British helmer Rupert Wainwright has signed on to direct the remake of John Carpenter's classic horror thriller The Fog for Revolution Studios. Debra Hill, David Foster and Carpenter are producing the film, which Cooper Layne is penning from the screenplay written by Hill and Carpenter for the original 1980 film. Wainwright, whose credits include 1999's Stigmata, had been due to direct MGM's Blood and Chocolate but is now expected to leave that project, for which MGM is likely to enlist a new director. Fog is set in a Northern Californian town about 100 years ago where a ship sank under mysterious circumstances in a thick, eerie fog. The ghosts of the deceased mariners return from their watery graves to seek their revenge. Wainwright's credits include The Sadness of Sex, Blank Check and the TV project Wolf Lake. He is repped by UTA.
- 12/2/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rupert Wainwright is fast becoming a staple at MGM. The Stigmata director has signed on to direct the werewolf fllm Blood and Chocolate. He also is attached to direct the studio's big-screen adaptation of The Outer Limits. Meanwhile, Lakeshore has come on board to co-finance and co-produce Blood, which is based on the book by Annette Curtis Klause and set in a secret society of werewolves living in modern-day society. The story revolves around the romance between a female werewolf and a human. Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will produce alongside Daniel Bobker (The Brothers Grimm). Ehren Kruger (The Ring), who wrote the script for Blood, will serve as an executive producer. Elizabeth Ingold and Stephanie Palmer are overseeing for the studio. Wainwright has been directing pilots, music videos and commercials and was in talks with a variety of studios on a number of feature projects following his strong performance with Stigmata, which opened at $18.1 million. His other directing credits include The Sadness of Sex and Blank Check. Wainwright is repped by UTA.
- 8/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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