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Screen Media Acquires ‘Phasma Ex Machina’, Retitled
Screen Media Films has acquired rights to the supernatural thriller Ghost From the Machine (review) from XYZ Films. The company will release the film, originally titled Phasma Ex Machina, on DVD and VOD in the second quarter of 2011. Matt Osterman’s debut feature follows a young man who, while taking care of his younger brother after the death of their parents, invents a machine that engages the supernatural, with unintended results. Jennifer Kramer produced and Jon Maichel Thomas co-produced. You’ll find a trailer inside, while you can click the title above for stills, poster and a review. The pic screened at this past summer’s FanTasia Film Festival in Montreal.
Brendan Fraser is back for the upcoming fourth installment in The Mummy franchise from directors Radio Silence, and Michael Johnston (Obsession) is now in talks to join him.
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know tonight that Michael Johnston is in “early talks” to join The Mummy 4, which will release in theaters on October 15, 2027 via Universal.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah will reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie.
Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream 5-6) are directing from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill).
Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time, but the brand new sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Rachel Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet teases. Bettinelli-Olpin adds that the film “has all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie that took an action-adventure approach, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $417 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.