Post by HorrorBob on Mar 11, 2009 13:34:53 GMT -5
OVERTURE GETS “CRAZIER”
PANABAKER, ANDERSON JOIN CAST
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (March 3, 2009) Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th) and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) have joined Timothy Olyphant (TV's Damages, Hitman) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, Pitch Black) in Overture Films' The Crazies, a reinvention loosely based upon the George Romero classic, the studio announced today. The film is set to begin principle photography in Georgia on March 5th with additional shooting to occur in Iowa .
Panabaker, who is coming off her recent starring role in the slasher blockbuster hit Friday the 13th and previously appeared alongside Kevin Costner and Demi Moore in Mr. Brooks, plays Becca, a receptionist at the town's medical center where Mitchell is a doctor. Panabaker's other credits include the TV show Shark, and the acclaimed HBO mini-series Empire Falls .
Anderson, whose previous credits include The Ruins and Becoming Jane, will appear in Mira Nair's upcoming Amelia Earhart biopic Amelia. In The Crazies, he takes on the role of the town's deputy, with Olyphant playing the sheriff.
Breck Eisner is set to direct the screenplay about the inhabitants of a small Kansas town beset by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. The film is written by Ray Wright, from an earlier draft by Scott Kosar.
Overture Films is set to produce and distribute The Crazies with Participant Media co-financing. Michael Aguilar (Constantine, What Happens in Vegas), Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate) and Rob Cowan (Righteous Kill) will produce, with George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow) executive producing. Maxime Alexandre (The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension) is the Director of Photography; Andrew Menzies (War of the Worlds, 3:10 to Yuma ) is the Production Designer; George Little (Max Payne, The Omen) is the Costume Designer; and Billy Fox (Traitor, Hustle & Flow) is the Editor.
The studio will next release the Big Beach production Sunshine Cleaning, starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, on March 13th.
ABOUT OVERTURE FILMS
Overture Films (www.overturefilms.net) develops, produces, acquires, and distributes feature length, theatrical motion pictures worldwide. The studio is a wholly owned unit of Starz Media, a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Capital Group. Its affiliated companies, Anchor Bay Entertainment and Starz Entertainment, make the films available domestically to viewers via home video, premium television, Internet and other outlets.
PANABAKER, ANDERSON JOIN CAST
BEVERLY HILLS, CA (March 3, 2009) Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th) and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) have joined Timothy Olyphant (TV's Damages, Hitman) and Radha Mitchell (Silent Hill, Pitch Black) in Overture Films' The Crazies, a reinvention loosely based upon the George Romero classic, the studio announced today. The film is set to begin principle photography in Georgia on March 5th with additional shooting to occur in Iowa .
Panabaker, who is coming off her recent starring role in the slasher blockbuster hit Friday the 13th and previously appeared alongside Kevin Costner and Demi Moore in Mr. Brooks, plays Becca, a receptionist at the town's medical center where Mitchell is a doctor. Panabaker's other credits include the TV show Shark, and the acclaimed HBO mini-series Empire Falls .
Anderson, whose previous credits include The Ruins and Becoming Jane, will appear in Mira Nair's upcoming Amelia Earhart biopic Amelia. In The Crazies, he takes on the role of the town's deputy, with Olyphant playing the sheriff.
Breck Eisner is set to direct the screenplay about the inhabitants of a small Kansas town beset by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply. The film is written by Ray Wright, from an earlier draft by Scott Kosar.
Overture Films is set to produce and distribute The Crazies with Participant Media co-financing. Michael Aguilar (Constantine, What Happens in Vegas), Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate) and Rob Cowan (Righteous Kill) will produce, with George Romero (Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow) executive producing. Maxime Alexandre (The Hills Have Eyes, High Tension) is the Director of Photography; Andrew Menzies (War of the Worlds, 3:10 to Yuma ) is the Production Designer; George Little (Max Payne, The Omen) is the Costume Designer; and Billy Fox (Traitor, Hustle & Flow) is the Editor.
The studio will next release the Big Beach production Sunshine Cleaning, starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, on March 13th.
ABOUT OVERTURE FILMS
Overture Films (www.overturefilms.net) develops, produces, acquires, and distributes feature length, theatrical motion pictures worldwide. The studio is a wholly owned unit of Starz Media, a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Capital Group. Its affiliated companies, Anchor Bay Entertainment and Starz Entertainment, make the films available domestically to viewers via home video, premium television, Internet and other outlets.