TURISTAS NEWS:

Turistas' Heading to Disc

January 27, 2007 -- No big surprise there. The date will be March 27 and the film will come in an unrated version.

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'Turistas' Box Office: Sign of Trouble?

December 6, 2006 -- Fox Atomic's "Turistas" had a bad weekend at the box office, prompting rival filmmaker Eli Roth to call it an "atomic bomb" in his blog. As put by Box Office Mojo: "The weekend's other new wide releases, Turistas and National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj, were negligible. Turistas had a premise like Hostel and many other recent horror movies but a fraction of the audience, attracting a mere $3.6 million at 1,570 locations. Distributor 20th Century Fox acquired Turistas for $4 million and positioned it as the first picture from its new youth label, Fox Atomic."

Meanwhile, "Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" has generated a little less than $40 million at the box office, which sounds good, but it's really not so good compared to the $80 million of the 2003 relaunch of the franchise. These numbers don't look good for this type of "travelers get nailed by poor people" subgenre of horror.

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Final 'Turistas' Clip

December 1, 2006 -- With this "Hostel"-like film hitting screens today, here's a final clip from the movie. Click here for a Quicktime file.

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Fox Atomic to Host 'Turistas,' 'Hills Have Eyes 2' Footage on Halloween

October 19, 2006 -- Fox Atomic plans to host footage from "Turistas," "Hills Have Eyes 2" and "28 Weeks Later" on Oct. 31. Here's the message we received today from them: "Your pals at Fox Atomic have a special treat for all you horror fiends - on Halloween Day, the Carnival of Lost Souls will roll into town and take over foxatomic.com! This special online event, only on foxatomic.com, will feature exclusive clips and interviews from the upcoming film Turistas, as well as the first looks EVER at 28 Weeks Later and The Hills Have Eyes 2! Other treats include sneak peeks of the 28 Days Later: The Aftermath and The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning graphic novels, horror trivia contests, an online costume contest, special prizes, and much, much more. Also, expect a few surprises… you never know WHO will stop by, so make sure you’re hanging around foxatomic.com all day on October 31st!"

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'Turistas' Trailer Up on MySpace

October 9, 2006 -- The official trailer for "Turistas" is up on the film's Myspace page. Click here for it. Meanwhile, an apparently bogus Brazilian tourism Web site set up to promote the movie can be found here.

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Giant 'Turistas' Images

Sept. 18, 2006 -- Chick flick director John Stockwell's new horror film "Turistas" sounds pretty good. It's about a group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian jungle that holds an ominous secret. ESplatter.com just scored a slew of unseen images from this tourists-in-trouble terror film. Stockwell is best known for chick flicks like "Blue Crush" and "Crazy Beautiful." We'll see how he handles horror. Here are some giant-sized JPGs from the pic, which is hitting screens Dec. 1, stars Melissa George, and is thankfully Rated R: