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Stockwell to Turn 'Bad Men' into 'Sanctuary'
Filed under: Horror », Thrillers »
Yeah, you know John Stockwell. Every movie nerd should. He directed Into the Blue, Turistas, Blue Crush... OK, he played cool kid Dennis Guilder in John Carpenter's Christine. That's how most movie nerds know the guy. (He's actually been in a whole bunch of movies, like Top Gun and Losin' It and ... My Science Project.) So now it looks like Mr. Stockwell has his next directorial gig lined up, and he'll be working with one of the horror adaptation specialists.THR informs us that Stockwell will direct Sanctuary, which sounds a bit like Sleeping With the Enemy, only with a horror twist: A woman and her son take refuge from her terrible ex-husband, only the island they've chosen just might be haunted. Oops. The screenplay comes from Stephen Susco, he of The Grudge, The Grudge 2, and Red, and it's based on the novel Bad Men, by John Connolly. Umm, and based on some of the things I just read at the novel's Amazon page, it's something I'll definitely pick up once I'm done reading this very fun book.
No word on why they didn't stick with the original title. I think it's much cooler.
Kevin Costner Joins Ivana Baquero in 'The New Daughter'
Filed under: Drama », Thrillers », Casting », Scripts », Newsstand »
After exploring Pan's Labyrinth, Ivana Baquero decided to sign on for her first English-speaking role back in April, another thriller called The New Daughter. The project comes from a short story by John Connolly, and it was adapted by John Travis. Now, months later, they've got a director, Luiso Berdejo, and they've finally found her pops. It's... Kevin Costner? He's going to play a dude named John James -- "a single father who moves to a farm with his two kids after a painful divorce. Soon, his daughter (Baquero) starts behaving ominously, and Dad begins to suspect that the burial mound in a nearby field might have something to do with it." Pet Sematary and The Exorcist... For little children!Anyhow, I know that Baquero is talented; does this talent also already include pitch-perfect accents? Or did they live overseas until the divorce? Or maybe she was adopted right before the parental split and got the short end of the stick -- what with new families, divorce, and then some sort of demon possession. Costner is just about the last person I ever imagined for the role of Ivana's dad. Unless he is the one who needs a new accent. I don't know. Whatever the case, it should be interesting. The Upside of Anger is probably my favorite Costner role, at least, it's the first one I really liked him in, so I can only imagine what Baquero can bring out in him. Production is slated to begin next year.
'Omen' Director Options The Fantasy Novel 'The Book of Lost Things'
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Deals », Family Films »
With the release of the latest Harry Potter flick finally upon us, the end of the series is in sight and Warner Bros. is going to be short one fantasy franchise. The most likely candidate to replace the Potter magic is the upcoming family film, The Golden Compass. But there are also still plenty of projects on the way for fantasy fans that like their stories with a little more menace. Variety reports that John Moore, who directed the somewhat "flaccid" Omen remake back in 2006, optioned the feature rights to the fantasy novel The Book of Lost Things. Lost Things was written by Irish novelist John Connolly, and the story focuses on a young boy who is dealing with the loss of his mother and hides himself away in an attic with a book of legends. He becomes drawn into a fantasy world that eventually starts to creep in on reality.When read the synopsis for the book, I couldn't help but notice that it sounded a little familiar; namely, The Neverending Story, but after looking at a few reviews, I realized that this one might not be for the kiddies at all. Lost Things has been described as a "dark fantasy" due to the heavy subject matter of a child dealing with the loss of a parent, and Connelly has made a name for himself writing a series of crime thrillers, so he has plenty of experience when it comes to subject matter that is a little more grim. The timing for the project probably couldn't be better, though, since fantasy fans have gotten a taste for the more adult approach in films like Pan's Labyrinth. There is no word of a studio yet, but with Potter and the gang nearing the end of their box-office stay, it shouldn't take long before a deal is struck.
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