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Quartet of Slash Films Revealed: Guitarist to Work with Niles and Natali!
With the Sundance Film Festival in full effect, ex-Guns ‘n Roses guitarist Slash has been all over the news with dribbles of announcements regarding his newly launched Slasher Films. Usually an announcement like so would have my giggling at the lunacy of it all, but finding out that Slash is working on adaptation Steve Niles’ awesome “Wake the Dead” made my head spin. We just now got word on all four films in development, and they’re all quite impressive. Details inside.
First and foremost, Slash has partnered with Michael Williams & Rob Eric of Scout Productions (Transsiberian, Session 9, The Fog of War, Mr. Death), and is in negotiations to acquire three new feature film packages under the shingle that will produce edgy, contemporary horror films.
The first film to be produced under the new moniker will be NOTHING TO FEAR, a horror/thriller revolving around two young sisters and their family, who accidentally discover one of the seven gateways of Hell in a small town in rural Kansas. Several directors are currently circling the project, which is scheduled to shoot in Louisiana this summer.
New to the slate is WAKE THE DEAD, a contemporary re-imagining of the “Frankenstein” story. The pic will be adapted from the graphic novel by fanboy hero Steve Niles, who is often credited as one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back into fashion with mainstream successes such as 30 Day of Night and “28 Days Later: The Aftermath”. Jay Russell, whose career has included The Water, My Dog Skip and Ladder 49, inverts convention and takes the helm to express his inner fanboy and terrify audiences.
Slasher Films is also negotiating to produce Vincenzo Natali’s THEOREM. Natali (Splice, Cube) known for his unique brand of intellectual horror/science-fiction, tells the story of a genius college professor who while trying to investigate the genetic compound of an ancient artifact, discovers a relic from Hell, and accidentally unlocks the equation for evil. Much like Natali’s genre classic Cube, the pic will terrify audiences with the horror of Hell unleashed on Earth. It is written by Natali and screenwriter Mike Finch (Predators, upcoming Masters of the Universe), and produced by Steve Hoban (Splice, Black Christmas, Ginger Snaps).
Rounding out the slate of Slasher Films’ new horror projects is THE OTHER KINGDOM, where the staff of a large metropolitan hospital battle for survival as an otherworldly epidemic turns people into savage paranormal killers. Pic is written and to be directed by Philip Eisner (writer – Event Horizon, The Mutant Chronicles), and produced in collaboration with Sean Daniel and Jason Brown of the Sean Daniel Company (The Wolfman, The Mummy franchise, Tombstones, Dazed and Confused).
Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield of Movie Package Company (The Messenger, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell) are handling the financing for the pictures and will Executive Produce.
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‘The Exorcism’ Trailer – Russell Crowe Gets Possessed in Meta Horror Movie from Producer Kevin Williamson
Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) is starring in a brand new meta possession horror movie titled The Exorcism, and Vertical has unleashed the official trailer this afternoon.
Vertical has picked up the North American rights to The Exorcism, which they’ll be bringing to theaters on June 7. Shudder is also on board to bring the film home later this year.
Joshua John Miller, who wrote 2015’s The Final Girls and also starred in films including Near Dark and And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, directed The Exorcism.
Joshua John Miller also wrote the script with M.A. Fortin (The Final Girls). This one is personal for Miller, as his late father was the star of the best possession movie ever made.
Miller said in a statement this week, “The origins of the film stem from my childhood spent watching my father, Jason Miller, playing the doomed Father Karras flinging himself out a window at the climax of The Exorcist. If that wasn’t haunting enough on its own, my dad never shied away from telling me stories of just how “cursed” the movie was: the mysterious fires that plagued the production, the strange deaths, the lifelong injuries— the list went on and on. The lore of any “cursed film” has captivated me ever since.”
“With The Exorcism, we wanted to update the possession movie formula (“Heroic man rescues woman from forces she’s too weak and simple to battle herself!”) for a world where no one group owns goodness and decency over another,” he adds. “We were gifted with an extraordinary cast and creative team to tell a story about how we’re all vulnerable to darkness, to perpetuating it, if we fail to face our demons. The devil may retaliate, but what other choice do we have?”
The film had previously been announced under the title The Georgetown Project.
“The Exorcism follows Anthony Miller (Crowe), a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter (Ryan Simpkins) wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.”
Sam Worthington (Avatar: The Way of Water), Chloe Bailey (Praise This), Adam Goldberg (The Equalizer) and David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) also star.
Of particular note, Kevin Williamson (Scream, Sick) produced The Exorcism.
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