Darkness, a high-profile genre film from Mexican helmer Daniel Castro Zimbron, is beginning to see the light of day, with France’s Memento Films Intl. acquiring world sales rights, says Variety, who also shared the first image.
The story’s in the vein of Pan’s Labyrinth, The Orphanage, and Jorge Michel Grau’s We Are What We Are.
“The Darkness centers on Argel (Aliocha Sotnikoff) who, along with his two siblings, locked inside a cabin basement in a forest, fearful of a wild beast wandering outside, but when his older brother disappears, Argel sets out to confront the darkest secrets and mysteries that the forest and his father (Brontis Jodorosky) hide.”
The pic, which is in production and expected to be released in 2016, is co-written with David Pablos, whose “The Chosen Ones” plays Un Certain Regard, and Denis Languerand.
” ‘The Darkness’ is one of these intriguing original projects that don’t come along often: a terrifying fairy tale from Mexico, a special mix of Shyamalan’s early films, ‘Dogtooth’ and the poetic fantasy of Guillermo del Toro,” said Tanja Meissner, MFI head of sales.
