It's nice to see that MARTYRS director Pascal Laugier is taking his talent out of the Weinstein bros. handvs. After watching the INSIDE directors struggle to get a project off the ground, Laugier is putting his trust in Paramount Vantage where he will get behind the camera and direct Details. He is still attached to Dimension's remake of HELLRIASER, but we expect that project to linger around for quite some time. You can read the details beyond the break.
French helmer Pascal Laugier ("Martyrs") will direct Paramount Vantage horror thriller "Details" from his own script for Blumhouse Prods.
Jason Blum and Steven Schneider of Blumhouse will produce with Ian Levy.
"Details," based on a short story by China Mieville, centers on a daughter who disappears after awakening supernatural forces that inhabit the random patterns of everyday objects. Dan Kay wrote the original adaptation.
Laugier is also attached to write and direct a remake of Clive Barker's "Hellraiser" for Dimension.
Blumhouse is in production on "Tooth Fairy" for Fox and "Paranormal Activity" for DreamWorks. Levy's producing "The Farm" for Spitfire Pictures.
Par Vantage recently announced a remake of "Lake Mungo" with Vertigo Entertainment, and its upcoming releases include "Revolutionary Road" and "Defiance."
Expect much more from Vantage in the coming year as we're told they are focusing on genre pics.
I have to stand in the other corner & say I enjoyed Martyrs, and from what I could get out of his interview at the London screening he seemed a nice guy, who had been fighting his own demons while trying to make an original movie.
I always worry when they stretch themselves so thin with so many projects...something will fall through the cracks....and knowing my luck...it will be something I really am looking forward to. Oh well?
Master Yoda secretly told me Mr. Laugier is a trustworthy beetle. Don't you worry, we'll talk more and more about this gentleman. Just give him 18 months.
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French helmer Pascal Laugier ("Martyrs") will direct Paramount Vantage horror thriller "Details" from his own script for Blumhouse Prods.
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