Vertigo Films and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) have started principal photography on Guinea Pigs, a micro-budget film that’s an atmospheric horror about volunteers fighting for their lives after a drug trial goes wrong. Ian Clark writes and directs. The cast features Aneurin Barnard, Alex Reid, Amit Shah and Steve Evets. The project, which started shooting today, is the first film from Vertigo and NFTS’ Schools Project slate. Protagonist Pictures will handle international sales and Vertigo will release in the UK in 2011. The Vertigo Schools Project gives three teams of students/graduates the opportunity to make micro-budget features with a budget of
