Eric Balfour (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Hell Ride) has been tapped to star in RISE OF THE GARGOYLE, a two-hour telefilm that will air on Sci Fi Channel. The telefilm centers on an ancient gargoyle monster whose terror is unleashed in modern-day Paris. Balfour stars as Jack Richmond, a struggling author whose outlandish theories on pagan architecture make him the laughingstock of the academic world. But when Jack finds himself face to face in a demolished church with a live version of the stone gargoyles he’s devoted his life to studying, no one believes his story. Caroline Neron, Jason Salinger, Nick Mancuso and Tanya Clarke also star. The movie, said to be full of CGI and special effects, is shooting through month’s end in Romania. Bill Corcoran is directing.