EXCLUSIVE: Jamie Campbell Bower – You know him best for his work as The strange thingsVillain Vecna- will star in a reimagining of the 1980s horror franchise for director Chuck Russell witch board Russell and Greg McKay wrote the script and produced an A-Nation Media production with Kade Vu and Bernie Gewissler. The film will begin shooting in Montreal and New Orleans in May.
Emily, her fiancé Christian and a group of friends open an organic coffee shop in an old carriage house in New Orleans’ French Quarter. But darkness descends upon Emily when she discovers an ancient slingshot that was once used to summon spirits. Christian enlists the help of occult expert Alexander Babtiste for Emily, but Babtiste has secrets of her own and knows the fateful bloodlines that connect them all to the witch council. A modern-day coven of white witches, a masquerade ball at Babtiste’s mansion, and the legacy of Naga Soth, Queen of Witches, are all part of a dangerous game that puts Emily’s soul at risk.
Photo cast and Eric Schiermeyer, Sarah Buxton, John Paul Isham and Walter Josten are executive producers.
“There’s a tradition in film of great English actors who have the charisma we associate with fame and the acting skills to really be a chameleon and play a variety of character types,” Russell said. “Jamie Campbell Bower is such an actor and his time is now.”
Russell’s genre efforts include his remake of the blob And Nightmare On Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors, connected The mask, the scorpion king And Rubber. It plans to expand beyond the original IP with a deeper storyline, terrifying scares and imaginative graphics.
Bower recently starred in the first leg of the western directed by Kevin Costner Horizon, with Sam Worthington and Sienna Miller.
Bower released the single “Run On” last May and made his directorial debut for the accompanying music video. He followed with the singles “I Am” and “Devil In Me”.
Russell is played by Peter Grossman, Lichter Grossman Nichols & Adler; Gewissler is UTA and Bower is Paradigm, 42.5bAM and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Source: Deadline
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