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Devilworks’ ‘Scars of Xavier’ Targets Brutal and Vicious Serial Killer
Genre specialists Devilworks has bolstered its sales slate with the acquisition of Kai E Bogatzki’s horror-thriller Scars of Xavier, writes ScreenDaily ahead of the EFM in Berlin.
Bogatzki co-wrote and co-produced the film with Marc Engel, who also stars as the titular Xavier in the story of a man who by day works at a car wash but by night is a brutal and vicious serial killer who targets young women.
“Scars Of Xavier is a raw insight into the disturbed psyche of a killer & each one of his violent impulses are followed and experienced by the audience,” explained Devilworks president Samantha Richardson.
The company has taken world rights to the film, which picked up best film and best SFX at the DarkViens Horror Fest in Italy, best thriller at Nightmare Film Festival in the US, and also won the best feature prize at the NYC Indie Film Awards.
Devilworks will introduce the project to buyers at next month’s European Film Market in Berlin (Feb 15-23). The company’s slate also includes holiday horror Mercy Christmas, supernatural horror The Hollow Child, horror-thriller Cut Shoot Kill, psychological thriller Restraint, supernatural horror Nereus, sci-fi thriller Incontrol, crime thriller Population Zero and horror-comedy Red Christmas.
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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