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‘Unseen’ – The Soska Sisters Directing Adaptation of Horror Video Game ‘BlindSide’
Originally announced back in 2020, audio adventure game BlindSide is now getting its own feature adaptation, with Jen & Sylvia Soska (American Mary, Rabid) writing and directing.
Film Mode Entertainment, The Soska Sisters, and Radar Pictures have officially announced that the adaptation is titled Unseen, and casting is underway. The film is produced by global powerhouse producer Ted Field whose impressive credits include a slew of global box office hits like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Amityville Horror and the Jumanji franchise.
Film Mode Entertainment (FME) is teaming up with Jen and Sylvia Soska, aka “The Twisted Twins” again, after a successful run on the hit 2019 reimagined David Cronenberg horror film, Rabid, on Unseen, inspired by one of the world’s most innovative video games, BlindSide. FME has just boarded the project as worldwide sales agent for global rights to the film.
Film Mode Entertainment will be premiering a presentation reel at AFM, featuring never before seen interviews of the producers and filmmakers sharing their vision for the film along with candid insight into their inspiration and influences on Monday, October 31, 2022 at 5pm at Tunnel Post in Santa Monica, and will begin pre-sales at the market.
“Audiences have already shown enormous appetite for sensory deprivation thrillers; and Unseen is going to raise the bar even higher in this high concept and suspenseful story. With the phenomenal talent of the Soska Sisters at the helm and Ted Field guiding the team forward, we know have a hit on our hands. Not only are we thrilled and honored to be working with Ted, Sylvia and Jen, we just can’t wait for audiences to embrace this thillride as much as we have,” said Clay Epstein, President of Film Mode Entertainment.
Unseen is a psychological sci fi thriller that takes place in the 1970s about a Boston couple who wake up blind. They quickly discover that everyone around them have also been stricken blind and what’s worse is there is something else in the darkness with them. Their only hope is Ada, a blind woman who volunteered the day before for an experiment to allow her to see again in her dreams. They receive a panicked call — now she can see! She is at the university up the street, and they must find their way to her if they hope to survive this nightmare.
“As lifelong gamers, we have always wanted to have the opportunity to adapt a video game into a feature film experience. Breaking new ground by exploring a thriller narrative within science fiction has given us the ability to elevate our story like never before. We are excited for fans to see something completely new from us,” said The Soska Sisters, Jen and Sylvia.
In case you haven’t noticed, the public domain status of beloved icons like Winnie the Pooh, Cinderella and Mickey Mouse has been wreaking havoc on the horror genre in the past couple years, with filmmakers itching to get their hands on the characters and put them into twisted situations. In the wake of two Winnie the Pooh slashers, well, Pooh is about to battle Mickey.
It’s not from the same team behind the Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey films, to be clear, but Deadline reports that Glen Douglas Packard (Pitchfork) will direct the horror movie Mickey vs. Winnie for Untouchables Entertainment and the website iHorror.
Deadline details, “The film follows two convicts in the 1920s who escape into a cursed forest only to be dragged and consumed into the depths of the dark forest’s muddy heart.
“A century later, a group of thrill-seeking friends unknowingly venture into the same woods. Their Airbnb getaway takes a horrifying turn when the convicts mutate into twisted versions of childhood icons Mickey Mouse & Winnie-The-Pooh, and emerge to terrorize them. A night of violence and gore erupts, as the group of friends battle against their now monstrous beloved childhood characters and fight to break free from the forest’s grip.
“In a horrific spectacle, Mickey and Winnie clash, painting the woods in a gruesome tableau of blood—a chilling testament to the curse’s insidious power.”
Glen Douglas Packard wrote the screenplay that he’ll be directing.
“Horror fans call for the thrill of witnessing icons like the new Aliens and Avengers sharing the screen. While licensing nightmares make such crossovers rare, Mickey vs. Winnie serves as our tribute to that thrilling fantasy,” Packard said in a statement this week.
Producer Anthony Pernicka from iHorror previews, “We’re thrilled to unveil this unique take to horror fans. The Mickey Mouse featured in our film is unlike any iteration audiences have encountered before. Our portrayal doesn’t involve characters donning basic masks. Instead, we present deeply transformed, live-action horror renditions of these iconic figures, weaving together elements of innocence and malevolence. After experiencing the intense scenes we’ve crafted, you’ll never look at Mickey the same way again.”
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