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‘Martyr’s Lane’ Haunts ‘The Lesson’ Director Ruth Platt
Former Qwerty head of production and development Oliver Kassman has left the company to set up production outfit Escape Plan Productions, reports ScreenDaily.
The first film to go into production is The Lesson writer-director Ruth Platt’s Martyr’s Lane, a psychologically driven haunted house film, which Kassman hopes to shoot in summer 2016.
“Working at Michael Kuhn’s Qwerty Films has been the perfect training for running a smart and ambitious film and TV company,” Kassman told Screen “Escape Plan is built on generating and acquiring only the most potent and original stories, catering for those audiences hungry for compelling entertainment.
“With a select but broad range of film and TV projects with some of the most exciting creative talent based in the UK in development, I look forward to announcing more of the slate before too long. Right now I’m delighted to say that the first production will be maverick writer/director Ruth Platt’s second feature, Martyr’s Lane; a haunting, arresting horror shooting summer 2016.”
The Lesson is to premiere at the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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