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Friday the 13th Helmer to Captain ‘The Last Voyage of Demeter’
It’s happening, it’s finally happening! A captain has finally be found to take the heed of The Last Voyage of Demeter for Phoenix Pictures. Originally set to be helmed by Patrick Tatopoulos, we’ve been following this project since we saw a bunch of casting shots on the set of Underworld: Evolution back in 2005! As the movie never came into fruition, maybe the director of Friday the 13th will have better luck? Transylvania awaits!
Director Marcus Nispel (“Friday the 13th”) is in talks to board “The Last Voyage of Demeter” for Phoenix Pictures with Mike Medavoy, Arnie Messer and Brad Fischer producing.
The story, penned by Bragi Schut Jr., is based on a chapter in Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” describing the arrival of the vampire count in England on a cargo ship that has crashed into the rocks at Whitby with no crew and the dead captain lashed to the steering wheel. Stoker tells the story via the captain’s log of the voyage, which begins in Bulgaria and becomes increasingly disjointed as members of the crew disappear.
Chris Bender and JC Spink are exec producing. Robert Schwentke and Patrick Tatopoulos had previously been attached to direct.
Fischer told Daily Variety he’s aiming to begin production this year.
Phoenix is in post-production on the Martin Scorsese-directed Leonardo DiCaprio starrer “Shutter Island” for Paramount and “Shanghai” for the Weinstein Co. The banner recently announced it’s teamed with Robert Chartoff and helmer Roger Donaldson for a feature adaptation of Seymour Reit book “The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa.”
Get ready to work up a killer sweat and maybe spill some blood with Slashercise.
Part horror movie and part fitness video, Slashercise will premiere exclusively for BloodStream subscribers on July 1 before expanding to additional platforms on October 1, 2026.
Written and directed by Ama Lea (Deathcember), the retro-styled feature follows “a masked killer known only as Meathead as he stalks the fitness clubs of Los Angeles, turning workout sessions into blood-soaked nightmares. As the city’s top trainers are picked off one by one, a group of determined fitness fanatics must fight back before they become the next bodies on the mat.”
Slashercise features an ensemble cast of horror heavy hitters, too.
Vanessa Decker (Stiletto), John Bloom (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs), Spencer Charnas (Ice Nine Kills), Sarah French (Blind), Kelli Maroney (Night of the Comet), Sarah Nicklin (V/H/S/Halloween), Diana Prince (The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs), Jared Rivet (The Once and Future Smash), Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Tiffany Shepis (Victor Crowley), and Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master) star.
“Slashercise is a blood-soaked love letter to 1980s workout videos and slasher movies,” filmmaker Ama Lea said.
Vanessa Decker adds, “We never set out to make a traditional fitness video. We wanted to create an experience horror fans could laugh with, sweat through, and revisit again and again.”
Watch the teaser below that unleashes a killer Meathead in a throwback genre experiment in the vein of Linnea Quigley’s Horror Workout.
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