{"id":10856,"date":"2010-07-01T11:23:37","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T10:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=10856"},"modified":"2012-04-26T10:13:56","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T09:13:56","slug":"video-paranormal-activity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/video-paranormal-activity-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Paranormal Activity 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The trailer for the sequel to one of 2009&#8217;s most overrated films emerges, and apparently PRs are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2010\/06\/2-scary-theater-chain-pulls-trailer-for-paranormal-activity-sequel\/\" target=\"_blank\">already trying to fill certain websites<\/a> with the news that it&#8217;s been pulled from theatres. It&#8217;s not scary, it&#8217;s just a woman standing in a doorway. See below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"520\" height=\"317\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.paramount.com\/webmaster\/player\/paramount_epk.php\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"cid=19b65da136846e3d9a8de3fda505e801ff8a1cf5\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To be fair, some of my antipathy towards the franchise stems from a particularly uninteresting interview one of my colleagues had with the director of the first film, Oren Peli, several months ago. I&#8217;ve included a segment below to illustrate.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>How is Paranormal Activity 2 shaping up? Got any plot points for us?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately we\u2019re keeping everything under wraps and generally speaking I have a policy of not discussing projects until they are done. So no details.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you comment on the publicised spat between Lionsgate and Paramount regarding director Kevin Greutert?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m staying out of it. I\u2019m leaving all this kind of stuff to the marketing people.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you tell us about Area 51?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like I said before, I\u2019m not discussing any projects until they are done.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Will it employ the same filming techniques as Paranormal Activity?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No comment, sorry.<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can you maybe talk a little bit about Area 51\u2019s plot then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No I can\u2019t say anything about it at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will the film be released this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No comment.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What else is on your slate to direct?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there was something I wouldn\u2019t be able to talk about it, sorry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Paranormal Activity 2 is due for release later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus, the world&#8217;s worst interview with Oren Peli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[140,3],"tags":[1056,1071],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/paranormal-activity-2-trailer-online-420-75.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}