Drac Studios is gearing up for a busy 2010. The FX shop behind Watchmen , The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Trailer Park of Terror has a number of projects hitting the screen, hopefully, this year including the creature bonanzas Night of the Demons and Dead of Night . Their upcoming slate doesn't stop there, however. Drac's Todd Tucker tells us there are a number of films they're in pre-production on. "There's a shark film, there's another one that's a cat person sort of film, then there's an alien movie. A lot of creature-heavy stuff." That shark film is Dead in the Water , directed by Rob Walker and written by Si Dunn. "Right now we're looking at only doing the FX," Tucker says. "They asked us to produce, but we haven't signed...
- 1/19/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
On the list of filmmakers who've made the transition from special effects to producing and directing live-action, you can now add the name Drac Studios. The FX and makeup company has won Oscars for a number of films, including Bram Stoker's Dracula (pictured above), and it will now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, create a live-action feature entirely in house, by opening up Drac Studios Louisiana and going into preproduction on Dead in the Water. Read more after the jump. "Si Dunn wrote the script," reports the trade journal, "which will be directed by Rob Walker and produced by Drac president Harvey Lowry." Lowry just completed production, with Todd...
- 1/15/2010
- FEARnet
Oscar-winning special effects and makeup house Drac Studios has opened up a production arm, Drac Studios Louisiana, and announced its first live-action feature, Dead in the Water. For the time being Drac is leasing space in Baton Rouge's Raleigh Studios Celtic Media Center.
According to The Hollywood Reporter Dead in the Water was written by Si Dunn and will be directed by Rob Walker with production being headed up by Drac president Harvey Lowry.
No plot details were made available, but taking into account Drac's track record of working on genre projects and the film's title, we figured it was safe to assume horror will be involved in one form or another. As for why they selected this location, Lowry said, "With all of the indie and studio films being shot in Louisiana, it was an easy decision to open a facility in the state. Now we can offer other...
According to The Hollywood Reporter Dead in the Water was written by Si Dunn and will be directed by Rob Walker with production being headed up by Drac president Harvey Lowry.
No plot details were made available, but taking into account Drac's track record of working on genre projects and the film's title, we figured it was safe to assume horror will be involved in one form or another. As for why they selected this location, Lowry said, "With all of the indie and studio films being shot in Louisiana, it was an easy decision to open a facility in the state. Now we can offer other...
- 1/15/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Back in October, we chatted with Drac Studios Todd Tucker and Harvey Lowry at Spike TV's Scream Awards where they were just about wrapping production on Monster Mutt , a family fantasy film that Tucker directed. They were also just beginning production on The Mortician with Gareth Maxwell Roberts helming. Now, Drac Studios is opening up Drac Studios Louisiana and going into pre-production on their next feature Dead in the Water , which will be directed by Rob Walker from a script by Si Dunn. Harvey Lowry is producing. "With all of the indie and studio films being shot in Louisiana, it was an easy decision to open a facility in the state," Lowry said. "Now we can offer other producers the Louisiana tax incentives for our special effects and makeup effects as...
- 1/15/2010
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Special effects and makeup house Drac Studios is segueing into motion picture producing, opening up Drac Studios Louisiana and going into preproduction on its first live-action feature, "Dead in the Water."
Si Dunn wrote the script, which will be directed by Rob Walker and produced by Drac president Harvey Lowry.
"With all of the indie and studio films being shot in Louisiana, it was an easy decision to open a facility in the state," Lowry said. "Now we can offer other producers the Louisiana tax incentives for our special effects and makeup effects as well as take advantage of them ourselves for our own productions."
The company is leasing space in Baton Rouge's Raleigh Studios Celtic Media Center.
The creative team behind Drac -- Lowry, Todd Tucker and Ron Halvas, with creative direction by Greg Cannom -- has won Oscars for "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button...
Si Dunn wrote the script, which will be directed by Rob Walker and produced by Drac president Harvey Lowry.
"With all of the indie and studio films being shot in Louisiana, it was an easy decision to open a facility in the state," Lowry said. "Now we can offer other producers the Louisiana tax incentives for our special effects and makeup effects as well as take advantage of them ourselves for our own productions."
The company is leasing space in Baton Rouge's Raleigh Studios Celtic Media Center.
The creative team behind Drac -- Lowry, Todd Tucker and Ron Halvas, with creative direction by Greg Cannom -- has won Oscars for "Bram Stoker's Dracula," "Mrs. Doubtfire" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button...
- 1/14/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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