By: MrDisgusting

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An up-and-coming director we've been aching to see get behind the camera is Todd Lincoln, who was once attached to The Fly and is working on the forthcoming Hack/Slash. Now the young director is teaming up with Dark Castle to write and direct a new haunted house tale, The Apparition, for Joel Silver's genre label. Read all about it inside.

Unfortunately, full details of the project, an original idea developed by Lincoln, Dark Castle exec Alex Heineman and producer Daniel Alter, is being kept under wraps, but the plot is said to be based on true events.

"Apparition" marks the second project Lincoln and Alter have conjured up at Warner Bros.-based Dark Castle over the past month, after setting up sci-fi thriller The Nye Incidents there. That pic will be based on Whitley Strieber and Craig Spector's graphic novel.

It's also one of the first projects Dark Castle has picked up since former Rogue Pictures prexy Andrew Rona was tapped prexy of Silver Pictures and co-prexy of the genre label late last year.

Dark Castle has previously ventured into haunted house territory with "Thirteen Ghosts" and "House on Haunted Hill."

Silver, Rona and Heineman will produce through Dark Castle with Alter. Final producing credits are still being worked out.

Alter also has an adaptation of "Johnny Quest" set up at WB with producer Adrian Askarieh. Duo collaborated on "Hitman" at Fox. Alter and Askarieh also have adaptations of the Devil's Due books "Hack/Slash" and "Lost Squad" set up at Relativity-owned Rogue.

Lincoln, who established himself as a musicvideo and commercials helmer, had previously been attached to a remake of "The Fly" at Fox.

Source: Variety

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whoa a zombie 1:34am, May 8, 2009 Am I the only person who cringes when I hear the words "Dark Castle"?

billbeast 2:00am, May 8, 2009 "Dark Castle Entertainment" are my favourite production company. The only fails they have done are "RocknRolla" and "Return To House On Haunted Hill"

Lionel Cosgrove 5:59am, May 8, 2009 Seriously? Aside from House of Wax which had it's moments, they have consistently made some of the worst "big" budget horror films in existence. Yuck.

HelterSkelter 2:58pm, May 8, 2009 Considering that THE NYE INCIDENTS and THE APPARITION are the first two projects announced at Dark Castle since the change in upper management, I wouldn't base any predictions on the company's past. Rona (prexy)and Heineman (SVP) both came over from Rogue Pictures several months ago, so if anything, people should be making judgments based on THE STRANGERS, LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, etc... just a thought.

bigmoosie 3:33am, May 9, 2009 I agree with you billbeast. I like alot of what darkcastle puts out, with the exception of Gothika. Most of the FX are old school, kinda like the original night of the demons, house ( not the new one...lol) etc. I am a huge fan of 80's sheesy horror and Darkcastle hase some on par Fx with those style of movies. I just think they need to stick to a formula from wich they started. Remake more of William Castle's movies. Where is the Tingler they were going to make???

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