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‘Halloween’ Editor Working on ‘Box of Shadows’
Fotocomics Productions, who sent us the first official photos last week, has announced that Charles Bornstein, editor on such horror classics as Haloween and The Fog, has joined the post-production team of Box of Shadows, editing the new horror thriller by director Mauro Borrelli and producers Ed Polgardy and Scott Rudolph.
The film is about a group of college friends who discover a 15th century mechanical coffin that allows them to experience the world as ghosts. The photos feature the movie’s signature coffin and a mechanical reaper who is one of the film’s primary villains.
“We are absolutely thrilled to have Charles Bornstein editing this picture,” said Borrelli. “He brings emotion to every moment and best of all, is a master at cutting scary scenes.”
“We are very pleased with the material we have shot, and having Charles in the editing room will push it to an ever higher level,” said Polgardy.
Bornstein, a 35 year Hollywood veteran, has edited movies in the FRIDAY THE 13TH, HOWLING, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, CRITTERS, and PSYCHO franchises. His experience in the horror genre is a perfect match for Borrelli’s dark thriller about a 15th-century coffin that allows a group of college friends to experience the world as ghosts.
“The story and material for Box of Shadows is edgy, scary, and extremely entertaining,” said Bornstein. “This movie should be a real treat for fans of dark material.”
Bornstein is joined on the post production team by visual effects supervisor Maxim Matthew of Maxim Matthew Creations. Matthew is overseeing the film’s many special effects sequences, including images of ghosts, a mechanical reaper, and a 15th-century supernatural coffin packed with gears and other moving parts.
Matthew, a visual effects producer currently based in Los Angeles and Berlin, has numerous international horror film credits, including HEADHUNTER: THE ASSESSMENT WEEKEND and URBAN SCUMBAGS VS. COUNTRYSIDE ZOMBIES.
“Box of Shadows is a real playground for a visual effects artist,” said Matthew. “Borrelli has an amazing imagination, and bringing his vision to life is a real treat.”
BOX OF SHADOWS is slated for release in Summer of 2010.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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