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Fessenden Not Directing "Orphanage" Remake
22 November 2009 2:45 PM, PST | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »
Producer Larry Fessenden has left the director's chair of the upcoming remake of 2007 Spanish supernatural thriller "The Orphanage" over at reports Arrow in the Head. Fessenden, who has been attached to direct since August, work on the English language remake's script with producer Guillermo del Toro which he calls "a very exciting experience". So what happened? "I got into a casting miasma and that's where the thing is; I think they're gonna do it another way, actually. So I think I'm out of it. Hopefully they'll still use my script, but I'm not sure I'm directing it anymore." If he isn't directing, he admits that there are three other projects he'd like to do but "after you get bitten once, you're just a little more wary."... »
‘The Orphanage’ Remake Loses Its Director
20 November 2009 2:22 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Back in August we reported on the fact that prolific film actor/editor/producer/director, Larry Fessenden, was attached to direct the upcoming inevitable remake of Juan Antonio Bayona’s excellent Spanish-language horror film, The Orphanage (or “El orfanato” to use its Spanish name). Fessenden had reportedly co-written the script with the ultra-busy Guillermo del Toro (who produced the original and is performing the same duties for the remake), and was tapped to bring the creepy tale to English-speaking audiences who may not have seen (or maybe not even have heard of) the original.
However, just a few short months later the guys over at JoBlo have learned exclusively from Fessenden himself that he most likely won’t be directing The Orphanage remake. On the set of his upcoming project, the post-apocalyptic vampire film Stake Land (Fessenden is producing), he told Joblo the following:
“The Orphanage was two years of waiting. »
- Ross Miller
The Orphanage Remake Caught in Limbo
20 November 2009 9:25 AM, PST | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
There has been talk about a remake of the hit Spanish horror film The Orphanage for some time. In August, director Larry Fessenden (Wendigo) was commissioned by producer Guillermo Del Toro to adapt the script and direct. But we've heard nothing since. Today, according to an interview that Arrow in the Head conducted with Fassenden, it appears as if the remake is in a bit of trouble. According to the long-time actor/director, he's off the project after having some trouble in the casting process: The Orphanage was two years of waiting. Working on the script with Guillermo was a very exciting experience, but then I got into a casting miasma and that’s where the thing is; I think they’re gonna do it another way, actually. So I think I’m out of it. Hopefully they’ll still use my script, but I’m not sure I’m directing it anymore. That »
- Neil Miller
Director Larry Fessenden Off the Remake of The Orphanage
19 November 2009 5:24 PM, PST | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
As angry as I am about the swift moves to remake the spectacularly reviewed Let the Right One In, it wasn't the first time I had felt similar emotions in an all too familiar scenario. Back in 2007, El Orfanato (aka The Orphanage) hit theaters and gained considerable buzz and attention thanks to not only Guillermo del Toro's endorsement as producer, but also because it was a satisfyingly chilling tale. And like any foreign film that gains the smallest amount of attention in Hollywood, a remake was ordered with Larry Fessenden attached to direct. That is, until Arrow in the Head found out from Fessenden that he's off the project. Fessenden laid it out bluntly: "The Orphanage was two years of waiting. Working on the script with Guillermo was a very exciting experience, but then I got into a casting miasma and that's where the thing is; I think they're »
- Ethan Anderton
The Orphanage Remake Needs a New Director
19 November 2009 1:30 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
When I first saw The Orphanage at Tiff '07, the moment the credits rolled I started thinking about the remake. That's lame, yes, since there was plenty of good stuff to think about in the movie. It wasn't that I was desperate to see the film remade. But I could see how a remake might do a few things differently, and possibly even better. With Guillermo del Toro as exec producer and the general nature of the film it seemed like one that would immediately hit the remake mill, much like Let the Right One In. Indeed, that's what happened, and as of August Wendigo director Larry Fessenden was attached to direct the Us version. Now he says he's off the project. Arrow in the Head talked to Fessenden, and got the following: The Orphanage was two years of waiting. Working on the script with Guillermo was a very exciting experience, »
- Russ Fischer
Orphanage loses director
19 November 2009 1:30 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
I was never a huge fan of the idea to remake Juan Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage. But with Guillermo del Toro co-writing and producing the remake, I was hopeful it wouldn't lose much of the beauty that was the original film. In August, Larry Fassenden signed on to direct the film and the search for a female lead to star in the film began. And that's also, apparently, where things ended. Our sister site Arrow in the Head caught up with Fassenden yesterday and the director revealed he's... »
- Mike Sampson
Larry Fessenden Exits The Orphanage?
