Amy Adams (The Muppets, Enchanted) is in negotiations to star in a thriller based on Gillian Flynn's best-seller Dark Places, to be directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner (Sarah's Key) from his script. The book is described as follows:
I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ.
Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived–and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, Ben sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers who’ve long forgotten her.
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Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games, Orphan) is set to headline David Gordon Green's Suspiria, Crime Scene Pictures announced today. The just-revealed cast also includes Isabelle Huppert (Amour, The Piano Teacher), Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs, The Woman in Black), Michael Nyqvist (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Antje Traue (Man of Steel).
Based on Dario Argento’s 1977 film of the same name, Suspiria is written by Green and Chris Gebert and centers on Suzie (Fuhrman), a bright and ambitious American student who travels to Europe to attend a world renowned school. After a fellow student is brutally murdered and several other cruel and strange homicides disrupt the once quiet life on campus, Suzie realizes that the academy may be a front for a more menacing organization.
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The Prometheus soundtrack by Marc Streitenfeld has hit iTunes (for preview only) and, naturally it has hit You Tube. You can find two tracks inside. Streitenfeld also worked with director Ridley Scott on Robin Hood, Body of Evidence and American Gangster.
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Lianne Spiderbaby is quickly becoming a household name for the horror fan. She writes for Fangoria, Famous Monsters of Filmland, and, most recently, Video Watchdog. She is an actress, former model, and is currently at work on her first book entitled Grindhouse Girls: Cinema’s Hardest Working Women. Her web series Fright Bytes was something of an overnight success.
She has worked with some spectacular talent on the show and shares some exciting news about the show’s future with us.
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The Fringe is a place where non-horror genre films can get some play on Shock. These films might be sci-fi, fantasy or action - and certainly contain some horror elements - but will likely be light on scares, or, straight-up "horror." Still, they might be of interest to you.
This seems like a natural fit... THR reports Scott Z. Burns is being brought in to work on the script for the sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Burns also penned the viral thriller Contagion. He'll be working from a draft by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, writers of last year's Apes hit which showed the human race was on the verge of a viral outbreak. We presume the sequel will thrust the audience right into full scale viral mayhem.
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Update: CBS Films has picked up the project.
A film by the name of Ends of the Earth test screened in Los Angeles recently.
It came to my attention from a friend and details about the film were slim. Pals who actually attended the test screening reported back to me (since I'm banned from test screenings) to say that it was a found footage flick and "interesting."
Regardless, I was "interested" to know more, so, I dug a bit. What I uncovered was an image (to the left) and a synopsis:
Best friends Clif and Derek are looking for adventure on their round-the-world trip. After an encounter with a mysterious woman Derek undergoes a horrifying blood-thirsty transformation, and their terror-inducing voyage takes them to the ENDS OF THE EARTH.
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Paramount has released a clip from The Loved Ones in anticipation of its June 1st debut in the United States. The film originated in Australia and was already released overseas, now it's poised to take on a limited theatrical run in the States and we have a special preview waiting after the jump. For a city listing and more release details, check out this previous news item.
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