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Claire Foy Stars In Period Horror Flick ‘Dust’ – ‘Westworld’s Karrie Crouse Penned Script and Co-Directs

Deadline has news of another interesting film project coming out of the Cannes Virtual Market. British actress Claire Foy will star in an original psychological horror film titled Dust that will be set in Oklahoma during the 1930s.

Westworld writer Karrie Crouse penned the script and will co-direct the film with William Joines. The project from MadRiver is seeking international partners this week with Mad Dog Films and Secret Engine producing.

Foy will play a young mother in 1930s Oklahoma who is haunted by her past and trapped in horrifying dust storms. She becomes convinced that her family is threatened by a mysterious presence and takes extraordinary measures to protect them.

Foy is best known from her work on the Netflix series The Crown. She recently starred in Damien Chazelle’s First Man and attempted to take over the Lisbeth Salander mantle from Rooney Mara in Sony’s soft-reboot The Girl In The Spider’s Web.

Dust sounds like an interesting concept and we’ll have to wait to hear when they plan on starting production on the horror movie.

SOURCE: DEADLINE

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TRAILER: New Footage From ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel ‘Peninsula’ Proves The Zombie Flick Is Seriously Action-Packed

South Korean action-horror film Train To Busan has to be one of the better foreign zombie movies out there and they’re about to release a sequel that is certainly cranking-up both the budget and action set pieces.

Studio Canal UK has released a brand new trailer showing up the action of the film along with a little bit of the plot, it certain gives the impression they’re aiming to be the Aliens or Mad Max: Fury Road of zombie movies.

Check out the new trailer below.

PENINSULA – When the zombie outbreak swept the entire nation, Jung-seok (Gang Dong-won) barely escaped South Korea alive. While living a life of despair in Hong Kong, he receives an enticing offer to return to the quarantined peninsula. His mission is to retrieve an abandoned truck in the middle of Seoul within a time limit and escape the peninsula silently. But his operation goes haywire when a mysterious militia known as Unit 631 ambushes Jung-seok’s small team, as well as even more vicious hordes of zombies. In his most desperate moment, Min-jung’s (Lee Jung-hyun) family saves him and he plans one last chance to escape the peninsula once and for all. The prodigal son, the Survivor and the Deranged. Their violent struggle for survival begins!

SOURCE: STUDIO CANAL UK

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‘Midsommar’ Writer/Director Ari Aster Describes His Next Film As 4-Hour Long “Nightmare Comedy”

The University of California’s Associated Students Program Board was able to speak with filmmaker Ari Aster (spotted by Slash Film) best known from his horror films Hereditary and Midsommar. 

The writer/director revealed to them that his next untitled film will be a “nightmare comedy” that will be 4 hours long. 

Aster revealed that he is working on a “nightmare comedy,” having just finished a new draft, and said, “ All I know is that it’s gonna be four hours long, over 17 [years of age].” 

It’s unknown at this time if Ari will split that film into two parts or release as one massive film. I’m not sure how many moviegoers are going to be able to watch a film with that length of runtime in a single sitting. 

I’m a huge fan of Midsommar as it was one of my favorite films of 2019, despite being late to the game. I enjoyed the flashes of dark humor in Midsommar much more than my experience watching Hereditary, but that could come down to personal preference. I’m extremely intrigued to see if he’ll attempt more of a horror satire or an actual straight-up comedy set within the genre being the backdrop. My money is on the former. 

MIDSOMMAR – A couple travel to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown for its fabled midsummer festival, but what begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.

SOURCE: DAILY NEXUS

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Ryan Gosling Attached To Universal’s ‘Wolfman’ Reboot

Yesterday, it was reported by Variety that actor Ryan Gosling (Blade Runner 2049, Drive, The Nice Guys) is now attached to lead Universal Pictures’ Wolfman reboot. The film is said to be seeking a director with the new horror film set during present time and expected to take tone cues from the thriller Nightcrawler.

One of the directors in the mix is Bad Education’s Cory Finley.

Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo wrote the film’s script which is based on a pitch from Gosling.

Universal Pictures had attempted to quickly craft their own cinematic universe with the Dark Universe featuring their classic horror characters. They ended up having to scrap the entire thing after the horrible box office and critical reaction to Tom Cruise’s Mummy reboot directed by Alex Kurtzman. Instead, the studio decided to try something different which led to them hiring Upgrade’s Leigh Whannel to write and direct a brand new version of The Invisible Man for them.

Action star Dwayne Johnson at one time was connected for a previous incarnation of the Wolfman.

It will certainly be interesting to see if they’ll employ traditional makeup effects for their new werewolf special effects or cop-out to use CGI visual effects that would lessen the impact of the iconic horror character on-screen.

Joe Johnston (Captain America: The First Avenger) directed the 2010 film which starred Beneicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt, and Hugo Weaving.

A timeline of when they plan to begin production or release the Wolfman is unclear at this time.

SOURCE: VARIETY