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James Wan In Talks For Live-Action ‘Robotech’
Director James Wan has gone from serial killers (Saw) to vigilante revenge (Death Sentence) to creepy dolls (Dead Silence) to some of the scariest ghosts stories I’ve seen (Insidious, The Conjuring). After all that, he ventured into the realm of fast cars and ridiculous action with Furious 7, which is on pace to becoming one of the highest grossing films of all time. And now he’s ready to move beyond this planet and head into the stars with Robotech!
While nothing is confirmed, Wan is currently in talks to helm a live-action version of the popular 80’s anime, according to Variety. Sony Pictures acquired the rights to the anime last month and they’re moving forward with Michael Gordon (300) writing a script and Gianni Nunnari and Mark Canton producing.
Considering how prolific Wan is becoming, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was yet another film that proved his capabilities at handling whatever is thrown his way.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at just 35 years old. The news was first reported by TMZ this afternoon.
The outlet reports, “The actress’ boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, tells TMZ … Daveigh died Tuesday from meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.” The website’s report continues, “We’re told Daveigh had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month because of malnutrition.”
Here in the horror world, a young Daveigh Chase memorably played Samara in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror movie The Ring, the American remake of the Japanese horror hit.
Far outside the horror world, Daveigh Chase voiced Lilo in the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch, a character she continued to voice in various animated spinoff projects.
Chase also appeared as Samantha Darko in the 2001 classic Donnie Darko, later returning to play the sister of Donnie Darko in the 2009 spinoff movie titled S. Darko.
Daveigh Chase’s resume also includes roles on the TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed,” “ER,” “Touched by an Angel,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” and 32 episodes of “Big Love.”
Chase appeared in the films The Rats, Silence, Carolina, Beethoven’s 5th, Yellow, Little Red Wagon, Transference, Killer Crush, Jack Goes Home, and American Romance.
We send our deepest condolences to Daveigh Chase’s family, friends, and fans.
Pictured: Daveigh Chase in ‘Killer Crush’ (2015)
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