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Kevin Zegers Makes A Right Turn Into ‘The Mortal Instruments: City Of Bones’
Kevin Zegers (pictured; Wrong Turn, Frozen, Dawn Of The Dead) has joined the cast of Screen Gems and Constantin Films The Mortal Instruments as Alec Lightwood, per Just Jared.
Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey (Dredd), Jared Harris (“Mad Men”), Kevin Durand (Devil’s Knot, Cosmopolis), Robert Maillet (Sherlock Holmes, 300, Pacific Rim, Immortals )Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower and Godfrey Gao also star in the pic hemled by Harald Zwart.
Based on Cassandra Clare’s bestselling young adult book series, “the story follows Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager who discovers she is the descendent of a demon-hunting clan called Shadowhunters.” Durand and Maillet will play Pangborn and Blackwell, an antagonist duo in the pic.
Unique Features’ Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne optioned the series in 2009. The Unique duo will produce with Robert Kulzer, while Dylan Sellers will exec produce with Constantin’s Martin Moszkowicz.
The found footage movie Hunting Matthew Nichols was independently self-released in theaters back in April, the film scaring up a solid $710,532 in around 1,000 theaters across the country. We don’t yet have an at-home release date for the film, but a sequel is in the works.
Deadline reports that director Markian Tarasiuk has signed with Anonymous Content for representation in the wake of the film’s theatrical release, and it’s within this report that Deadline makes mention of a sequel. Deadline notes, “Tarasiuk is currently developing a sequel to the hit indie title as he continues to build toward larger-scale commercial studio filmmaking.”
Hunting Matthew Nichols was made on a budget of just $275,000, and the film’s low budget and self distribution strategy allowed for it to become profitable in theaters.
Markian Tarasiuk makes his directorial debut on the Canadian indie found footage film. He also stars alongside Miranda MacDougall and Ryan Alexander McDonald.
“On Halloween 2001, Matthew Nichols and Jordan Reimer went into the forests of northern Vancouver Island near Port Rupert with a VHS camcorder — and vanished without a trace. Their camera was later recovered, but the boys were never found. Two decades later, Matthew’s sister, Tara, has hired a film crew to document her search for answers.”
“A sneaky, simmering take on the true crime folk horror genre that boils over and becomes truly unnerving,” Steven Soderbergh (Contagion, Ocean’s Eleven) had praised.
Stay tuned for at-home release information for Hunting Matthew Nichols.
Luiz H.C. wrote in his review for Bloody Disgusting, “I’d recommend this indie gem to fans of slow-burning supernatural terror everywhere – as well as true crime enthusiasts who wish that missing persons cases could come with a side of paranormal frights.”
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