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Darren Bousman Talks ‘Ninety’ Kills, Monster Movie!
Darren Lynn Bousman is a busy man. After making his directorial debut on Saw II back in 2005, he has gone on to helm two more Saw sequels, the sci-fi horror musical Repo! the Genetic Opera, a remake of Mother’s Day, and is currently in post on the religious thriller 11-11-11.
He has also been attached to quite a few projects, most notably the insane 3-D bloodbath simply known as Ninety, a story by Scott Milam that follows a serial killer who sets out to kill a total of 90 people in 90 minutes. What more could a horror hound want?
Already looking past 11-11-11, Bousman opened up on the project. Deets inside.
“It’s psychotic and it’s crazy,” Bousman tells This Week In. “I wanted to do a movie that’s fun. ‘Repo!’ was fun, and I think that translated well into the movie. ’11-11-11′ and ‘Mother’s Day’ are not fun movies. ‘Ninety’ is fun. It’s 90 kills in 90 minutes. Done. Sold. Buy my ticket. We’re talking unique kills, too; it’s not like I just put ninety people in a room and dropped a bomb. The script is from Scott Milam, who also wrote ‘Mother’s Day.’ It’s a cross between ‘Natural Born Killers,’ ‘True Romance,’ and something a little more lighthearted.”
Bousman continues, “When you’re going to kill ninety people in a movie, after a while it could become monotonous. You’ll feel like, “Okay, I’ve seen this. I’m done.” To combat that, we’re going out of our way to make our killer cool and badass, like Mickey and Mallory were in ‘NBK.’ You’ll see the movie and just want to be the killer. Obviously we don’t want anyone to ever emulate being a killer as obviously that’s wrong, but we made sure our guy is just very likable. There’s two times that you’ll even want to high-five him.”
Speaking on what’s potentially next, Bousman explains: “I’ll be shooting a little surprise between ’11-11-11′ and the next thing. I’ve also sold another horror film that I’ve written that we may fast-track and move quickly into. It’s a monster movie. Another kind of exploratory thing that I’d like to do.”
A surprise and a monster movie? If only Eli Roth would pump out horror films this quickly…
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‘The Exorcism’ Trailer – Russell Crowe Gets Possessed in Meta Horror Movie from Producer Kevin Williamson
Russell Crowe (The Pope’s Exorcist) is starring in a brand new meta possession horror movie titled The Exorcism, and Vertical has unleashed the official trailer this afternoon.
Vertical has picked up the North American rights to The Exorcism, which they’ll be bringing to theaters on June 7. Shudder is also on board to bring the film home later this year.
Joshua John Miller, who wrote 2015’s The Final Girls and also starred in films including Near Dark and And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird, directed The Exorcism.
Joshua John Miller also wrote the script with M.A. Fortin (The Final Girls). This one is personal for Miller, as his late father was the star of the best possession movie ever made.
Miller said in a statement this week, “The origins of the film stem from my childhood spent watching my father, Jason Miller, playing the doomed Father Karras flinging himself out a window at the climax of The Exorcist. If that wasn’t haunting enough on its own, my dad never shied away from telling me stories of just how “cursed” the movie was: the mysterious fires that plagued the production, the strange deaths, the lifelong injuries— the list went on and on. The lore of any “cursed film” has captivated me ever since.”
“With The Exorcism, we wanted to update the possession movie formula (“Heroic man rescues woman from forces she’s too weak and simple to battle herself!”) for a world where no one group owns goodness and decency over another,” he adds. “We were gifted with an extraordinary cast and creative team to tell a story about how we’re all vulnerable to darkness, to perpetuating it, if we fail to face our demons. The devil may retaliate, but what other choice do we have?”
The film had previously been announced under the title The Georgetown Project.
“The Exorcism follows Anthony Miller (Crowe), a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter (Ryan Simpkins) wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play.”
Sam Worthington (Avatar: The Way of Water), Chloe Bailey (Praise This), Adam Goldberg (The Equalizer) and David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) also star.
Of particular note, Kevin Williamson (Scream, Sick) produced The Exorcism.
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