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Last Friday, which happened to be a Friday the 13th, screenwriters Damian Shannon and Mark Swift shared some pages from the script they wrote for the unmade sequel to the 2009 version of Friday the 13th (watch it Here). In those pages, we got to read the description of a scene where a character would have been killed by iconic masked slasher Jason Voorhees while riding down a zip line. But those weren’t the only pages Shannon and Swift shared from the script last Friday. They also unveiled a couple pages that reveal what happened to Jason’s dad – and you can read them in this embed:

Ok, since it's #FridayThe13th how about one more? Our sequel script had lots of stuff for long time fans, including returning characters! Let's reveal two of them now: https://t.co/WhNTVuo2Nx pic.twitter.com/yUdnv2L6bL

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It’s time for another episode of the Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? video series, and with this one we’re celebrating Friday the 13th by looking back at the most recent entry in the Friday the 13th film franchise, the 2009 movie that’s simply called Friday the 13th (watch it Here)! To hear all about it, check out the video embedded above.

Directed by Marcus Nispel from a screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (who share a story credit with Mark Wheaton), Friday the 13th (2009) has the following synopsis: Against the advice of locals and police, Clay scours the eerie woods surrounding Crystal Lake for his missing sister. But the rotting cabins of an abandoned summer camp are not the only things he finds. Hockey-masked killer Jason Voorhees lies in wait for a chance to use his razor-sharp machete on Clay and the group of college students...

Fourteen years have gone by since the last time a Friday the 13th movie was released (check out a ranking of the franchise Here) – and this Friday the 13th, the folks at Cavity Colors are celebrating the 2009 Friday the 13th (watch it Here) with a couple T-shirts, a long sleeve shirt, and a hoodie. These items can be ordered at This Link – but if you want them, make sure to go over to Cavity Colors this weekend, because they will only be sold for a period of 72 hours. And we’re already several hours into that 72 hour period as I type this. Images of the Friday the 13th 2009 items can be seen at the bottom of this article.

Directed by Marcus Nispel from a screenplay by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift (who also receive story credit with Mark Wheaton), Friday the 13th 2009 has the following synopsis: Against the advice of locals and police,...

As a cinematographer, if you spend the bulk of your career shooting classy big-budget productions for Hollywood heavyweights, it’s conceivable that you might occasionally get a B-movie hankering: Even gourmet chefs crave the sloppy pleasures of a Big Mac now and then. Janusz Kaminski gets the urge rarely, it seems, but when it strikes, he takes to the director’s chair. Back in 2000, Steven Spielberg’s trusty Dp made an ignominious helming debut with “Lost Souls,” an incoherent occult horror that wasn’t even the tasty kind of trash. Two decades later, things haven’t overly improved with “American Dream,” the noble-sounding title of which does little to dignify the dingy exploitation exercise lurking below: a thriller in which the American pursuit of happiness is no match for the dogged chase given by ticked-off Russian mobsters.

The relative novelty of Kaminski’s attachment in this capacity superficially distinguishes “American...

American Dream Official Trailer — Janusz Kaminski‘s American Dream (2021) movie trailer has been released Lionsgate and stars Michiel Huisman, Luke Bracey, Nick Stahl, Agnieszka Grochowska, Elya Baskin, Samantha Ressler, Mark Kubr, Kelly Mantle, Lindsay Seim, Mike Jerome Putnam, and Jeanne Simpson. Crew Duncan Brantley and Mark Wheaton wrote the screenplay for American Dream. [...]

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Collider is home to the exclusive premiere of the trailer for American Dream, directed by Steven Spielberg's longtime cinematographer Janusz Kaminski. This is the second feature film from Kaminski, who previously made his directorial debut with the 2007 Polish drama Hania. Kaminski is more widely known as the cinematographer on some of Spielberg's biggest movies of the past three decades, including Schindler's List, War of the Worlds, Minority Report, and the upcoming West Side Story. American Dream sees Kaminski directing a gritty crime drama story co-written by Duncan Brantley (Leatherheads) and Mark Wheaton (The Messengers). The …...