19 November 2009 1:19 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Back in August it was announced that Larry Fessenden would be taking over as director on the American remake of J.A. Bayona's ghostly tale The Orphange. Fans rejoiced for the most part because with Larry at the helm, the last thing we'd get is a homogenized version of the flick that was met with much critical acclaim. Sadly ... things have changed.
Aith caught up with Fessenden on the set of Stake Land, which he's producing, to get the scoop on the status of the remake.
"The Orphanage was two years of waiting," he tells the site. Working on the script with Guillermo was a very exciting experience, but then I got into a casting miasma and that's where the thing is; I think they're gonna do it another way, actually. So I think I'm out of it. Hopefully they'll still use my script, but I'm not sure I'm directing it anymore. »
- Uncle Creepy
Larry Fessenden Exits 'The Orphanage' Remake
18 November 2009 10:54 PM, PST | bloody-disgusting.com | See recent Bloody-Disgusting.com news »
Sad news from the set of Dark Sky Films' Stake Land where producer-turned-actor/director Larry Fessenden was on hand to promote the film. Back in August it was revealed that Fessenden would be helming a remake of The Orphanage for New Line Cinema and Guillermo del Toro. It appears the dream is dead. "The Orphanage was two years of waiting," Fessenden tells Aith. "Working on the script with Guillermo was a very exciting experience, but then I got into a casting miasma and that's where the thing is; I think they're gonna do it another way, actually. So I think I'm out of it. Hopefully they'll still use my script, but I'm not sure I'm directing it anymore. That's Hollywood for ya." »
Fessenden Off The Orphanage Remake?
18 November 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »
Back in August, we reported that filmmaker Larry Fessenden was attached to direct the American remake of The Orphanage , a project he'd co-written with producer Guillermo Del Toro. (Which quite frankly was a really good match in this writer's humble opinion.) Sadly, it looks like we not get to see Fessenden's take on the material. Arrow In The Head reports from the set of Stake Land , (a flick that Fessenden is producing) that the director is off the project. "The Orphanage was two years of waiting," explains Fessenden. "Working on the script with Guillermo was a very exciting experience, but then I got into a casting miasma and that's where the thing is; I think they're gonna do it another way, actually. So I think I'm out of it. Hopefully they'll still... »
Exorcismus gets rolling in Spain
20 October 2009 12:49 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
On Monday, October 5, shooting commenced on Exorcismus, the latest fear film to come out of Spain’s Filmax studios. As with so many Spanish genre productions of the last decade, this one is also directed by a relative newcomer to feature filmmaking, Manuel Carballo (taking over for originally slated Luis de la Madrid). And in common with most of the company's previous horror movies (such as Arachnid, Dagon, Darkness, The MacHinist and Beyond Re-animator), the movie is being filmed with a multinational cast in English, on locations in and around the city of Barcelona.
The cast includes Resident Evil: Apocalypse’s Sophie Vavasseur (pictured), Richard Felix from Filmax’s Fragile, which still has yet to see U.S. release, Hellraiser stalwart Doug Bradley and the first Resident’s Stephen Billington. The movie has already been presold to a dozen countries, including Mexico, Italy, Brazil, Poland, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. Most »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Mike Hodges)
31 Days of Horror: The Orphanage
10 October 2009 1:14 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »
The Orphanage (2007) Synopsis: Laura, a former orphan, returns to live in the old orphanage where she spent much of her youth in search of a place where she and her husband Carlos can raise their adopted son Simon. At some point, they intend to reopen the orphanage, but not before their son begins to make friends with a mysterious, non-existent kid named Tomas who he draws with a sack over his head. During a party to celebrate the orphanage's reopening, Simon disappears and Laura finally sees Tomas. Months later, Laura begins bringing in paranormal experts to uncover the mystery behind the orphanage and behind what happened to her son. Killer Scene: Probably one of the most jarring scenes that I've seen in a very long time is the scene in which Laura is chasing the woman she believes to have abducted her son. She sees the woman walking along a snowy street, pushing »
- Neil Miller
Andrew Douglas to helm The Perfect Assassin.
