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The Battle for ‘The Fields’ Continues With New Casting
Is it me or are there two films with the word “Fields” in the title battling it out? For every announcement regarding Rogue Pictures’ The Dark Fields (a film that keeps changing titles with every announcement), Forward Pass/Infinity Media’s The Fields (also constantly changing titles as it was once The Killing Fields) ups the ante. It was announced this morning that Jason Clarke (Public Enemies, Death Race) has been cast alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain and Chloe Moretz in the murder mystery being produced by Michael Mann. Directed by Ami Canaan Mann, Morgan will star as a detective transplanted from New York, while Worthington will portray a local investigator probing a series of unsolved murders in industrial wastelands surrounding Gulf Coast refineries. Screenplay’s by former DEA agent Donald F. Ferrarone. Production’s expected to start later this month in Louisiana.
“Mythic Quest” actor Chase Yi has been cast in a lead role in Paramount and Blumhouse’s new Paranormal Activity movie, Deadline reports this afternoon.
Ian Tuason (Undertone) will direct the eighth installment in the Paranormal Activity film franchise, set to release in theaters May 21, 2027.
As for character details or plot, well, those remain scarce at this stage.
While we wait for further news on whether the demonic Toby will reappear, Tuason previously revealed to Bloody Disgusting that technology will play a huge role in his vision: “Technology — camera technology — has advanced to a point where it’s become a big part of the film and what I want to do there.”
It’s fitting, especially as it was the original Paranormal Activity that inspired the filmmaker’s haunting debut, undertone.
Paranormal Activity, created by Oren Peli, first hit theaters in 2007. Its groundbreaking minimalist approach to found-footage ghost stories has spawned a seven-film franchise that’s grossed nearly $900 million worldwide.
Franchise originator Oren Peli will produce for Solana Films, with James Wan and Jason Blum producing for Blumhouse Atomic Monster. Michael Clear and Judson Scott will exec produce for Blumhouse Atomic, with Alayna Glasthal overseeing the project for the company. Other exec producers include Steven Schneider for Room 101, Inc., Dan Slater and Cody Calahan.
Also on the way soon is the Paranormal Activity stage play.