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‘Children of the Corn’ Sci-Fi Channel Casting Call
We broke the news here on June 13th that Anchor Bay Entertainment and Starz were casting up for a made-for-TV remake of Children of the Corn. We told you that the remake is being written, directed and produced by Donald P. Borchers, a producer on the original movie, which was filmed in the Sioux City, Iowa, area and spawned numerous sequels. If you live in Quad-City, check out this casting call and maybe you’ll end up in the movie?! Read on to see two of the roles they’re looking to fill.
[BURT] STAR NAMES ONLY; Caucasian; Mid to late 20’s; He’s a handsome, chiseled, athletic man with the smooth self-assurance and a dangerous stubborn streak, Burt is a former Green Beret who did hard service in Vietnam — the defining period of his life. Emotionally reserved, Burt is still in love with his wife Vicky, but their marriage is on the rocks. Hoping to rekindle the flame, Burt takes Vicky on a driving tour, but their second honeymoon segues into horror when the two hit a child on the deserted highway — only to learn that the boy’s throat has been cut. Burt’s subsequent investigation into the crime, which takes them into a seemingly deserted farm community, reveals a terrifying secret among the surrounding fields of tall corn — feral, religiously fanatical children bent on sacrifice. When Vicky is snatched by their youthful tormentors, Burt calls upon his jungle training to survive — but the odds, against the teeming children of the corn, are fatally uneven…LEAD (3) ROLE WORKS FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 FIVE DAY WORK WEEKS IN IOWA
PLOT: Former Vietnam veteran Burt’s marriage to Vicky is on the rocks, but Burt hopes to rekindle their old flame with a second honeymoon driving trip. Unfortunately, their journey takes them into the heart of darkness — a seemingly deserted rural community that conceals a grim secret among its rows of tall corn…
Two things that have proven to be pretty dependable at the box office in recent years are horror movies and Christopher Nolan movies. With Nolan’s The Odyssey absolutely dominating the box office this past weekend, many fans of Nolan’s work have been left hungry for a Nolan-directed horror movie. After all, The Odyssey does whet the appetite for Nolan nightmare fuel.
Christopher Nolan has brushed up against the horror genre in the past with 2002 thriller Insomnia, but does he have any interest in someday making a full-on horror movie?
Nolan tells the Empire Podcast in a new chat, “I’ve always been interested in doing a horror film.”
“But horror is most successful when the conceptual framework of whatever the story is is just so undeniable. I think there are very few really great horror movies,” Nolan continues.
So why hasn’t Christopher Nolan directed a horror movie yet?
He explains to Empire, “I’ve never clicked with a particular idea or concept that worked for me. I love the genre. Of all genres, it’s the most visceral. Where the direct response to the audience is the most important. That is to say, you’re trying to make people literally feel something in their bones about what’s going on on-screen.”
Nolan calls horror “a genre in which experimentation is demanded.” He explains, “I go to see a lot of horror films with my kids these days, and you’ll see things in the first half an hour, 45 minutes of any horror film that you’d never see in another genre. Risks that are taken. Dangerous approaches to things. Admittedly, a lot of movies can’t sustain that to the end. But in the horror genre, that kind of innovation is not just respected – it’s really demanded.”
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is now playing in theaters.
Cillian Murphy as Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Dark Knight’ (2008)
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