Sean Fahey, founder of Black Jack Press and mastermind behind the outstanding weird west anthology series, Tall Tales from the Badlands, has begun a Kickstarter campaign to launch a new anthology, Sagas of the Northmen, featuring one of medieval Europe’s most feared cultures: the Vikings. On the Kickstarter page, Fahey states, “In the tradition of the medieval Icelandic Sagas, our book features tales about (seemingly) ordinary men and women finding themselves in extraordinary circumstances. The subject matter explored in this inaugural volume is expansive and includes stand-alone tales about the infamous raid on Lindisfarne, Leif Erikson, the Icelandic justice system, the Viking funeral ritual, the Varangian Guard, the Viking warrior ethos and Freydis Eiriksdottir’s expedition to North America.” These are some truly epic tales from Viking history. The raid on Lindisfarne was a brutal attack by the Vikings on English villagers and marked the beginning of the “Viking Age.

“Game of Thrones” star Emilia Clarke is set to star in the psychological thriller ”Voice From the Stone,” which is co-production between Zanuck Independent and newly-formed Code 39 Films, the companies announced Monday. Eric D. Howell will direct from a script by Andrew Shaw, who adapted Silvio Raffo's award-winning Italian novel “La Voce Della Pietra.” The independently financed film will be produced by Dean Zanuck and Stefano Gallini-Durante, while Mark Wheaton will executive produce. Production is scheduled to start in November in Italy. Also read: ‘Terminator’ Reboot Casts ‘Game of Thrones’ Star Emilia Clarke as Sarah Connor Set in 1950s Tuscany,...

Emilia Clarke, 27, is set to star in Eric D. Howell‘s psychological thriller “Voice From the Stone.” Based on Silvio Raffo’s novel “La Voce Della Pietra,” the Andrew Shaw-scripted “Voice From the Stone” is set in 1950s Tuscany and follows a nurse who, whilst caring for a troubled boy whose mother suddenly died, becomes the victim of a malevolent force inside the family’s castle. Dean Zanuck and Stefano Gallini-Durantefilm are producing the Zanuck Independent and Code 39 Films production, while Mark Wheaton is serving as executive producer. Filming for “Voice From the Stone,” which also marks Howell’s feature directorial debut, [...]

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Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has signed on to star in Voice from the Stone, an adaptation of Italian author Silvio Raffo's novel La Voce Della Pietra.

The project has been in development for several years, with Maggie Gyllenhaal signing on to star back in May 2011, although she is no longer involved. The story centers on a nurse (Emilia Clarke) in 1950s Tuscany, who helps a young boy get over the traumatic and sudden death of his mother. As she spends more time with the boy, she becomes enslaved by an evil supernatural force at his family estate.

Eric D. Howell is making his feature directorial debut with Voice from the Stone, working from an adapted screenplay by Andrew Shaw. Dean Zanuck and Stefano Gallini-Durante are producing, with Mark Wheaton serving as executive producer. Shooting is scheduled to begin in Italy this November.

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First poster for Billy Club starring Marshall Caswell, Erin Hammond and Nick Sommer Batter up! Check out this well-designed poster for the Drew Rosas and Nick Sommer-directed-and-written horror comedy. Here, a memorial for their little league coach reunites four friends until the secrets from their past return to haunt them. The cast also includes Max Williamson, Mark Metcalf, M.R. Dunlop, Kelly Cunningham, Andrew Swant and Sara Luther. Drew Rosas and Mark Wheaton produce while Todd Clemens and Blaine Vess serve as executive producers.

First poster for Billy Club starring Marshall Caswell, Erin Hammond and Nick Sommer Batter up! Check out this well-designed poster for the Drew Rosas and Nick Sommer-directed-and-written horror comedy. Here, a memorial for their little league coach reunites four friends until the secrets from their past return to haunt them. The cast also includes Max Williamson, Mark Metcalf, M.R. Dunlop, Kelly Cunningham, Andrew Swant and Sara Luther. Drew Rosas and Mark Wheaton produce while Todd Clemens and Blaine Vess serve as executive producers.

