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TV: Chiller Produces Two Original Features ‘Ghouls,’ and ‘Remains’
Can you believe all of this horror TV news? It’s awesome! In the past few months I’ve posted more news regarding piloted series than in the past ten years combined.
Chiller is getting into the mix (although it’s pointless until they give us their channel in HD) with the rollout of two original films and a new special, the network announced Tuesday.
Among the original film titles slated for 2011 is Steve Niles’ Remains, which follows the two lone survivors of a bizarre accident that reduced most of the world’s population to zombies. The movie, written by John Doolan and directed by Colin Theys, is based on a graphic novel by Steven Niles (“30 Days of Night”).
Also, Brian Keene’s Ghoul — based on a horror novel of the same name — follows a group of young friends who risk their lives to stop a rash of disappearances in their town.
Following up on the success of its “December Chiller 13: The Decade’s Scariest Movie Moments,” the network will air later this year “Chiller 13: Horror’s Creepiest Kids” which takes a look back at the 13 all-time creepiest kids in horror.
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’28 Years Later’ – Ralph Fiennes, Jodie Comer, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson Join Long Awaited Sequel
Danny Boyle and Alex Garland (Annihilation, Men), the director and writer behind 2002’s hit horror film 28 Days Later, are reteaming for the long-awaited sequel, 28 Years Later. THR reports that the sequel has cast Jodie Comer (Alone in the Dark, “Killing Eve”), Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kraven the Hunter), and Ralph Fiennes (The Menu).
The plan is for Garland to write 28 Years Later and Boyle to direct, with Garland also planning on writing at least one more sequel to the franchise – director Nia DaCosta is currently in talks to helm the second installment.
No word on plot details as of this time, or who Comer, Taylor-Johnson, and Fiennes may play.
28 Days Later received a follow up in 2007 with 28 Weeks Later, which was executive produced by Boyle and Garland but directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo. Now, the pair hope to launch a new trilogy with 28 Years Later. The plan is for Garland to write all three entries, with Boyle helming the first installment.
Boyle and Garland will also produce alongside original producer Andrew Macdonald and Peter Rice, the former head of Fox Searchlight Pictures, the division of one-time studio Twentieth Century Fox that originally backed the British-made movie and its sequel.
The original film starred Cillian Murphy “as a man who wakes up from a coma after a bicycle accident to find England now a desolate, post-apocalyptic collapse, thanks to a virus that turned its victims into raging killers. The man then navigates the landscape, meeting a survivor played by Naomie Harris and a maniacal army major, played by Christopher Eccleston.”
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) is on board as executive producer, though the actor isn’t set to appear in the film…yet.
Talks of a third installment in the franchise have been coming and going for the last several years now – at one point, it was going to be titled 28 Months Later – but it looks like this one is finally getting off the ground here in 2024 thanks to this casting news. Stay tuned for more updates soon!
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