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Vertigo Gets High on ‘Shrooms’ Sequel… in 3-D
Indie distrib-shingle Vertigo Films — who brought us great flicks like The Children, Bronson and the forthcoming Monsters — has added two 3D pics to its slate, including low-budget horror A Night in the Woods and a sequel to 2007’s horror Shrooms. Woods is set to lens in October and will be directed by Richard Parry. The Shrooms sequel is still in early stages but the shingle will co-produce the pic with Irish production outfit, Treasure Entertainment, which produced the 2007 installment. No details are available on either. Pffft. Managing director Rupert Preston said while the shingle’s 3D slate is robust, the shingle won’t shoot any pic in the format. “Not every film we make will be in 3D,” he said. “But the younger audiences do expect it now and the format massively enhances the entertainment value. We’re not jumping on a bandwagon; we’re just looking to push the envelope further.” Vertigo also produced Hammer Films’ Wake Wood, Waz and Outpost.
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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