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| Aaron Eckhart is an exorcist in new film Posted: The horror movie Incarnate, directed by Brad Peyton, will start production next month. The horror genre continues to prove its allure to serious actors, as Aaron Eckhart is set to star in the exorcism-themed movie Incarnate for Jason Blum's Blumhouse banner, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) is directing from a script by Ronnie Christensen. Production starts next month. Eckhart will play an unconventional exorcist with the ability to tap into the subconscious of the possessed. The plot: The exorcist meets his match when a nine-year old boy is possessed by a demon from his past. Blumhouse and IM Global will co-finance the film. Blum (Paranormal Activity) will produce for Blumhouse, which is co-financing the movie with IM Global. Couper Samuelson will executive produce with Michael Seitzman and Trevor Engelson. Blumhouse International will handle foreign sales, and while there is no US distributor in place, Blumhouse has a first-look deal with Universal. Given the studio's success with Blumhouse's micro-budget home invasion thriller The Purge, Universal is expected to take on the release. Eckhart, who recently starred in the action movies Olympus Has Fallen and Erased, next stars in I, Frankenstein. He received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Jason Reitman's comedy Thank You For Smoking. — Reuters |
| Third 'Insidious' film in the works Posted: The early success of the second film has sparked interest in producing another one. Entertainment One, FilmDistrict and Sony will make a third Insidious film, the companies have announced. News of a third film comes as no surprise after the second film in the franchise, Insidious: Chapter 2, grossed US$40.9mil (RM131mil) at the US box office this past weekend. It boasts the second largest opening weekend of the year for a horror film, US$1mil (RM3.2mil) shy of The Conjuring (which was also directed by James Wan). "The release of the first Insidious resonated with audiences around the world and quickly became one of the most talked about films in 2011," FilmDistrict CEO Peter Schlesse, eOne president of film production Xavier Marchand and SPWA president Steven Bersch, said in a joint statement. "This weekend moviegoers enjoyed the terrifying continuation of the first film and we are confident they will be excited to see the third chapter of the Insidious world." Leigh Whannell, who wrote the first two films, will return to write the third but there is no word on whether Wan, who directed both of them (and co-wrote the first), will return. One assumes they would have announced it if he were involved, and Wan's next project is the seventh Fast And Furious film. Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions, which produced both films, will produce the next instalment along with Oren Peli. Steven Schneider, Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Peter Schlessel, Lia Buman and Xavier Marchand are all executive producers. — Reuters |
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