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‘Dracula Untold’ Director’s ‘Queen Mary’ Horror Film Will Be Shot on Board the Actual Queen Mary
If you’re going to make a horror movie set on board the haunted Queen Mary, you might as well film it on the actual Queen Mary, right? As reported by Deadline, that’s precisely what Dracula Untold director Gary Shore plans to do, as his Queen Mary will indeed be filmed on the titular vessel.
The film is inspired by stories of hauntings on the famed ocean liner that is now permanently docked in Long Beach, California.
Via Wikipedia, “Following Queen Mary’s permanent docking in California, claims were made that the ship was haunted. One of the staterooms is alleged to be haunted by the spirit of a person who supposedly was murdered there. The Queen Mary operates commercial haunted attraction experiences, such as its “Haunted Encounters Tour” and “Ghosts and Legends” tour, which feature ‘terrifying original stories and characters based the ship’s well-known paranormal tales.’”
The project was developed by Winchester producer Brett Tomberlin. White Horse Pictures’ Nigel Sinclair and Nicholas Ferrall are producing with Tomberlin and Mali Elfman via Imagination Design Works and Thorsten Schumacher and Lars Sylvest for Rocket Science. Tobin Armbrust will executive produce with White Horse’s Cassidy Hartmann and IDW’s Mark Tomberlin. Andy Trapani, Brian Gilbert and Steve Sheldon of Epic Entertainment Group will also exec produce.
Recent comments from producer Jason Blum suggested that a retool was in order when last year’s The Exorcist: Believer wasn’t as successful as Blumhouse and Universal hoped. That certainly seems to be the case, as Deadline reports tonight that Mike Flanagan is in talks to direct the next Exorcist movie.
Director David Gordon Green was initially on board to direct an entire trilogy of new movies in the franchise, with The Exorcist: Believer intended to be only the first film in that three-film sequel series. Originally set to hit theaters on April 18, 2025, sequel The Exorcist: Deceiver was delayed when Green left the project.
If talks come to fruition, Flanagan will take over, likely steering the franchise in a new direction.
The first film in the trilogy was released theatrically on October 13, 2023, with Leslie Odom Jr. starring alongside a returning Ellen Burstyn from the original classic.
In Believer, “Since the death of his pregnant wife in a Haitian earthquake 12 years ago, Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom, Jr.) has raised their daughter Angela (Lidya Jewett) on his own.
“But when Angela and her friend Katherine (Olivia Marcum) disappear in the woods, only to return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, it unleashes a chain of events that will force Victor to confront the nadir of evil and, in his terror and desperation, seek out the only person alive who has witnessed anything like it before.”
The final moments of The Exorcist: Believer brought Linda Blair’s Regan MacNeil back into the fold, seeming to suggest that the legacy character could return in future installments.
As for Flanagan, the horror filmmaker has Life of Chuck on the way. Flanagan previously helmed Stephen King adaptations Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, and he’s also known for titles including Ouija: Origin of Evil and Oculus, along with the Netflix horror shows The Haunting of Hill House, The Haunting of Bly Manor, and The Fall of the House of Usher.
Stay tuned for more as we learn it.
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