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‘Children of the Corn’ Is Shooting Under the Title ‘Runaway’!

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I love all of the juicy gossip that’s been bleeding out of Dimension’s grasps. They lost the rights to the Halloween franchisedelayed the release of Amityville: The Awakening to 2017, and seemingly rushed a new Hellraiser into production.

Then, out of nowhere, we found out exclusively that they were also allegedly in production on a new Children of the Corn, which we were told was being filmed under the direction of John Gulager, the filmmaker behind Feast and Piranha 3D.

I want to send seriously love to Bloody’s @jandrysays who tipped us to the film’s title, which also led to a plethora of information.

We have confirmed that the tenth Children of the Corn is shooting under the title Runaway, and it now in production in Oklahoma City, OK – yes, near the same locations that Gary Tunnicliffe used for Hellraiser: Judgment! I’m told filming wraps April 2nd.

While the director is listed as Alex Lehmann, who worked on various Dimension projects that include Feast II, The Collector and Pulse, I’m hearing that Gulager is the actual director.

We also confirmed that Joel Soisson has returned to write the next installment to his 2011 Children of the Corn: Genesis, which followed a young couple who tries to free an imprisoned child with catastrophic results.

The plot of Children of the Corn: Runaway follows a young pregnant woman who escapes a murderous child cult in a small Midwestern town (Gatlin, Nebraska?). She then spends the next decade living anonymously in an attempt to spare her son the horrors that she experienced as a child. She lands in the small Oklahoma town…but something is following her. Now, she must confront this evil or lose her child.

The main character’s name is RUTH. This is important because…

Doing some research, it appears that Runaway is a direct sequel to Donald P. Borchers’ 2009 Children of the Corn remake/TV movie. In it, Alexa Nikolas starred as Ruth, the pregnant girlfriend to Isaac!

Is your head exploding yet?

Keep your eyes here as we try to uncover more…

Gatlin Returns, Inc. is producing the movie with Mike Leahy, Joel Soisson, and Sean Patrick Eaton.

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‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ Adds “Chucky” Actor Teo Briones and More to Lead Cast

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Chucky Actor Teo Briones
Pictured: Teo Briones in "Chucky" Season Two

The Final Destination franchise is returning to life with Final Destination: Bloodlines. With filming now underway, THR reports that three actors have joined the lead cast, including “Chucky” actor Teo Briones.

Brec Bassinger (“Stargirl”) and Kaitlyn Santa Juana (The Friendship Game) join Teo Briones, who played Junior Wheeler in season two of “Chucky,” as the leads in the sixth installment of the horror franchise.

Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Freaks) are directing the fresh installment that also includes Richard Harmon (“The 100”, Grave Encounters 2), Anna Lore, Owen Patrick Joyner, Max Lloyd-Jones (The Book Of Boba Fett), Rya Kihlstedt (Obi Wan Kenobi), and Tinpo Lee (The Manor) among the cast.

Production is now underway in Vancouver.

What can we expect from the upcoming Final Destination 6? Speaking with Collider, franchise creator Jeffrey Reddick offered up an intriguing (and mysterious) tease last year.

“This film dives into the film in such a unique way that it attacks it from a different angle so you don’t feel like, ‘Oh, there’s an amazing setup and then there’s gonna be one wrinkle that can potentially save you all that you have to kind of make a moral choice about or do to solve it.’ There’s an expansion of the universe that – I’m being so careful,” Reddick teased.

Reddick continued, “It kind of unearths a whole deep layer to the story that kind of, yes, makes it really, really interesting.”

Final Destination: Bloodlines is written by Lori Evans Taylor (“Wicked Wicked Games”) and Guy Busick (Scream), with Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) producing.

Producers on the new movie for New Line Cinema also include Dianne McGunigle (Cop Car) as well as Final Destination producers Craig Perry and Sheila Hanahan Taylor.

This will be the sixth installment in the hit franchise, and the first in over ten years. Each film centers on “Death” hunting down young friends who survive a mass casualty event.

The latest entry is expected in 2025, coinciding with the original film’s 25th anniversary.

 

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