After having some young people dismembered in the dullest and most unmemorable of ways possible, it just makes sense to go and wet your feet in young adult novel land, doesn't it? Hey, it can only get better from here! Read on for more.

THR reports that Los Angeles-based Zova Books has signed a multi-book deal with Mark Wheaton (Friday the 13th remake) for a young adult series titled Finders & Keepers.

The series centers on a typical, everyday American teenager named Christopher Dash who suddenly finds himself on the run and forced to hook up with a group of teen vagabonds-turned-artifact hunters in London. Zova will release the first book, The Sword of the Realm, in summer 2013, with the second, The Golden Fleet, coming the following year.

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Horror screenwriter Mark Wheaton will soon add “published novelist” to his resume. Los Angeles-based Zova Books has signed a multibook deal with Wheaton for a young-adult series titled Finders & Keepers. Photos: Iconic Horror Movies The book centers on a typical, everyday American teenager named Christopher Dash who suddenly finds himself on the run and is forced to hook up with a group of teen vagabonds-turned-artifact hunters in London. Zova will release the first book, The Sword of the Realm, in summer 2013, with the second, The Golden Fleet, coming the following year. Also

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After watching this concept trailer for "Sunday Billy Sunday," you may think twice about going camping again.  Shot by indie director  Morna Ciraki, the footage draws frights from sexual and religious imagery. Ciraki enlisted Emmy-winning makeup artist Dean Jones, and stunt coordinators from "True Blood," to help her get the on-screen gore right and prove that  Mark Wheaton's ebook would make a good horror film. Presumably the footage is being shopped around to investors before a feature film adaptation goes into production.   The plot of Wheaton's book concerns a priest who gets...

This morning...a little something different to share. Shock doesn't do this often, but I was impressed with what I saw.

First time filmmaker Morna Ciraki e-mailed me a bit ago asking if I'd like to see her proof of concept trailer for a possible screen adaptation of Mark Wheaton's novel Sunday Billy Sunday. Ciraki announced her intentions to direct a feature film last year.

"Sunday Billy Sunday is a sort of Friday the 13th meets Lord of the Flies story involving a priest who, upon witnessing a miracle, is driven mad by his attempts to divine its meaning," she tells us. "In hopes of sparking Divine Intervention, he goes to his East Texas summer camp and begins to kill 99 kids - and make them turn on one another - to force God’s hand. In the midst of this, four teenagers – Mark, Todd, Faith, and Maia – fall in and out of love,...

Genre writer Mark Wheaton (Friday the 13th remake, The Messengers) is about to see one of his best stories, Sunday Billy Sunday, adapted into a feature film, and we have the who, what, where, when, and how for ya! We're good like that!

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Music video director Morna Ciraki will make her feature directing debut with the horror film Sunday Billy Sunday, having optioned the self-published indie bestseller from screenwriter Mark Wheaton, who has penned the adaptation. The film is intended for a 2012 festival release.

A novel of religious hysteria, Sunday Billy Sunday tells the story of a Dallas-area priest, Father Billy Acosta, who believes he’s been shown a miracle by God. Instead of being uplifted, ensuing weeks of doubt make him demand to see a second one. Driven crazy by what he feels is God's silence, he heads to his church's East Texas summer camp...

Nothing better than reporting on news regarding guys we know, further, guys we know who are the real deal. In this case, I'm talking about Mark Wheaton, one of the first writers I met when I jumped into my journalism career a decade ago. Wheaton moved out of the field and pursued creative writing (scripts, fiction). Today, the press release below landed on my lap concerning a short story of his that is coming to the screen. Check it out! Music video director Morna Ciraki will make her feature directing debut with the horror film, Sunday Billy Sunday, having optioned the self-published indie bestseller from screenwriter Mark Wheaton who has penned the adaptation. The film is intended for a 2012 festival release. A novel of religious hysteria, Sunday Billy Sunday tells the...

