I'm not sure what I think of this. I'm reasonably excited by its arrival but you know how these things go. Those are incredibly big shoes to fill. The Wicker Man is my favourite ever movie - it hit me quite hard as a kid (when I don't think I was supposed to be watching it) and it only got better with time as I began to really understand it and had the time to truly appreciate how original it was.

The Wicker Tree however could go either way. I'll research the background on it later but if it's a movie constructed from Robin Hardy's Cowboys For Christ novel (which I suspect it is), I shall reserve as much judgement as I am able because quite honestly, it wasn't the greatest thing I have ever read. Not by a long shot - and I really did want to love it simply because of its heritage.

That was a few years back though and British Lion aren't ones to squander their cash on any old junk. See what you think. You can check out everything you need to here. There appear to be some similar set pieces lurking in there and surely everybody is smart enough to know that you can't hit us twice with the same type of ending as the original.

Aren't they?

One of the things that set The Wicker Man apart was its lack of anything substantial to play with. All the props used were quite authentically of the time - and even though these may be of this time, it might not work quite so well. I realise it's only a clip but that fluffy donkey head in the trailer is no substitute for a home-made bit of wooden calamity. The true joy of The Wicker Man is in just how beautifully weird and home-made it is, but like I said, let the dog see the rabbit first.

If anybody is reading and is holding some tickets for a press screening, hit me up... I'd love to be involved from the ground up - one way or another. On the plus side, that's a fucking great movie poster.