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Four Campers Recruited For ‘Cabin in the Woods’
After all of the “fake” buzz, MGM has finally released the next four official “teens” cast in their super duper top secret The Cabin in the Woods, which is already filming in Vancouver for release on February 5, 2010. Being directed by Drew Goddard (Cloverfield), inside you’ll find out who will be joining the previous announced Chris Hemsworth, Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford in the groundbreaking film (we’ll find out soon enough if that’s true). I’d call this some solid casting!
Hey, kids: Don’t forget the chocolate and marshmallows to make s’mores!
Camp counselors Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard have recruited Kristen Connolly (“Revolutionary Road”, “The Happening”), Chris Hemsworth (“Star Trek”), Anna Hutchison (“Underbelly”), Fran Kranz (“The Village”) and Jesse Williams (“The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2”) for their fun little jaunt out to “The Cabin in the Woods.” The United Artists horror film had already bagged Richard Jenkins (“The Visitor”) and Bradley Whitford (“Bottle Shock”).
The genre-tweaking screenplay was written by Whedon, who is producing, and Goddard, who is directing. The plot and character descriptions have been withheld by the filmmakers and the studio.
“Finding this ensemble has been very hard and very rewarding,” Whedon said. “Each of the ‘kids’ is unique, fascinating and talented, and like true friends, the group is more than the sum of its parts. These are people you care about, able to go toe to toe with the amazing actors we’ve corralled thus far, and not unpretty in the bargain. I can’t wait to harm them.”
The film is already shooting, though its release date has been pushed back from Oct. 23 to Feb. 5. Presumably, this is to plant a flag in the date-night terrain of Valentine’s Day and avoid competing with a potential “Saw VI” release before Halloween. MGM will distribute.
Pictured from left to right: Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz and Jesse Williams
Movies
Christopher Landon to Helm Feature Adaptation of Grady Hendrix’s ‘The Final Girl Support Group’
A new feature adaptation of author Grady Hendrix‘s slasher book The Final Girl Support Group is now on the way from Paramount Pictures, and Deadline reports that it’s found its director in Christopher Landon (Drop, Happy Death Day).
The two previously collaborated on My Best Friend’s Exorcism.
In The Final Girl Support Group, “Lynette is a real-life final girl who survived a massacre. For more than a decade, she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, working to put their lives back together. Then one woman misses a meeting, and their worst fears are realized—someone knows about the group and is determined to rip their lives apart again, piece by piece.”
“But the thing about final girls is that no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.”
I wrote in my novel review for BD, “Hendrix puts his characters through the absolute wringer. It’s a bloody, vicious voyage for the flawed heroine, both physically and emotionally. In terms of action and horror, Support Group delivers breakneck pacing and thrills.”
Five years ago, Andy Muschietti & Barbara Muschietti (Mama, It, It Chapter Two) were attached to produce a planned series adaptation for HBO Max alongside Charlize Theron. While Theron is no longer producing, the Muschiettis remain on board under their Double Dream label.
Paramount Pictures is also developing Hendrix’s sci-fi novella, BadAsstronauts.
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