Rumors have been swirling about Hilary Swank signing on to the latest vampire flick from John Carpenter, Fangland. So much so that the actress herself has decided to address them.

"I guess that's why they call it a rumour, huh?" Swank told Empire Onlinein a recent interview thereby confirming that she has nothing to do with the project.

Fangland is an updated version of Bram Stoker's Dracula set up with Das Films and Blumhouse Prods. Sriram Das and Jason Blum are producing. Tracy Underwood's also involved in a producing capacity.

Written by former "60 Minutes" producer John Marks, it's centered on a New York-based producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula.

Mark Wheaton (Friday the 13th '09) penned the adaptation.

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Although we have been hearing for a while now that Hilary Swank was not going to star in Fangland , the actress vocalized her confirmation to Empire in a red carpet interview . Swank's involvement was first reported in 2007 in a New York Post article when her production outfit picked up the rights to the John Marks novel. Variety later stated she was going to star in the film, written by Mark Wheaton. This year, John Carpenter came aboard to direct. Is it Carpenter's next film? Who's to say...

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On his debut album Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening recorded in July of 2009, comedian Aziz Ansari presents a veritable torrent of pop culture references throughout the hour-long routine. He jokes about harassing his cousin Harris on Facebook, pokes fun at Cold Stone Creamery, Cvs Pharmacy and Craigslist and then finishes with two big pre-encore bits involving Kanye West and R. Kelly, including an extended impression of R&B singer Kelly both in concert and then getting lapdances at the after-party. He even makes fun of himself for being tongue-tied around M.I.A.

It’s a great album from a very funny comic who, given his ongoing role in Parks & Recreation, his hosting this past summer of the MTV Movie Awards and parts in movies like Get Him to the Greek, Funny People and the upcoming 30 Minutes or Less (which will be his first...

Anyone who reads their fair share of short stories and novellas knows that, among the foremost fundamentals of good storytelling thrown out the window, character development is usually first to go. As they’re shorter forms than the standard novel, their authors are often all too quick to jump into the action, leaving us with flat, two-dimensional characters whose personal predicaments and perils we couldn’t care less about. Thankfully, this is not the case in the four stories laid out in the remarkably character-driven Four Nails In The Coffin, by author/screenwriter Mark Wheaton (pictured).

Had enough vampire action? We hope not because John Carpenter will be directing a “modern update” of the classic Dracula story.

Based on the novel Fangland by John Marks, the new Dracula movie with center on a New York television producer –Hilary Swank is rumored for the role– who heads to Transylvania for an interview with an Eastern European arms trader. But not just any international arms trader; it’s Dracula himself.

Mark Wheaton (Friday the 13th) will work on adapting the book to film.

John Carpenter’s previous credits include The Thing, Escape From New York and Halloween. The horror icon recently completed the spooky tale: The Ward.

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A Number of new versions of the Dracula story are stirring in the crypt and Halloween director John Carpenter now wants a stake in the Twilight-driven vampire trend.

Variety reports that he has signed on to direct Fangland, a reimagining of the Dracula story based on a 2007 novel by John Marks. It sees New York TV producer Evangeline Harker travel to Transylvania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer called Ion Torgu, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula.

Friday The 13th screenwriter Mark Wheaton has written the script for the Das Films and Blumhouse Productions project. Hilary Swank is producing and possibly starring in the film.

Carpenter's other credits include The Fog, Escape From New York, The Thing and Ghosts of Mars. He recently completed filming The Ward, with Amber Heard starring as a haunted woman in a mental institution.

John Carpenter will direct "Fangland," a contemporary version of Bram Stoker's Dracula. According to Variety, Sriram Das of Das Films and Jason Blum of Blumhouse Productions are producing. The film is based on the 2007 novel by former "60 Minutes" producer John Marks. Mark Wheaton ("Friday the 13th") wrote the adaptation. The plot centers on a New York-based producer traveling to Romania for an interview with a European arms dealer, who turns out to be Dracula. Carpenter is currently in post-production on the ghost story "The Ward." It.s his first film since 2001's "Ghosts of Mars." Carpenter.s credits include "Escape From New York," "The Thing," "Big Trouble in Little China" and "Starman."...

