Saw V director David Hackl, who is also behind Grizzly starring James Marsden and Billy Bob Thornton, is crowd-sourcing a portion of his next project.
Earthworks is a WWII horror film that follows 5 American doughboys on their first night in the trenches of the Western Front as they experience the living (and dead) hell that is No Man’s Land. It is to be directed by Hackl and produced by UK outfit Bluebeard Pictures.
“Earthworks exists in an isolated trench/ No Man’s Land set and creates a sense of abandonment from the start… 5 young American soldiers enter France and on their first night at an allied trench, everything goes wrong very quickly. Caught up in a beguiling fog, the film follows the young characters as they each come to different but understandable decisions. It is a tense and atmospheric story and the horror/ psychological thriller genres are purposefully chosen to tell their stories as the genre elements of surprise, shock, terror, fear and encroaching anxiety about the unseen all lend themselves to the story well. The film also features all the elements you would expect of a horror film.”
Daryl Sabara of Spy Kids and Adam Butcher (Dog Pound) are attached to star.