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Heard to Star in John Carpenter's Ward

Source:Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor
February 2, 2009


A Bigger Boat and Echo Lake are pairing up to produce John Carpenter's horror film The Ward. Shooting is to begin this May based on a script by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen.

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane's Amber Heard will star as a young woman trapped in a mental institution with a malevolent ghost. As danger creeps closer, she comes to realize that this ghost might be darker than she could have imagined.

"The Ward is the kind of script that I've been looking for: a complex, visceral story, full of suspense and scares," says Carpenter. "I am especially pleased to be working with Amber because I know she will create a powerful central performance."

On the producing side, Doug Mankoff, Mike Marcus and Andy Spaulding will represent Echo Lake; Peter Block will shepherd the project along under his newly born Bigger Boat banner.

"Working with John Carpenter on The Ward is a dream come true - fans everywhere, me included, have been waiting for just this kind of thriller from him," Block says. "It's great to be able to tackle it with the Echo Lake gang whose work I've also admired for years."

Block is currently producing Adam Green's latest, Frozen.

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Posted by: El_Nastro on February 2, 2009 at 22:34:22

Shooting starts in May, the movie might be out by the end of they year, so the remake should be done & out by 2012!

Posted by: Doug on February 2, 2009 at 23:14:23

El_Nastro, there is no need to jump to conclusions. They may want to do a series of in name only direct to dvd sequels before they get around to remaking it.

Posted by: gareth on February 3, 2009 at 04:57:46

john carpenter is legend the premise sounds good to me lets hope he can recapture the form that made his other ghost movie the fog such an endearing cult classic

Posted by: gareth on February 3, 2009 at 05:04:13

i know this is little off topic but if anyone of you guys collect classic carpenter i would highly recommend purchsing assault on precint 13 on blue ray format it lookes fantastic for such a low buget movie you will be pleasantly suprised

Posted by: richard cavellero on February 3, 2009 at 17:52:51

well This is sort of exciting I stillw ish theyw ould release the awesomeness that is all the boys love mandy alne so everyone would love this super talented young actress Amber Heard.

Posted by: joe asylo on February 3, 2009 at 18:03:39

i mean went is it coming out?

Posted by: Steven Millan on February 4, 2009 at 17:22:41

Good to hear that Carpenter is returning to make another new horror film(what happened to his porposed "Riot"/"Scared Straight" prison drama that he was previously working on,though ?).

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