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First Look at Deborah Ann Woll in ‘Mother’s Day’, Bousman Talks Blood
The official website just launched today for Darren Lynn Bousman’s Mother’s Day, a sure change of direction for the man behind Saw II-IV and Repo! The Genetic Opera. In addition, beyond the break you’ll find an exclusive look at Deborah Ann Woll (“True Blood”) as Lydia in the flick now filming in Winnipeg, Canada, along with word from Bousman about the blood levels of the pic and how this is NOT a remake.While Bousman has been the director on three SAW films, he promises that this is not the same kind of blood and violence.
“It’s definitely violent, but not like the other films I have done,” he tells Bloody Disgusting in a brief exclusive interview. “MOTHER’S DAY is all about the characters and not the violence. While the blood does flow, it’s a much different film than I have ever done before. The violence and gore are part of the story, and not [there] just to gross people out. It’s as much of a thriller/suspense as it is a horror film.”
A lot of our readers have been asking if this is a direct remake of the classic 1980 Troma film, the answer is no, this is a whole new story… with a mother.
“I love the 1980’s Charles Kaufman movie, but this film is not that. We had Lloyd and Charles on set, and we all agreed, you could not do a carbon copy remake of his classic. It just wouldn’t work,” Bousman explains. “That film has been borrowed from, stole from, and re-done countless times before. Our version holds true to the theme of what he started, and takes it to the next level.”
“Basically, we took Charles story, and put it in today’s world, in today’s economic climate, and asked what would this dysfunctional family be like right now in this environment?” he continues. “We have kept the idea of this strong villainous iconic Mother (played by Rebecca De Mornay), and her grasp over her children. Her power to control them, and nurture their evil ways. The killing, the murder, the carnage all to make ‘mother very proud’ is still very much apart of MOTHER’S DAY. Fans will find we add homage, a TON actually- but this is its own beast, its own film.”
Written by Scott Milam, three brothers on the run from the law head for home, only to discover that their mother lost the house in a foreclosure. Mother ingeniously orchestrates her sons’ escape, teaching the house’s new owners and their guests a few lessons along the way.
Described as “Ted meets ET,” David Mikalson’s raunchy comedy Goblin is being brought to life over at A24, and Will Forte (“The Four Seasons”) is now in talks to star.
Deadline first reported the news this afternoon.
Kenneth Branagh has been cast to voice the titular Goblin in the upcoming A24 movie, with the character said to be “green-colored” as well as “anatomically correct.”
Skyler Gisondo (Superman) is reportedly playing the Goblin’s human best friend.
The mysterious project sounds a bit like films including A Gnome Named Gnorm and more recently, Frankie Freako, though it’s important to note that it’s not billed as a horror movie.
Deadline details, “After [Mikalson] hatched the idea to make an outrageous buddy comedy about a goblin, using a practical puppet and operating outside the Hollywood system, his script quickly got him a rep team. While others might have eyed the raunchy comedy as a writing sample or planned to wait to see the micro-budget version Mikalson has been directing in Kentucky, A24 jumped all over it. The hot indie essentially has agreed to finance a full feature.”
“There was a lot of interest, but A24 came with what Mikalson really wanted, after spending all his money crafting the puppet title character: they acquired the movie and agreed to let him make it with a significantly increased budget than what he had left after creating the anatomically correct title character,” Deadline’s report goes on to explain.
What does the titular Goblin actually look like? Well, a cake that Mikalson had whipped up for his reps might give us our first look at what to expect. Deadline explains the photo you’ll see down below, “Take a look at the cake he commissioned with Marc Gravelle at Cake Art in West Hollywood, to present to his reps as thanks for making his dream come true.”
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