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Paramount Commits ‘Eli’ to a Haunted Prison
I’m a huge fan of Ciarán Foy, who I was first introduced to at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival with his Citadel. He since went on to direct the sequel to Sinister, which I actually enjoyed quite a bit. Next up for the young filmmaker is Broad Green Pictures’ psychological horror film Eli, about a young boy who undergoes treatment for a rare disease in a secluded clinic which turns into a haunted prison with no way out. Weirdly, it sounds similar to Fox’s New Mutantsnot to mention the video game “The Evil Within”.
Paramount Pictures announced today they will distribute the pic in theaters on January 4, 2019.
Based on a rewrite of David Chirchirillo’s 2015 Black List script, the film is being produced by Trevor Macy via his Intrepid Pictures’ banner (The Bye Bye Man, Ouija: Origin of Evil, The Strangers, Oculus) from a script re-written by Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing.
Golberg and Naing’s The Boy Who Drew Monsters is currently being developed at New Line Cinema with James Wan, Deadline previously reported. The writing duo also penned Emile Hirsch’s horror film The Autopsy of Jane Doe and also Cropsey for Amblin Partners.
While you wait for Alien: Romulus, the folks over at Devilworks have cooked up their own slice of “mockbuster” fun with Alien Hunt, and we’re debuting the trailer here on BD this morning.
This brand-new sci-fi horror from director Aaron Mirtes (The Bigfoot Trap, Painted in Blood) is set for its US premiere on May 14, and you can find it on digital thanks to Devilworks.
You can exclusively watch the official trailer for Alien Hunt below, which looks to combine elements of Alien and Predator. This particular “mockbuster” has very little interest in hiding its inspirations, with the alien designs plucked straight out of H.R. Giger’s beautiful brain. Hey, if you’re going to pull from other movies, might as well take from the all-time greats!
In Alien Hunt, “On a hunting trip in the wilderness, a group of siblings discovers an abandoned military outpost on their land, but is it what it seems?
“Their trip takes a sinister turn when they find themselves facing off against a relentless army of extra-terrestrial beings. Suddenly, the hunters become the hunted.
“The formidable squad of alien soldiers will stop at nothing to wipe out the enemy and in an all-out, brutal battle for survival, it’s kill or be killed in Alien Hunt.”
Barron Boedecker (Escape Pod, The Bigfoot Trap), Brent Bentley (The Perfect In-Laws, Haunt Season), Deiondre Teagle (The Visitor, Painted in Blood, Death Ranch), Chelsey Fuller (The Bigfoot Trap, The Silent Natural), Jesse Santoyo (A Nashville Country Christmas, Potter’s Ground), and Adam Pietripaoli (The Bigfoot Trap, The OctoGames) star.
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