The_terror_Banner_2_13_13

AMC Stays In The Horror Business With “The Terror”

Avatar of EvanDickson
Movies
Posted by EvanDickson on February 13, 2013 @ 2:55pm
Category: Movies / News

With “The Walking Dead” pulling in INSANE ratings it makes total sense that AMC is looking to expand its horror slate. And I’m hopeful that “The Terror” will be a much stronger outing than “Walking Dead”, which is still only “so-so” in my book.

“The Terror” series will be an adaptation of the 2007 bestselling novel by Dan Simmons. I haven’t read the book, but the synopsis piques my interest. It’s “is set in 1847 when the crew of a Royal Naval expedition to find the Arctic’s treacherous Northwest Passage discovers instead a monstrous predator – a cunning and vicious Gothic horror that stalks the ships in a desperate game of survival, the consequences of which could endanger the region and its native people forever.”

It’s being written by David Kajganich, who is also adapting the feature film version of The Stand for Warner Bros. he will executive produce along with Ridley (and formerly Tony) Scott’s Scott Free TV, Television 360, and Alexandra Milchan.

No air date has been set, and that probably won’t change for quite a while. READ MORE

Ridley Scott Prometheus

Ridley Scott To Produce Low-Budget Horror Films!

Avatar of EvanDickson
Movies
Posted by EvanDickson on October 31, 2012 @ 10:33am
Category: Movies / News

Per Variety, Ridley Scott (Prometheus, Alien) and Scott Free London have pacted with Focus Features International and Orchard Media to produce low-budget genre films. The deal will see Scott exec produce a slate of six horror, thriller and sci-fi features over three years. Focus will handle worldwide sales on the projects. Produced in association with Northern Ireland Screen, the films will use primarily Northern Ireland locations, crew, cast and services for primary shooting.

“Our target is to create a structure that enables filmmakers to push boundaries and to excite audiences,” said Scott. “Our proposed model of filmmaking allows us to give helmers the opportunity to really innovate through narrative, production techniques and distrib strategies.”

This could be pretty cool, but we’ll see. Scott has always excelled at broad canvas epics, as a producer will he be able to wrangle unique visions on a smaller economic model?