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David Slade Mounts Helming Position On ‘The Widow’
Vendome Pictures announced their Ray Wright written thriller, The Widow, a few months back and have now found their director in none other than David Slade (30 Days Of Night, Twilight: Eclipse, “Game Of Thrones”, “Hannibal”), per THR.
The film, “follows a young woman who befriends a lonely widow only to discover that their encounter was not a coincidence.” Producer Philippe Rousselet commented on the hiring, “We are thrilled to be working on this piece with David. He is such a dynamic filmmaker and we are excited about his vision to make this movie a throwback to some of the most iconic thrillers in cinematic history — not to mention the two females leads being the strongest and most interesting we have seen in some time.”
Wright previously wrote The Crazies, starring Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell. Steve Golin and Alix Madigan of Anonymous Content will co-produce along with Rousselet. Vendome will also finance.
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If you want to watch a fun movie, watch a Ryuhei Kitamura movie. Whether it’s 2000’s Versus, 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars, 2008’s The Midnight Meat Train or 2022’s underseen The Price We Pay, Kitamura always knows how to deliver a wild and crazy good time.
Up next from Ryuhei Kitamura? Deadline reports that he’ll be directing Thrill Ride, which sounds a bit like the best parts of Final Destination 3… expanded into a feature film!
Deadline details, “the English-language film will tell the story of a group of people, including two young women, who are trapped upside down on a roller coaster taken over by a mysterious saboteur threatening to drop them all one-by-one to their deaths.”
Film Bridge International is launching the project for sales ahead of the Cannes market.
Chad Law and Christopher Jolley wrote the screenplay.
“Thrill Ride is exactly the type of high-concept based thriller that our customers are looking for in the marketplace,” said Film Bridge’s Ellen Wander and Jordan Dykstra. “With Ryuhei at the helm, we know his vision and execution will deliver thrills of the highest quality.”
“As a hardcore rollercoaster fan since I was young, I immediately fell in love with this script filled with suspense, action, crazy ups and downs, turns, loops, and corkscrews at maximum speed,” adds Kitamura. “I can’t wait to get on a ride and bring life to the wildest rollercoaster imaginable.”
We’re already seated. Stay tuned for more on Thrill Ride as we learn it.
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