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Spielberg Puts the Brakes on ‘Haunted’
It was back in March that word was being spread about Haunted, a passion project for famed director Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and originally written by The Conjuring‘s Chad and Carey Hayes, a rewrite was ordered by Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum, Contagion) that has apparently lost the plot so much that Spielberg considers the project, “…unrecognizable“, according to THR. These changes included the name of the film, the characters, and the action, which essentially means it’s a wholly different film.
It also seems that Fresnadillo has been removed from the project and the hope is to pick the film back up based on the original Hayes script.
Recently, Rose Leslie (“Game of Thrones”) came aboard the project, which was supposed to begin filming in a few weeks. Producing the film was John Middleton, Scott Bernstein and Roy Lee. Supposedly DreamWorks already spent $5 million getting the movie ready, which had a $17 million budget.
The film is inspired by the Henry James story “The Turning of the Screw”, which follows a woman who becomes convinced that the two children she’s watching are teaming up with evil spirits in the English country house they reside in. As the story unfolds, it becomes more malevolent and unsettling, earning its place as one of the great horror stories ever written.
Warner Bros. Entertainment and DC are getting set to unleash the Batman: Knightfall Trilogy, a 3-movie animated event that will carry a bloody ‘R’ rating. Batman: Knightfall Part 1 has been dated for Digital release on August 25, and the official trailer has arrived.
Gotham’s darkest night is coming…
Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall finds Bruce Wayne fighting his toughest enemies including Bane. Coming to Digital on August 25, followed by 4K, Blu-ray, and DVD September 8.
Watch the official trailer for Batman: Knightfall Part 1 below.
Arkham Asylum has been destroyed, and all its inmates have been unleashed upon Gotham City. As Batman races to round up some of his greatest enemies, he is pushed to his physical and mental limits and into a final confrontation with a new threat: the man called Bane.
Based on the iconic DC comic book event, Knightfall tells the story of the breaking of the Bat.
The voice cast for Batman: Knightfall features Anson Mount as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Michael Mando as Bane, and Pablo Schreiber as Jean-Paul Valley/Azrael.
Jeff Wamester directed the upcoming first film, which was written by Jeremy Adams. The Knightfall Trilogy adapts the Batman: Knightfall comic book arc from the early 1990s.
Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall is Rated ‘R’ for “strong bloody violence.”