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Will Juan Carlos Fresnadillo Ever Direct Again? I’d Love to ‘Witness’ That…
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo last directed the horrid 2011 Intruders, although he was behind the incredibly fun 2007 28 Weeks Later, pictured. Now, it appears he’s trapped in development hell.
Always attached to some horror movie (i.e. The Crow and Pet Sematary), nothing has come into fruition.
Now, Variety writes that Twentieth Century Fox is in negotiations with Fresnadillo to develop thriller The Last Witness with an eye to directing. Spoiler: it won’t happen.
“Witness is a ticking-clock thriller about the lone survivor of a bomb attack in Boston.”
Fox set up the project, written by Danish scribe Stefan Jaworski, in 2011 with John Davis’ Davis Entertainment.
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Matilda Firth Joins the Cast of Director Leigh Whannell’s ‘Wolf Man’ Movie
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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