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Re: Wes Craven to return with "25/8"
February 13, 2008
Last week there were rumors that Wes Craven was making a huge return to horror with 25/8, which he will write and direct.
Today it was officially confirmed via Variety that the project is in fact happening, which marks the first original horror script Craven has written since 1994 pic Wes Craven's New Nightmare.
Rogue Pictures has made deals that put the Focus Features genre arm in business with two horror icons.
Rogue has greenlit "25/8," a thriller that will be directed by Wes Craven, and at the same time, Rogue has closed a separate deal to remake the 1972 George Romero film "The Crazies," about a small Pennsylvania burg terrorized after a plane crash drops a biological weapon into the water.
Rogue bought the pic out of turnaround from Paramount, and it's earmarked to start production as soon as the SAG deal is made. Breck Eisner will direct a Ray Wright script, and Michael Aguilar and Dean Georgaris are producing. Romero will exec produce.
Rogue starts production in April on "25/8," which will be produced by Iya Labunka. Craven said the film unveils a signature villain, a serial killer who turns up 15 years after his purported death, to kill the seven children born on that fateful night.
"It's more a thriller than slasher film, and revolves around a young kid with a very dark past involving his family and his father," Craven told Daily Variety.
Craven pitched his idea for the project to Rogue co-prexy Andrew Rona when Craven separately formed Midnight Pictures, a shingle that will make Craven-produced fright films for Rogue. The first will be a remake of Craven's 1972 directorial debut, "The Last House on the Left," which begins production in South Africa in April.
One remake Craven isn't involved in is New Line's plans to reinvent his "Nightmare on Elm Street" franchise with Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes banner.
"My baby has fallen into the hands of others, and what can I say but wish them luck," Craven said.
Re: Wes Craven to return with "25/8"
James, let's just make a horror movie sticky that you and I can regularly contribute news and stuff to. I promise I'll keep up my end. Hollywood Blvd's turning into Fangoria. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I was gonna start a general horror thread myself anyway. I have opinions I need to share, namely in defense of Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Yeah, that's right. I said it.
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Re: Wes Craven to return with "25/8"
I have to say it's a breath of fresh air to finely hear of an original horror movie being made 
Kudo to Wes Craven getting back in the saddle!
Re: Wes Craven to return with "25/8"
James, let's just make a horror movie sticky that you and I can regularly contribute news and stuff to. I promise I'll keep up my end. Hollywood Blvd's turning into Fangoria. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I was gonna start a general horror thread myself anyway. I have opinions I need to share, namely in defense of Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III. Yeah, that's right. I said it.
Yeah, at the old site a similar problem happened. The Garden was basically turning into a crime section, and all other topics were dropping down the index. We added a crime section to eliminate that problem.
A sticky thread is certainly an option, but we have all these horror threads already in existence, and currently we do not have a merge feature on this forum design. We are on the verge of revamping, and that feature will likely be available.
Go ahead and start a general horror discussion thread, and once the site has been updated, we can toss the old threads in with it.
I would certainly like to see your opinion on TCM 3. Hell, I should probably order it from Netflix this week since I haven't seen it in many years, and was stoned off my ass back then. I never bring the film up, because I only remember a few things about it.
We could also consider a separate horror section, but the index is already a bit cluttered, although I have seen much worse forum indexes.
Re: Wes Craven to return with "25/8"
Craven has created a genre-shaping feature each decade so far since the 70's. First there was Last House on the Left, then A Nightmare on Elm St., then Scream. As Cursed and RedEye don't count, I've been looking forward to what he still has in store. If 25/8 makes it for a 2008 release, that'll enforce another pattern. New tentpole release every 12 years ('72, '84, '96, '08).
Numerology's on your side, Wes! 
Re: Wes Craven to return with "25/8"
I believe it. Red Eye was pretty damn good, though. In a surprising, "Wes Craven doesn't make the best movies anymore and I have no expectations but still support him" kind of way that made it far more enjoyable than it may have otherwise been. But I love Wes, I've got a lot of respect for the man. I hope this works in his favor to further his genre legacy. People think he's overrated, but I tend to think the opposite. For every five fans who love Craven, ten more outspokenly hate him. But c'mon, you think it's only about "A Nightmare on Elm Street"? How about "The Serpent and the Rainbow"? That's a classic. And I have this very soft spot in my heart for "The Last House on the Left." I always have. Don't ask why. I know it's not the best movie. Blatantly, it's not, but I find it endearing. And so ... thank you. Rant done.
Re: Wes Craven to return with "25/8"
How about "The Serpent and the Rainbow"?
An interesting failure, if you compare it to the original writings of ethobotanist Wade Davis. Passage of Darkness, a journal-like scientific breakdown of the zombie powder, is riddled with case studies such as the one of Clairvius Narcisse, the Haitian man who literally rose from his grave. Davis' 'just the facts' narrative also describes the Haitian society structure (built upon Vodou, their secret religion of the past centuries) quite vividly, and overall manages to paint a picture far more haunting than what the movie can ever hope to be.
Saw it some time ago after a long while and felt terribly sorry for old Wes. Davis would've been served better had he been modeled as a mix of Charles Darwin and Sherlock Holmes, instead of trying to shoehorn him into an Indiana Jones mold.
Same problem with People Under the Stairs. That's a bunch of fun ideas strewn together into something that barely even resembles a coherent plot anymore. Too bad, since I loved seeing Big Ed and Nadine from Twin Peaks in it.
Shocker and Deadly Friend... don't even start.
Wes is a hit n' miss kind of filmmaker, if he nails it, he really hits a good one. But for any film memorable for its merits, there's an interesting failure. And for everyone of those, there's a Vampire in Brooklyn. And for any of those, there's a flashback - as experienced by a dog!
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