortunately, we have no idea what this means for The Green Inferno. It's likely that it may never get released in theaters, and may one day limp its way to a home video release.