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Bloody Disgusting and Fangoria Join Forces on Horror Film ‘The Sisters of Samhain’!
Update (May 22, 2020 @ 6:15 pm pst): Bloody Disgusting is withdrawing their involvement from the project.
Bloody Disgusting is gearing up for our next production, this time teaming with Texas-based movie studio Cinestate and Fangoria on the Halloween-set horror The Sisters of Samhain.
In the film, a group of friends must team up with a witch on Halloween night to prevent a rogue coven from bringing about the end of the world.
There’s an incredibly exciting team in place for The Sisters of Samhain, which was penned by Ben Collins & Luke Piotrowski, the duo behind our V/H/S spinoff, SiREN, as well as the phenomenal coming-of-age thriller Super Dark Times. Collins and Piotrowski also saw their The Night House, directed by David Bruckner, sell for $12mm to Searchlight at the ongoing Sundance Film Festival.
The duo reteams with director Gregg Bishop, who helmed SiREN, as well as the micro-indie The Other Side and the awesome Dance of the Dead.
Dallas Sonnier (Bone Tomahawk, VFW, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, Satanic Panic, Puppet Master: Littlest Reich) & Amanda Presmyk (VFW, The Standoff at Sparrow Creek, Satanic Panic) are producing for Cinestate and Fangoria, with Final Destination‘s Craig Perry & Sheila Hanahan Taylor of Practical Pictures also producing with Andy Cohen (Gifted) of Grade A Entertainment.
Tom Owen & Brad Miska (V/H/S, V/H/S/2, Southbound, SiREN) are also producing with Bloody Disgusting’s Editor in chief John Squires co-producing.
Phil Nobile Jr (Horror Noire) and Danielle Cox (The Standoff at Sparrow Creek) are executive producing. David Guglielmo is casting.
Update (May 14, 2020 @ 1:15 pm pst): Bloody Disgusting has decided to put their involvement in this project on indefinite hiatus.
Update (May 14, 2020 @ 8:38 am pst): Cinestate executive producer Adam Donaghey’s name has been removed from this article to reflect that he is no longer working on this production nor for Cinestate. “He’s no longer working on any of the CINE / FANGO projects, including this one, and no longer working with us in any capacity,” said Dallas Sonnier in a statement. “He has resigned from all of the movie projects.”
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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