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‘John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams’ – John Carpenter Directed a New TV Series from His Home?!
Master of horror John Carpenter hasn’t directed a feature film since 2010’s The Ward, but in more recent years he has found himself back in the director’s chair for a few of his own music videos. One of them is a full-on tribute to Christine, and you should probably check it out.
But when, if ever, will Carpenter be stepping back into the film and television arena? Well, according to comments he made over the weekend at Texas Frightmare, it’s already happened.
“I just finished directing, remotely, a TV series called ‘Suburban Screams’ – ‘John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams,’” Carpenter revealed during Texas Frightmare Weekend. “It was filmed in Prague, and I sat on my couch and directed it. It was awesome.”
John Carpenter had expressed an interest in returning to directing in recent years, and if you know anything about Carpenter, it makes complete sense that a work-from-home gig would be incredibly appealing to him. At this time we have no idea what “John Carpenter’s Suburban Screams” actually is, but we’ll of course report more on this story as we learn it.
Thanks to The Prague Reporter for originally reporting on Carpenter’s Texas Frightmare comments, and also to Indiewire for bringing their report to our attention this week.
The new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), the upcoming Weapons is assembling an impressive cast, with Josh Brolin (Dune 2) and Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) recently signing on. Deadline reports today that Alden Ehrenreich (Cocaine Bear) is the latest actor to join the cast of Cregger’s new movie.
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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