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‘Stresseurs’ Retrace the Steps of a Serial Killer
Stresseurs will be the first feature length movie directed by Olivier Beguin, a Swiss director who made several shorts. With his first film TIME WITH NYENNE (2000), he notably received the H.R. Giger “Narcisse”, award for best Swiss short at the first edition of the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFFF). With his latest short DEAD BONES (2008), featuring Ken Foree and Arie Verveen, Olivier Beguin was selected in more than 65 festivals around the world.
While he is developing the feature version of DEAD BONES, Olivier Beguin will produce and direct STRESSEURS, a film which uses the survival and slasher codes in order to offer an original take on the serial killer figure. The script is being written by french screenwriters Karim Chériguène and Jean-Philippe Certa, based upon an idea by Beguin and Chériguène.
“Five students in criminology motivated by various objectives embark on a road trip on the footsteps of a serial killer who vanished 25 years ago; They will soon give up to their most primal impulses.”
STRESSEURS is an independent and low budget film. However, it has a certain ambition, since it aims at an international cast and a shoot in Switzerland, France and Europe. The project will be shot at the end of the year and will be finished by fall 2011.
The Wayans are out to cancel the Cancel Culture with Scary Movie, and the cast assures it will do just that.
“They sort of have an across-the-board style,” Anna Faris tells EW. “It’s always been a part of the Wayans Brothers, their electricity. ‘Can we offend you? Will you still love us? Come on, you still love us, don’t you?'”
Regina Hall concurs, promising the “boundary-pushing” sixth installment in the horror parody franchise will “offend everyone.”
EW has shared a batch of behind-the-scenes images from Scary Movie, which hits theaters June 5 via Paramount.
Faris and Hall are joined by fellow franchise favorites Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Dave Sheridan, Lochlyn Munro, Cheri Oteri, Chris Elliott, and Jon Abrahams in the legacy sequel.
The ensemble includes Damon Wayans Jr., Gregg Wayans, Kim Wayans, Benny Zielke, Cameron Scott Roberts, Heidi Gardner, Olivia Rose Keegan, Ruby Snowber, Savannah Lee Nassif, Sydney Park, Kenan Thompson, and Felissa Rose.
Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) directs from a script by Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, original Scary Movie director Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans (Scary Movie 2), and Rick Alvarez (A Haunted House).
The film will slash through reboots, remakes, requels, prequels, sequels, spin-offs, elevated horror, origin stories, anything with the word legacy in it, and every “final chapter” that absolutely isn’t final.
Scary Movie launched in 2000, followed by Scary Movie 2 in 2001. The Wayans’ involvement ended there, but the series continued with 2003’s Scary Movie 3, 2006’s Scary Movie 4, and 2013’s Scary Movie 5.
Regina Hall & Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans & Regina Hall on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Michael Tiddes & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Marlon Wayans on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
Regina Hall & Anna Faris on the set of ‘Scary Movie.’ Credit: Paramount Pictures.
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