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Kate Siegel & David Dastmalchian Starring in Zombie Movie ‘Epilogue’; Mike Flanagan Producing
Described as an action-horror movie, the upcoming Epilogue will be produced by horror master Mike Flanagan, and Deadline reports that Kate Siegel and David Dastmalchian will star.
Both Siegel and Dastmalchian have become fan favorite actors in the genre space in recent years, Siegel starring in Mike Flanagan’s Hush as well as the TV series’ “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” “Midnight Mass” and “The Fall of the House of Usher.” Siegel also just made her directorial debut with a segment in Shudder’s V/H/S/BEYOND.
David Dastmalchian starred in this year’s indie hit Late Night with the Devil, and recent credits also include The Boogeyman, The Last Voyage of the Demeter, and The Life of Chuck.
Michael Fimognari (The Fall of the House of Usher) is directing the upcoming horror movie Epilogue, fresh off directing four episodes of Flanagan’s “Fall of the House of Usher.”
“Set one year after the zombie apocalypse has supposedly come to an end, the film will follow a desperate couple who set out to find a cure for their infected daughter.”
Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason wrote the screenplay.
The Coven will launch sales next week at the American Film Market, Deadline also notes.
Todd Garner (Mortal Kombat) produces for Broken Road Productions, alongside Courtney Petrakis, Brittney McDade, and Mike Flanagan (Doctor Sleep) for Red Room Pictures.
David Dastmalchian in ‘Late Night with the Devil’
It’s been sixteen years since Freddy Krueger was last seen in the Nightmare on Elm Street reboot movie starring Jackie Earle Haley, with complicated rights issues playing a role in the franchise’s complete and total silence over the past several years. Today, that silence ends.
According to a new report from The Hollywood Reporter this afternoon, “Paramount Pictures has closed a deal for the U.S. rights to the original screenplay of A Nightmare on Elm Street.”
Paramount’s genre label Paramount Primal is behind the upcoming franchise reboot.
THR explains in further detail, “The U.S. rights are being licensed from the Craven estate, which includes Craven’s widow Iya Labunka and Craven’s son Jonathan Craven. The duo will produce the new iteration with Marc Toberoff, the attorney-turned-producer who specializes in copyright law. J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules will executive produce for Paramount Primal.”
“We look forward to bringing the world of Wes Craven’s Nightmare on Elm Street to a new and completely engaged generation of fans,” Iya Labunka said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “We know that Wes would have been thrilled to see how horror is taking its long overdue place in the cultural canon. We can’t wait for all of us to sit together in a dark theatre – around the campfire of today – as the next chapter of the Nightmare story unfolds.”
“We can’t remember a time before we were fans of Wes Craven,” said Lifshitz and Margules. “The fact that Iya and Jonathan have entrusted us with this opportunity to help usher a new story into this world is an honor beyond words. We look forward to working alongside them to bring a terrifying new nightmare to audiences everywhere, and to welcome Freddy home.”
The Elm Street franchise had of course previously had a home at New Line Cinema/Warner Bros., but the Craven Estate was able to regain the rights to the original screenplay. THR notes, “New Line retains the international rights to Nightmare on Elm Street.”
Freddy Krueger’s upcoming return is said to be “set in the world of A Nightmare on Elm Street, based on the original screenplay.” No further details are available at this time.
Will Robert Englund be returning one more time? Stay tuned for updates.
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