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News bites for the new week:

• Big-screen newcomer Jessica Lowndes, who has had guest spots on shows like Masters of Horror and Kyle XY, has landed the starring role in a new, upcoming horror flick called Autopsy. The movie will have her searching for her injured boyfriend in a "bizarre and dangerous hospital." I'm sure that the outlook can't be good considering that the movie is titled after the practice of opening up and examining dead people. The film already has a cast that includes side players like Michael Bowen and Jenette Goldstein, as well as a whole mess of up-and-comings.
• Nicole Ari Parker has done a bit of a metamorphosis with her career. After starting things out with indie features like The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole and 200 Cigarettes, she's switched to a different flavah, namely flicks like Brown Sugar and King's Ransom. Continuing the trend, she's signed on to Martin Lawrence's The Better Man, a film Erik Davis posted about a few days ago. There's no word yet on who she will play.
• In January, I shared word that David Arquette's horror film, The Tripper, was going to slide into wide release this summer. Now it seems that the film has been dropped by After Dark and Arquette has told fans at the Wizard World convention in L.A. that he will release the film himself. Well, that doesn't bode well for the flick. How good can it be if an indie horror company doesn't want to release it? I wonder if he'll use a cow covered in blood-colored corn syrup to market the thing...

What could be more safe than heading out to a weekend concert and planning to indulge in drugs, sex and other debaucherous activities? In reality, you might end up with something like Woodstock '99, a grim reality of drunken jerks, fire and several accounts of rape. However, in the fictional world where serial killers run rampant across the globe and never seem to die, things can get much more interesting. Indulging in drugs and sex are big horror movie no-no's, and are a sure sign of imminent death.

Such is the case for David Arquette's The Tripper, which Cinematical has been following for a while. Now, according to Horror-Movies.ca, the flick is set for release on June 20, in over 500 theaters -- that is, if they don't forget to send the film. Ah, Mr. Arquette ... you can't help but like him and his oafishness! As far as horror movies go, this could be a great breakthrough, if he follows the formula of the first Scream -- creepy anxiety mixed with giggles. Tripper has the basics, as well as a Ronald Regan-obsessed killer. Will the young hippies defeat him through the power of Alzheimer's? Or maybe Jason Mewes is only secretly high, and will defeat the killer with trickery? Or maybe Paul Reubens will ... okay, I won't go there.

Okay, so pretend, for a moment, that you're David Arquette. You've directed a movie that no one knows anything about yet. There's no trailer online for it, you don't have distrib, so you decide to take it to Comic-Con, presumably to get fans behind it. You pack for your trip: Sunscreen? Check. Hideous plaid pants and shirts that don't match aforementioned pants? Check. Lime-green suit? Check. Funky hats? Check. Wife and baby? Got 'em. ... oh yeah, and the movie, right? Apparently not.

Netscape anchors Ryan and Alexia went to the panel for Arquette's new film, The Tripper, on Thursday. What's it about? Well, according to the Comic-Con synopsis: ""Starring Thomas Jane (The Punisher), Jason Mewes (Clerks 2), Paul Reubens (Pee Wee's Playhouse), and others, The Tripper follows a group of hippies as they head to a weekend-long concert for some fun, only to be stalked by a deranged killer with an unnatural obsession with Ronald Reagan." Arquette himself describes it as a "political horror film".

Arquette was supposed to bring the sole tape of the film with him to his Comic-Con panel and, well, he lost it. So he had to spend the hour filibustering instead. Our pals at Netscape have video of the hilarity that ensued. To give Arquette credit, he handled the situation with humor, grace and aplomb in a situation that would have left a lot of filmmakers panicked and devastated. Check out the video over on Netscape.

Dude, this one is so totally bunk. While some view a Woodstock-type setting as the perfect place to bathe in mud and consume as many different drugs as possible, David Arquette sees it as the perfect spot for a balls-to-the-wall horror flick. The Scream alum has been tapped to make his directorial debut with The Tripper, off a script written by Arquette and Joe Harris.

Pic surrounds a group of friends who travel to a modern-day Woodstock-ish concert, only to be stalked by some sicko who's out to finish what he started years earlier. Damn, talk about a serious buzz kill. Arquette and his lovely wife, Courtney Cox, are both said to be making cameos alongside a cast that includes Jamie King, Thomas Jane, Jason Mewes, Lukas Haas, Paul Reubens and Balthazar Getty.

With shooting set to take place this month, I'm wondering how a post-rehab Jason Mewes is going to handle this type of drug-induced environment. Oh, and since Woodstock is known for its blatant naked drum circles, which Pee Wee Herman do you think will show up?