John Carpenter is one of my favorite filmmakers of all time. Carpenter sadly does not get enough respect for his contributions to the horror and science fiction genre. He’s the John Ford of the genre, but he’ll never get that glitzy Oscar tribute and montage sequence. So, any news about a new John Carpenter film is a banner day around these days and thanks Coming Soon for cheering this anxious Lakers fan up.

Now, Coming Soon is reporting that Carpenter will direct an adaptation of John Marks’ vampire novel, Fangland and in an unusual twist of fate, Hilary Swank is attached to star.

While I’m nervous about Carpenter returning to the world of vampires again since the auteur’s first foray into the world of fangs and blood sucking, Vampires was bit of a mixed bag, but the idea of an Oscar winner in a spooky picture…...

John Carpenter has been brought on to direct a film adaptation of John Marks' 2008 novel "Fangland" for Sriram Das and Blumhouse Productions reports the trades.

Marks' remaining of the Dracula story will have Swank potentially starring as Evangeline Harker, the associate producer of the TV news magazine show "The Hour".

Swank leaves Manhattan and heads to Transylvania to interview Ion Torgu, a dangerous European arms dealer who turns out to be a modern day Dracula.

Mark Wheaton ("The Messengers") has penned the script while Swank will produce. The project marks Carpenter's next project after wrapping up work on the upcoming thriller "The Ward", his first feature film since 2001's "Ghosts of Mars".

The true legend that is John Carpenter (responsible for horror and sci-fi genre classics such as 'Halloween', 'The Thing', 'Escape from New York' and 'Big Trouble in Little China') is the director who has been named (finally) as the helmer of 'Fangland', based on the vampire novel by John Marks of the same title. It's a project that's been on the cards for a very long time now and so finally looks like it's now getting somewhere. The modern gothic novel is centered on a New York-based producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula. Mark Wheaton will be the one adapting the script for Das Films and Blumhouse Productions which hopefully will get Carpenter back to what he does best after some fairly dismal flicks over the past decade.

John Carpenter will take the wheel once again, this time to helm "Fangland" for Das Films and Blumhouse Productions. The updated version of Bram Stoker's Dracula is being produced by Siriam Das and Jason Blum along with Tracy Underwood. "Fangland" is based on the 2007 novel by John Marks and tells of a New York-based producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a European arms dealer, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula. Mark Wheaton, known for his "Friday the 13th" work, wrote the adaptation. Carpenter is in post-production on indie company Echo Lake's "The Ward" for Echo Lake. This one's a ghost story starring Amber Heard as a haunted woman in a mental institution. Also in the cast are Danielle Panabaker, Mamie Gummer and Lyndsy Fonseca.

John Carpenter is going to give his spin on Bram Stoker’s Dracula with Fangland. Based off the 2007 novel by John Marks, the book is about “a New York-based producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula.” Please don’t tell me that “modern-day” Dracula means he glitters in sunlight and just wants to talk about his feelings. According to Variety, the great Mark Wheaton (the Friday the 13th remake; he also used to write for Chud) wrote the script, so I don’t think we need to worry.

I’m happy to have Carpenter return to directing after his nine-year absence. He’s currently in post-production on The Ward, which is a ghost story starring Amber Heard and is set in a mental institution. If you don’t know who Carpenter is, his credits include Halloween,...

Hilary Swank will star in and produce John Carpenter's (Halloween) latest Fangland. The film blends modern issues like terrorism with an even older element, vampires. This vampire thriller was written by former "60 Minutes" producer John Marks, so the film will also involve a news room and television journalism with Swank's character acting as a media journalist. Have a preview of Fangland before production even begins.

The synopsis for Fangland here:

"Three months after interviewing notorious Eastern European arms dealer, Ivan Torgu, up-and coming TV journalist Evangeline Harker is found wandering disoriented in a forest in Romania. When she returns to the offices of the venerable news program The Hour, she discovers that Torgu has followed her to Boston.

