It's Michael Myers season again. It's only the start of August, but preparations for this coming Halloween are already in place (and we're not just referring to cos-play outfits here). D3Publisher of America and Dimension Films are giving three lucky towns a ticket to watch Rob Zombie's Halloween, the remake of the 1978 movie of the same title.

All those wishing to enter the "One Killer Night" sweepstakes are simply asked to register in the Dead Head Fred site (Read link below). Three winners will be chosen from the pool; each of them will earn a private screening of Halloween for their hometown before it officially hits theaters in late August (right in time for the game's actual release too).

To register your profile and learn of more contest details (mind the fine print!), click the Read link below!

While Xbox 360 fans may have to wait a little longer (or a lot longer, forever even) for Halo the movie, DS fans may be having better luck with the movie version of the hit franchise Castlevania. The videogame-turned-movie project will be re-telling the classic Bram Stoker's Dracula starting from the story of Romanian prince Vlad the Impaler before he became a blood-sucker.

Like the Halo, the Castlevania movie project's development is far from smooth. Dimension Films dropped the movie after film director Paul W.S. Anderson's script left that company's executives' blood cold. The script, according to reports, takes place in various eras but most scenes will be in 15th century Transylvania.

Then Rogue Pictures agreed to team up with Paul W.S. Anderson and Crystal Sky Entertainment to bring Castlevania to the silver screen. The movie is expected to be an "action/horror project" similar to Underworld and Blade but with "a strong romantic element."

The Darkness is a best-selling comic book series from Top Cow Productions and is being made by award-winning developer Starbreeze Studios into hopefully a very successful crossover to the next-gen console. It is slated to come out in Winter of 2007.

The stunning imagery of The Darkness is a director's dream. Can you just imagine if this will be directed by Tim Burton? In December 2004, Platinum Studios and Dimension Films paid an undisclosed six-figure sum to develop a possible movie based on the comic, planned for release in 2007.

Those not yet familiar with the comic book series, it features mafia hitman Jackie Estacado that becomes possessed by "The Darkness" on the night of her 21st birthday. This ancient demonic entity gave Jackie special and dangerous powers.

And now artworks from a supposed employee working on The Darkness have surfaced online. Specifying that majority of it came from the beginning of the project and that they do not represent its finality.