8 October 2009 5:09 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
British director Andrew Douglas is set to helm "The Perfect Assassin," a $14.6 million budgeted film made in association with Simon Crocker's Andrew Douglas Films. Producing are "The Orphanage" co-producers Joaquin Padro and Mar Targarona from Barcelona-based Rodar y Rodar and London Company Pictures' Robyn Slovo. The film which is Douglas' second feature, is set in the last months of Spain's 1936-1939 Civil War. Two hit squads - one in the republican side, the other Natioalist, are assembled to take out the same politician called Don Rojo. One side has mercilless killers, the other three Republican soldiers who are all in love with Rojo's daughter. »
New featurette for ‘Splice’ lands online
6 October 2009 12:58 PM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Cube director Vincenzo Natali returns with the sci-fi thriller Splice.
Presented by your friendly neighborhood Guillermo Del Toro, Splice stars Adrien Brody (The Pianist, The Brothers Bloom) and Sarah Polley (Dawn of the Dead) as Clive and Elsa, a pair of brilliant scientists whose cutting-edge experiments in genetic engineering make them superstars in their field. As devoted to their careers as they are to one another (awwwww), they start conducting unauthorized experiments (uh oh) with new animal species (ooooh no) that show great promise. They introduce human DNA into one of their creations, producing a creature that is greater than the sum of its parts: a rapidly developing animal/human hybrid that may be a step up on the evolutionary ladder. While this female creature inspires maternal feelings in Elsa, she evokes something far-from-paternal in Clive, something that poses a threat to them all. Then, when this seemingly perfect organism makes a final, »
- Erik Buckman
Sitges '09: My Sitges Story - Part 3
6 October 2009 12:33 PM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
Monday, October 5
I begin my first full week at the Sitges film festival (see last entry here) with a leisurely stroll into town. Several vendors hawking horror T-shirts and posters have set up shop outside the fest’s Brigadoon theater (where non-competition and video screenings are free for the locals), serving as a sort of mini-convention.
Two movies are on the agenda today. First up at the plush Auditori Melia is the Belgian/Canadian/French/German co-production Mr. Nobody, an excellent fantasy/quasi-sci-fi film that pretty much defies easy classification and synopsis. Urban Legend’s Jared Leto (never better) stars as a 117-year-old man (in totally convincing old age makeup), who, we are told, is the last mortal man alive on the Earth of 2092, where people now live forever. Gradually, the complexities of his back story are revealed as we experience multiple storylines of at least three different histories the character may have lived. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Tony Timpone)
Raimi Takes Refuge In Horror
24 September 2009 7:32 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
As a director, Sam Raimi will be busy for a while trying to make something worthwhile out of Spider-Man 4. But luckily for those of us who loved his Drag Me To Hell and want him to keep it up in horror, he's lending his producing talents to the genre. According to THR, Raimi will produce the supernatural horror film Refuge, about a remote mountain town attacked by a Yeti. Corin Hardy, a music video director whose work you get a sample of at Slashfilm, wrote the pitch for the film and will direct it. THR compares the relationship to the one that Guillermo del Toro established with Juan Antonio Bayona, allowing him to make the chilller The Orphanage, and it seems like a fair comparison. Of course, I'd rather someone shepherd Sam Raimi out of making Spider-Man movies at all, but if this is what we get, I can »
British Fantasy Awards Announced
24 September 2009 6:34 AM, PDT | thetorchonline | See recent thetorchonline news »
This past weekend at FantasyCon in Nottingham, U.K., The British Fantasy Society announced the winners of its annual British Fantasy Awards. Nominations are listed; winners are in bold: Best Novel Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney/Graham Joyce (Gollancz) Midnight Man, Simon Clark (Severn House) Rain Dogs, Gary McMahon (Humdrumming) The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury) The Victoria Vanishes, Christopher Fowler (Little, Brown) Thieving Fear, Ramsey Campbell (Ps Publishing) Best Novella The Reach of Children, Tim Lebbon (Humdrumming) Cold Stone Calling, Simon Clark (Tasmaniac Publications) Gunpowder, Joe Hill (Ps Publishing) "Heads", Gary McMahon (We Fade To Grey) "The Narrows", Simon Bestwick (We Fade To Grey) Best Television Doctor Who (BBC Wales) Battlestar Galactica (NBC) Dead Set (Zeppotron/Channel 4) Dexter (Clyde Phillips Productions) Supernatural (Warner Bros TV) Best Film The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) Cloverfield (Matt Reeves) Iron Man (Jon Favreau) The Mist (Frank Darabont) The Orphanage (Juan Antonio Bayona »
Guillermo del Toro Bringing Deadman to the Screen
31 August 2009 1:27 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
For those of you worrying right now that Guillermo del Toro is trying to reboot the work of Jim Jarmusch: stop worrying. It’s not going down like that. Instead, Bloody-Disgusting is reporting that del Toro is actually set to produce an adaptation of the DC Comics character, Deadman, for Warner Bros.
