No Doug Bradley for New Hellraiser Film!

This makes me sad to hear but apparently Doug Bradley will once again not be returning as The Dark Pope of Hell.  That pretty much kills my hopes for a decent Pinhead. Here’s a small quote from the message that he wrote on his official Facebook page that sheds some light as to why he decided not to return.

Gary said he would send me a copy of the script when he had completed a second draft, but before I could be allowed to set eyes on the precious document, I was required to sign a gagging order. This was a three page document preventing me from talking about the script ‘in restrooms’, ‘on elevators’, ‘in restaurants’ or ‘in cellular telephone conversations which may be overheard’. There was also dark reference to ‘people talking out of turn at conventions’. I read this thing in disbelief, and informed Gary I would not be signing it.

I like Gary J. Tunnicliffe other directing efforts such as Within the Rock and Megladon so from a directing stand point I think the film will be okay. But I wanted to see Doug come back so bad. But I don’t blame him for not signing that ridiculous gag order at all. That’s just weird. Dimension Films did the same thing on Hellseeker when Fangoria tried to get interviews with director Rick Bota.