Wes Craven will direct horror flicks for Rouge Pictures
Wes Craven, director of Red Eye, A nightmare on Elm Street and other films has signed on to do horror focused movies with Rouge Pictures. The folks over at cinemablend.com give us this:
Slasher master Wes Craven will try to redeem himself for ruining Red Eye with that godawful finale by writing and directing a new horror pic for Rogue Pictures. He’s signed a deal with them that gives him his own production company (Midnight Pictures) and a mandate for making horror films with below $15 million budgets.Variety says the first new Craven movie made under that deal (though not from Midnight Pics) will be a supernatural thriller with a 16-year-old protagonist. As he did with Red Eye, Wes promises to continue moving away from his slasher roots and move instead in the direction of films like The Sixth Sense.
There seems to be quite a trend happening in Hollywood these days, low budget is in. Yesterday Martin Scorsese announced he is going independent, now Craven is following suit.
And I think it’s great, when you have to watch your spending you get a lot more creative. Suddenly horror is about tension again not special effects gore, the stories become more interesting and unique.
I like a good horror movie as well as thrillers, when I saw A Nightmare on Elm Street I was shaken to the core, true I was only ten but I still love the movie today because it played on the uncontrollable imagination of our dreams. Will his new supernatural thriller be more interesting that his later movies like Red Eye or The Music of Our Hearts? Well he’s written and directed it but there is hardly any info so far.
Here’s hoping that Wes Craven has let his imagination go wild.
1. gorgoroth replies at 28th September 2006, 1:12 pm :
Maybe one day he’ll make a good horror flick again. Though I suppose its too much to ask to top Last House on the Left.
2. Colin replies at 28th September 2006, 4:39 pm :
“I may have to do them independently because I like to take risks, and how can you do that when a picture costs $200 million?” asks Scorsese. “There’s a lot of money involved and you have a responsibility to the studio.”
How is that announcing that he’s “going independent?” When “may” is used it’s not a declaration.
3. darren j seeley replies at 28th September 2006, 7:45 pm :
Is that your opinion, Sharon, or Cinemablend? I’m going with the latter, because I strongly disagree with RedEye- it was one of Craven’s best…and there was that underrated, terrific, OUTSTANDING film “Music Of The Heart” which was a drama w/ Meryl Steep.
By the way, Craven hasn’t directed any movie with a budget over 50 million, and he helmed a number of pix for Universal in the late 80’s and early 90’s that budgetwise, are not that much different than his current deal. He’s done it before Sharon. While I didn’t think much of “Shocker”, I admit I liked “People Under The Stairs” and despite my religious convictions, had this slight guilty pleasure in “Serpent and the Rainbow”.
On a related note, I don’t see Craven as following in the footsteps of Scorcese. If Cinemablend claims this, they are wrong, pure and simple. THIS is what is happening: studios have slashed budgets, slashed star’s salarlies and so on. Name directors are simply launching a pre-emptive strike, as they rightfully have the insight to see that they may be next.
You watch. There will be another director to line up with a studio, and then another…the cinema is undergoing a new reniassaince…
4. Edward Lee replies at 28th September 2006, 10:33 pm :
Wes Craven could write and direct ads for Hallmark Cards, and I bet his fans would watch. RED EYE was a guilty pleasure at best, but it was an entertaining guilty pleasure. I welcome the change of pace for the Wester.
5. Marla Singer replies at 28th September 2006, 11:29 pm :
low budget is in
funny i was just talking about that today with my pops
i think its great and all that “indie films” are in but you know..i really crave for some high budget stuff now. like what happened to the jurrassic parks and the armageddons and yes…titanic? i want something BIG now. does anyone else feel that way..?
and its weird to have these movies made and the actors are getting paid more than the cost to produce it
pulp is fine but wheres all the JUICE gone?
as far as wes craven goes…i think he does need to go independant, and i think he needs to take more time in writing his scripts and i think he needs to start getting better actors to play the parts.
6. Daniel Robinson replies at 19th March 2007, 9:27 pm :
hello all,
Does anyone know how to contact Wes Craven? Or even get a message to him?
I am a producer/director and I need permission to use Freddy kruiger one last time.
many Thanks,
D
7. Daniel Robinson replies at 19th March 2007, 9:28 pm :
you can contact me at:
[email protected]
thanks,
D