The Midnight Meat Train
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| Directed by | Ryuhei Kitamura |
| Produced by | Clive Barker |
| Written by | Jeff Buhler Clive Barker |
| Starring | Bradley Cooper Vinnie Jones Leslie Bibb Brooke Shields Roger Bart |
| Music by | Johannes Kobilke Robb Williamson |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Sela |
| Editing by | Toby Yates |
| Distributed by | Lions Gate Films |
| Release date(s) | July 11, 2008 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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The Midnight Meat Train is a 2008 horror film based on Clive Barker's 1984 short story of the same name, which can be found in Volume One of Barker's collection Books of Blood. The film follows a photographer who attempts to track down a serial killer dubbed the "Subway Butcher" and discovers more than he bargained for under the city streets.
The film was directed by Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura and stars Bradley Cooper, Roger Bart, Vinnie Jones and Brooke Shields. The script was adapted by Jeff Buhler, the producer was Tom Rosenberg of Lakeshore Entertainment, and it will be released on July 11, 2008.
The adaptation of this script was a labor of love for long-time Barker fan Jeff Buhler, who worked closely with Barker throughout the process. Their intent was to expand the world presented in the original short story while preserving the underlying mythology and themes presented in this seminal work of horror short fiction. Both Barker and Buhler fought long and hard to retain the original title of the film, which at one point was going to be changed by Lakeshore Entertainment to the more "user-friendly" "Midnight Train."
Producer Joe Daley, a long time friend of Buhler's, brought the two writers together and helped develop the script, along with producers Anthony Diblasi and Jorge Saralugi, for their newly minted horror factory The Midnight Picture Company. As of this entry, The Midnight Picture Company was busy shooting The Book of Blood, the next film adaptation from the anthology of short stories that spawned Midnight Meat Train.
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[edit] Production
The film's original director, Patrick Tatopoulos, originally planned to shoot the film in 2005 in New York City and Montreal. Tatopoulos left the production in 2006 and was replaced by Ryuhei Kitamura. The story's setting was changed from New York City, due to the prohibitive cost of shooting there. Various locations in Los Angeles, including the L.A. Metro subway system, were used instead.[1] Shooting began March 18, 2007.
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[edit] Release date
First the film was expected to come out May 16, 2008 but since it had competition with The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian the movie release was postponed.
Then the film was expected to come out August 1, 2008 but since it had competition with The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor it was postponed.
Now Bloody Disgusting reported that it's expected to come out July 11, 2008 and for it to have a competition with Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
As of June 5, 2008, The official [[1]] website lists it as August 1, 2008 and will be extremely limited.
Also there have been rumors spreading that the film could come out October 2008 because of all the summer blockbusters, but it's unofficial.