As Evangeline and her colleague Jack begin to unravel a terrorist plot that would kill thousands, she discovers an even darker truth: Torgu is a modern-day Dracula who feeds off the...

John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing, Escape From New York) has signed on to direct "Fangland," an updated version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula." "Fangland" is based on the 2007 novel by former "60 Minutes" producer John Marks. It's centered on a New York-based producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula. Mark Wheaton (Friday the 13th, The Messengers) penned the adaptation. At this point, Carpenter is in post-production on "The Ward" ghost story with Amber Heard starring as a haunted woman in a mental institution.

This brings glad tidings to our hearts—admittedly in a weird sort of way. John Carpenter (The Thing) has signed on to direct Fangland, an updated version of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" (the novel, that is), reports Variety.

Fangland is based on the 2007 novel by former 60 Minutes producer John Marks. It's centered on a New York-based television producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer, who turns out to be Vlad Dracula himself.

Mark Wheaton (Friday the 13th, The Messengers) penned the adaptation.

We're happy about this, because after two years of being inundated by vegan vampires with washboard abs, we're once again (hopefully) going to get back to vampires' traditional raison d'être, and get a properly chilling, gothic horror film, albeit with a contemporary twist.

Fashioning a modern-day Dracula as an arms dealer always struck us as an interesting take on the material,...

John Carpenter to direct FanglandJohn Carpenter has signed on to direct the upcoming thriller Fangland, which will star Hilary Swank. The film is an updated take on Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The script will be based on John Marks' 2007 novel of the same name, which finds a New York based TV news magazine producer (Swank) hurrying to Transylvania with a notorious arms dealer after he shows up at her office with a coffin. This mysterious stranger soon reveals himself to be the infamous Dracula. Mark Wheaton has adapted the book for the screen.

Fangland comes to theaters in 2011 and stars Hilary Swank. The film is directed by John Carpenter.

Look out, you sappy, lovelorn Twilight fans who like their vampires with enough emotion to fill an ocean, John Carpenter has signed on to direct the big-screen adaptation of the 2007 novel Fangland, a modern take on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The film is being written by Mark Wheaton (Friday The 13th, The Messengers) and will feature Hilary Swank as Evangeline, a television producer who ventures off to Transylvania to interview a crime boss by the name of Ion Torgu, who apparently has much darker secrets than your typical Eastern European gun runner.

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Now this is how to end a week! As everyone knows, vampires are hotter than hot right now, and who better to tackle yet another toothy project than one of our original Masters of Horror, John Carpenter. Yep, Jc's next film after The Ward is going to be an adaptation of the 2007 novel Fangland.

According to Variety Fangland [is] an updated version of Bram Stoker's Dracula set up with Das Films and Blumhouse Prods. Sriram Das and Jason Blum are producing. Tracy Underwood's also involved in a producing capacity.

[Written] by former "60 Minutes" producer John Marks, it's centered on a New York-based producer who travels to Romania for an interview with a notorious European arms dealer, who turns out to be a modern-day Dracula.

Mark Wheaton (Friday the 13th '09) penned the adaptation.

Between this news, Carpenter's increased availability for conventions of late, and his involvement in F.E.A.

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That he was born is just one of the many undeniable facts about the life of the late Douglas Adams - author, humorist, raconteur, speaker, and thinker (although it should be noted that, on at least one parallel Earth, Mr. Adams was born a spring-toed lemur with a predilection for grassy fields and the works of Byron - a poetic lemur whose work was not terribly springy).

Another fact which comes to mind is that, of the 7 novels he wrote in his all-too-brief lifetime, by far the most popular is The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its four sequels - which make for a fine trilogy if you’re somewhat numerically impaired. Please don’t take this as a slight against Adams’s other novels, featuring detective Dirk Gently (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and its sequel, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul), as they...

