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Hunger Strike Brings Out the Demons in ‘The Wasting’
Indiecan Entertainment has picked up North American rights to Carolyn Saunders’ feature debut The Wasting, writes ScreenDaily.
“The Wasting takes place in a seemingly idyllic English village where a teenage girl who harbors a secret Canadian boyfriend stumbles towards sexual awakening.
“At the same time she goes on hunger strike in protest over her parents’ domineering manner, the youngster begins to see a ghost and a dark family secret surfaces.”
British and Canadian talent flesh out the cast, which includes Lauren McQueen, former Disney star Alexz Johnson, Gray O’Brien, Shelagh McLeod, Sean Stevenson and Brendan Flynn.
“The Wasting was inspired by a real person, a young anorexic woman who believed a ghost was trying to kill her, but nobody listened,” Saunders said. “I wanted to explore the hell of losing your credibility because of an illness and to accurately portray the deeper underlying causes of anorexia. And to package it in a rollicking good story.”
Saunders wrote the screenplay, and produced with Jeanne Strømberg and Alan Hausegger of StrømHaus Productions. The film was shortlisted for the CFC Features filmmaker initiative at The Canadian Film Centre.
The Toronto-based distributor plans a first quarter 2018 release on the unofficial Canada-UK co-production that was developed in Canada.
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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