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'The Night Projectionist' Will Suck Your Blood
Filed under: Horror », Independent », Thrillers », Deals », Newsstand », Comic/Superhero/Geek »
It isn't just superhero stories that do brisk business in Hollywood these days -- horror comics are popular too. Variety reports that the latest to be optioned is The Night Projectionist, an upcoming miniseries published by Studio 407, which will be brought to the big screen by Myriad Pictures. The two have also teamed up for Hybrid, which will begin production later this year. Penned by Bob Heske, it's a story more along the lines of 30 Days of Night than the bloodsuckers of Twilight or Underworld. The story kicks off in 18th century Romania (as all vampire stories must) as a village prepares to lynch a village girl for launching a vampire plague that is destroying their humble townsfolk.
Fast forward to present day and Halloween's Eve, where an all night Dracula-thon film festival is taking place in a decrepit theater. Unluckily for the attendees, the projectionist is a vampire -- and with his help, the human audience is trapped inside, ready to be feasted upon. (This could happen to any one of us -- carry a crucifix to your next all-night film festival, readers.) It all connects back to that unlucky Romanian village, and the man who betrayed it all those years ago.
You can catch a preview of the comic over on Studio 407's website -- the art is fantastic and there is actually a pretty cool twist in just 8 pages of story. (For the artistically inclined, there's also a behind-the-scenes look at the artwork on Horror Comic Book News.) Heske's first issue isn't due on shelves until February, but it's gotten good reviews from Ain't It Cool News, Comics Bulletin, and the Rundown already. Definitely one to look out for.
Dark Matter for Streep, Kilmer
Filed under: Drama », Independent », Casting », Newsstand », Cinematical Indie »
Both Val
Kilmer and Meryl Streep have signed on to appear in the debut
feature from Chinese opera director, Chen Shi-Zheng. The film,
entitled Dark
Matter, tells the story of "a Chinese exchange student [played by heartthrob Liu Ye] who takes revenge after [his] hopes for a Nobel Prize are
wrecked by internal school politics." Whoa. I have no idea how this group of people came together to make a movie
- and about Nobel Prize bitterness, of all things, but it sounds pretty damn cool. It's always refreshing when
mainstream American stars are willing to branch out and take a flyer on a completely unproven director, or a really
weird script. Also hoping to take part in the adventure is cinematography's resident mad genius, Christopher
Doyle. Since Doyle's presence automatically makes a movie 50% more interesting, this is exciting news indeed.The film is being produced by Myriad Pictures and the brand new New York production house Saltmill. While Dark Matter is Saltmill's first film, the presence of Van Wilder 2: Rise of the Taj on Myriad's slate is sort of disconcerting - Taj and an untested Chinese director just don't come up together in conversation very often.
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