Author and screenwriter Mark Wheaton has been a friend for years, since we toiled in the journalistic trenches while I was at Creature-Corner and he was pounding the pavement for scoops at 13th Street. Time has passed, change has been made and Wheaton is now enjoying a career in film while knocking out short tales of terror. Those short stories were initially released exclusively for the Kindle last fall, however, demand to see some of them in print was so strong, Wheaton decided to publish them in "Four Nails in the Coffin," available right here . This tome contains "Last Tuesday," "Bones," "Night of the Scorpions" and a full-length novel entitled "Sunday Billy Sunday." Give them a read!

It looks like things are ready to rock and roll for supernatural thriller Voice from the Stone as The Ring leader Hideo Nakata signs up to direct.

Expected to start shooting in spring-summer time, Voice from the Stone is adapted from the Italian novel of the same name and is scripted by Friday the 13th writer Mark Wheaton.

The film follows a psychologist who takes on the case of an orphaned boy who swears he will remain mute until his mother's spirit returns. The psychologist soon realises there is more than just professional curiosity drawing her to the child, and that she has been manipulated by the mother's spirit to bring her closer to her son.

The film sounds right up J-Horror-master Nakata's street. We look forward to being sufficiently freaked out once again with his take on the Italiano psycho-thriller.

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Hideo Nakata, the director behind the Japanese version of The Ring and the English version of The Ring 2, has signed on to direct the supernatural thriller Voice From the Stone.

An adaptation of an Italian novel, Voice From the Stone follows a child psychologist helping a boy who promised his dying mother he would remain silent until her spirit returns.

The novel has been adapted for the screen by Mark Wheaton, and will be produced by Dean Zanuck and Stefano Gallini-Durante along with Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur.

Voice From the Stone is being made in a collaborative effort between Zanuck Independent and K5 Films. The two recently worked together on the film Get Low.

Voice From the Stone is scheduled to begin shooting next spring or summer.

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Hideo Nakata is set to direct the supernatural thriller "Voice From the Stone." Nakata directed the original Japanese version of "The Ring" ("Ringu") and the English sequel "The Ring Two" starring Naomi Watts.

Mark Wheaton ("The Messengers," "Friday the 13th") has written the screenplay based on an Italian novel of the same name. The story revolves around a female child psychologist who takes on the case of a young boy who made a promise to his dying mother. The promise? He will remain silent until her spirit returns. Tan dan dan...

Nakata is the perfect choice to helm this project. "Voice From the Stone" has a strong female character and a perturbed young boy at its core, much like "The Ring" films with Watts' Rachel protecting her young son Aidan (David Dorfman).

Japanese director Hideo Nakata is most famous for directing the original versions of the “Ring” movies, or “Ringu” as its known overseas. He loved directing ghost ladies who climb out of TV’s so much, he returned to the franchise in 2005 to direct the sequel to the American version starring Naomi Watts. (And, I suppose, the nice paycheck didn’t hurt, either.) With “Ring” still apparently popular (though I suppose that’s open to debate), Nakata is currently attached to direct the third entry, which is scheduled for 2011. Before that, though, Nakata is helming “Voice from the Stone” for Zanuck Independent. Based on an Italian novel of the same name, “Voice From the Stone” was adapted by Mark Wheaton, and tells the story of a female child psychologist who takes on the case of a young boy. Nothing creepy there, right? Not so fast, my friends. You see, the hook...

Hideo Nakata, the scariest man in Japan, is back to his usual spooky, pant-wetting tricks with the news that he's to direct Voice From the Stone, a supernatural thriller based on an Italian cult classic novel.The plot involves a female psychologist as she starts a case concerning a boy who won't speak - supposedly because of a promise he made to his recently deceased mother not to utter a word until 'her spirit returns'.We're not sure what that means or how exactly your spirit might return (Self-addressed coffin? Shaped as boomerang?)  but it has something to do with the psychologist being inhabited by the mother's ghost, someway, somehow.We'll have to find out once the film's released, or buy the novel it was originally based on, which was written for the screen by Mark Wheaton, writer of Friday The 13th and The Messengers. It will be produced by...

