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“The Maiden” Short Premiered on Bloody, and Now the Director is Making a Movie with Paramount and Platinum Dunes
Some insanely exciting news in the world of independent horror as one of our own is making a movie with Paramount Pictures and Platinum Dunes.
This past April Bloody Disgusting shared the world exclusive online premiere of Michael Chaves‘ short film “The Maiden”. It was a monster success among our readers, and created quite the buzz in the industry.
Now, according to Variety, Paramount Pictures is in negotiations to acquire an untitled pitch for Chaves to direct. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes banner is producing with Saw IV, Piranha 3DD and The Collector scribes Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan writing.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but sources describe it as a supernatural horror-thriller that takes place on a global scale.
You can watch Chaves’ “The Maiden” by clicking here. In the short, a real estate agent is pushed to the edge as she struggles to close on a mysterious estate. As she goes about her business she begins to discover that this house is not as deserted as it seems – and a very powerful and evil presence is working against her. The closer she gets to the sale, the more dangerous things get. Can she close on the house before its too late?
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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