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Editor Turns Director for ‘The Haunting in Georgia’
Now that Ti West is off prepping The Innkeepers, Gold Circle Films has locked in Tom Elkins, an editor who has worked on such films as Wanted and The Da Vinci Code, to make his directorial debut with The Haunting in Georgia, their follow-up to the incredibly sh*tty The Haunting in Connecticut. Elkins was also the editor on Connecticut, and his boarding sets the movie on track for an August start, with casting under way. Written by David Coggeshall, Georgia centers on the true story of a young family imperiled by mysterious entities inhabiting their property in the rural South. How about making it SCARY this time? Please?
Shudder has acquired Nightborn, the new dark fable from Hatching filmmaker Hanna Bergholm, THR reports this morning.
Nightborn will make its premiere at Fantasia on July 22 before debuting on Shudder on July 31.
In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”
Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star in the film described as ” a visceral, gripping and terrifying dark fable about motherhood and unconditional maternal love.”
The cast also includes Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson.
“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”
Bergholm previously explored the darker aspects of motherhood with her horror fairy tale debut, Hatching, a coming-of-age creature feature about a girl who hatches a mysterious egg found in the woods.