Ringu helmer Hideo Nakata has signed on to direct the independent supernatural thriller Voice From the Stone . Based on the Italian cult novel of the same name, the story centers on a female psychologist who takes on the case of a young boy who made a promise to his dying mother to remain silent until her spirit returns. The psychologist begins to realize that the boy's dead mother has manipulated her in order to take possession of her body so she can be reunited with her son. Mark Wheaton ( The Messengers ) wrote the adaptation.

Variety reports that Hideo Nakata, who helmed the Japanese Ringu chillers among others as well as the American The Ring Two, will direct Voice From The Stone for Zanuck Independent. The project is based on the Italian cult novel La Voce Della Pietra by Silvio Raffo.

The story concerns a female psychologist treating a young boy who has vowed to remain silent until his deceased mother’s spirit returns—and discovers that the mother’s ghost intends to use her body as the vessel to live again and be reunited with her child. Former Fango contributor Mark Wheaton, whose credits include The Messengers and the Friday The 13th remake, wrote the script. Shooting will take place next spring/summer for producers Dean Zanuck, Stefano Gallini-Durante, Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur.

When Japanese director Hideo Nakata dropped The Ring on us several years ago, he basically introduced horror audiences to what would become to be known as J-Horror. Hundreds of films concerning little girls dressed in white with long black hair later, the man himself is ready to spin another ghostly tale.

Variety reports that Nakata has signed on to direct Zanuck Independent's supernatural thriller Voice from the Stone.

The film will be based on the Italian cult novel of the same name, and the story centers upon a female psychologist who takes on the case of a young boy who made a promise to his dying mother to remain silent until her spirit returns. The psychologist begins to realize that the boy's dead mother has manipulated her in order to take possession of her body so she can be reunited with her son. Mark Wheaton (The Messengers) penned the adaptation.

Hideo Nakata, helmer of the original Japanese version of "The Ring" as well as the second English version "The Ring Two," will helm Zanuck Independent's supernatural thriller "Voice From the Stone." Dean Zanuck and Stefano Gallini-Durante are to produce alongside Oliver Simon and Daniel Baur from K5 Film. Production will start in the spring or summer, 2010. Mark Wheaton wrote screenplay for "Voice," adapted from an Italian novel of the same name. The story tells of a female child psychologist who takes on the case of a boy who made a promise to his dying mom to remain silent until a time when her spirit returns.

The Ring (Ringu) helmer Hideo Nakata has signed on to direct Zanuck Independent's supernatural thriller Voice From The Stone. Based on the Italian cult novel of the same name, the story centers on a female psychologist who takes on the case of a young boy who made a promise to his dying mother to remain silent until her spirit returns. The psychologist begins to realize that the boy's dead mother has manipulated her in order to take possession of her body so she can be reunited with her son. Mark Wheaton (The Messengers) penned the adaptation. Lensing is scheduled to begin in spring-summer.

In a story from The Hollywood Reporter, Hideo Nakata (The Ring Two) is going to direct Zanuck Independent's thriller Voice From the Stone.

Mark Wheaton wrote the screenplay. This project will get underway in the spring or summer.

Voice From the Stone is adapted from an Italian novel. It centers on a female child psychologist who starts working with a young boy. She comes to learn that he made a promise to his dying mother that he would not talk until her spirit comes back.

Hideo Nakata, the director behind the original The Ring (aka Ringu) has signed on to direct Zanuck Independent's supernatural thriller Voice From the Stone , according to Variety. Based on the Italian cult novel of the same name, the story centers on a female psychologist who takes on the case of a young boy who made a promise to his dying mother to remain silent until her spirit returns. The psychologist begins to realize that the boy's dead mother has manipulated her in order to take possession of her body so she can be reunited with her son. Nakata is best known for directing the original first two Ringu movies, as well as the American sequel The Ring 2 . Mark Wheaton who also wrote The Messengers , Infected and is credited for the story of the Friday The 13th remake...