CinemaBlend:
The Guillermo del Toro-produced Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark was one of the last projects Miramax put into production before decided it wanted to focus on mining its back catalog rather than producing new content. As a result the movie got kind of lost in the limbo, absent a distributor who cared about it, despite the fact that it starred Katie Holmes and Guy Pearce and, based on a teaser trailer released last summer, looked genuinely terrifying.
Now, at last, the movie has found itself a home. FilmDistrict has acquired the U.S. rights to Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark and is planning an August 12 release-- a nice end-of-summer spot for a horror movie.
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark is a perfect gateway into the world of horror films.
Coming Soon:
FilmDistrict announced today that it will co-finance the supernatural horror tale The Last Word, from screenwriter Ben Ketai.
Based on actual events, the horror film will focus on the strange and tragic aftermath endured by the participants in the trial of a young man in Texas who was wrongly convicted and executed for the rape and murder of a nun.
Coming Soon:
FilmDistrict announced today that it has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Constantin Film and Impact Pictures’ Pompeii, the period-based action film from acclaimed director Paul W.S. Anderson.
FilmDistrict will distribute Pompeii through Sony’s TriStar Pictures on February 28, 2014.
I find this movie to be extremely interesting. The end of Pompeii will translate very nicely to the big screen as long as they don't try to get too flashy with the SFX. My big fear is that they'll shoe horn some sort of schmoopy love story into it.
I've been wanting to see this one. The trailer did look good. Glad it finally has found a home and has a release date.