International director Nikolaj Arcel is reportedly set to helm DC/WB project.
In the DC Universe, Deadman is a circus trapeze artist named Boston Brand, who dresses up in a red suit and white makeup to perform under the stage name (you guessed it) Deadman. When Brand is murdered while performing his act, his spirit is held over by the Hindu goddess Rama Kushna, who endows Brand’s ghost with the ability to possess living bodies. Rama Kushna’s decree: for Brand to use his new powers to hunt down his murderer(s) and obtain justice.
So »
- Kofi Outlaw
American remake of ‘The Orphanage’ lands its director
15 August 2009 6:54 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Spooky
Wendigo director Larry Fessenden will helm the American remake of Juan Antonio Bayona’s 2007 thriller El Orfanato (The Orphanage).
The Orphanage centers on a woman who purchases her childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the abandoned facility.
Once there, she discovers that the facility awakens her son’s imagination and a disturbing little friend with connections to the woman’s past.
Guillermo del Toro will co-adapt Sergio G. Sanchez’s original script for Yankee audiences. He also served as El Orfanato’s producer.
The original film quickly became a critical darling when it debuted and saw success with international audiences, including film fans on our American shores. New Line purchased the rights to give The Orphanage a makeover for the “Western” audiences. Success will no doubt be had by New Line as the American horror crowd will see just about anything except The Collector.
Horror movies are »
- Erik Buckman
Geek gossip: Green Hornet, Dune, 20,000 Leagues and more
9 August 2009 5:48 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Taiwanese singer and actor Jay Chou is to replace Stephen Chow as sidekick Kato in the upcoming Green Hornet superhero movie starring Seth Rogen.
Earlier rumours had suggested that Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo was in line for the role, which had been played by Bruce Lee in the 60s TV series.
Chou said: "It's an overwhelming experience to take on a role made famous by Bruce Lee. I won't try to be Bruce Lee's Kato -- I will try to bring my own interpretation to the part."
Director Michel Gondry said: "Jay is incredibly unique and charming and fights like a wild dog. When I filmed him next to Seth, they had such great chemistry."
Green Hornet is set for release on July 9, 2010, in the USA and on July 23, 2010, in the UK. Seth Rogen co-wrote the film and will star as Daily Sentinel newspaper publisher Britt Reid who, by night, »
- David Bentley
Guillermo del Toro revisits thrills in ‘Julia’s Eyes’
8 August 2009 5:58 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Mr. Sparky...is that you?
I will personally handle anybody who says Guillermo del Toro isn’t working hard for the money, West Side Story-style. (snap your arse off, mate) Though currently handling pre-production of The Hobbit, del Toro will reunite with Spanish firm Rodar y Rodar for producer duty on the “dark Spanish-language thriller” Los ojos de Julia (Julia’s Eyes).
“The thriller’s an excuse to talk about a woman who overcomes her limitations; it’s a journey of self-discovery,” says Rodar’s Joaquin Padro.
Directed by Guillem Morales, Julia’s Eyes will be shot from Julia’s Pov, a style reminiscent of Cloverfield, Rec and its American counterpart Quarantine. Del Toro helped land the film in the capable hands of Focus Features, International, and also helped oversee writing and casting.
According to Variety, del Toro says it “won’t be a simple schlock-a-thon.”
The team also produced »
- Erik Buckman
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