Dark Castle DTV Titles NamedJoel Silver and his Dark Castle Entertainment label have just inked a deal with Warners to produce two or three films a year for direct to DVD only. The first title that will come out of this deal will be the previously mentioned movie on this site, Return to House on Haunted Hill.
Dark Castle will also create original digital content for the Internet and wireless platforms to complement their releases. That probably means we will be getting little short films like what Ghost Pictures did with The Grudge 2.
Something else that became apparent in the trade is that it looks like only the hi-def versions of Return to House on Haunted Hill will get the special multi ending treatment. With those hi-def formats they will be introducing "navigational cinema" technology that will allow viewers to interact with the storyline. That includes seven viewer choices leading to over 90 iterations of the storyline.
Now to the good stuff. They have named three other titles that they are currently working on. A supernatural thriller
"Widow Whisps", a psychological suspense tale
"Odds" and
"Cheerleaders in Trouble," an homage to 1980s slasher pics. How long has it been since there has been a movie with a kick ass name like Cheerleaders in Trouble? Too long.. way too long.
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I Saw What You Did Remake is ComingIt seems as though all I am writing about these days is the next remake. This time Dark Castle will be adding another film to their remake pile that includes House of Wax and 13 Ghosts. This time they will be remaking another William Castle film, I Saw What You Did.
In I Saw What You Did, two girls, during a mischievous night of prank calling, dial up a stranger proclaiming “I saw what you did, and I know who you are!” Unbeknownst to them, they’ve called a husband who has just murdered his wife…and he soon discovers who his callers are. Back when this film was in theatres was when gimmicks where used to scare the crowd alone. Like having buzzers in the seats and things like that. Well Castle had all the seats fitted with seat belts so that the audience would be strapped in for the jump scares in the film.
Matt Venne (White Noise 2, Pelts) has been tapped to write the screenplay. Fangoria caught up with him and got his take on the film. “I’m sure [the studio] would want me to be quiet about those specifics, but I stayed true to the concept. Castle, I think, was trying to do a Hitchcockian film à la REAR WINDOW, PSYCHO, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and SHADOW OF A DOUBT—to me, those are the four big films hovering over I SAW WHAT YOU DID. I want to make a turbo-charged Hitchockian horror thriller with suspense, twists and turns, and an incredibly cool killer.”
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Dark Castle Makes A ComebackVariety has just announced a new deal that has went down for Joel Silver at Dark Castle. Dark Castle has raised $240 million from a half a dozen investment firms to make 15 films over the next 6 years. Warner Bros. is going to distribute all the films under the deal.
That would mean Dark Castle will be cranking out at least two films a year. The better news out of all of this though is that Joel Silver will get sole approval to greenlight the pics and be given full creative control. He will also own the films outright after the investors are paid back in full.
The three films mentioned to come out of the deal are
Whiteout,
The Summoner and
Gangland.
The Summoner seems to be the only film that will have potential in the horror genre since the others are more action geared. That film will be helmed by Jeepers Creepers director Victor Salva and penned by Matthew Sand.
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Dark Castle + DiCaprio + Wax = OrphanLeonardo DiCaprio and Horror are two things you really never expect to hear in the same sentence, except if you're making a Titanic joke. But yes, DiCaprio is going to be testing out the waters of our genre, however he won't be acting. DiCaprio is acting as Executive Producer (usually someone to helps out with the creation of a project in a smaller role than producer. Or in other cases where someone with a name gets a nice paycheck so the studio can slap their name across the poster) on a new project from Dark Castle Entertainment.
For those unfamiliar with Dark Castle, producers Joe Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Gilbert Adler formed the company back in 1999 and have since produced such flicks as Gothika, The Reaping, House of Wax, Ghost Ship, and next year's flick Whiteout.
The Hollywood Reporter got all the details concerning this new project, entitled
Orphan. First and foremost, the plot: a young couple, grieving over the loss of their young baby adopt a young girl, who may not be as innocent as she looks.
Not exactly an original idea. My money is on the kid being some sorta demonic creation. House of Wax director Jaume Collet-Serra will be at the helm, hopefully the sets in Toronto don't burn down like the ones in Australia on Wax. I believe the Aussies are still in court with Dark Castle over that... Peter Sarsgaard (Jarhead) and Vera Farmiga, who was already in a crazed child film Joshua, will be staring at the young couple. Filming is due to start next week, no word on an official release date.
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