JumpCutz

Sounds pretty generic. 'Ghosts of Mars' sucked hard, but 'Cigarette Burns' was pretty decent.

According to someone over at dvdmaniacs the budget is 7 million. A paltry sum. Anyway...


Horror movie master John Carpenter will film his latest picture in Spokane.

Carpenter, directing his first movie since 2001’s “Ghosts of Mars,” will film portions of “The Ward” from July 27 through Sept. 4 at various locations in Spokane.

Local production company North by Northwest will handle the technical chores.

“The Ward” is about an institutionalized young woman who is terrorized by a ghost. The cast list includes actresses Amber Heard and Danielle Panabak



http://www.spokesman.com/stories/200...-film-spokane/

GoldenJCJ

Well, not the most original idea, but I'm a sucker for a good ghost story and I always look foward to a Carpenter flick, even if he hasn't made a worthwhile movie in quite some time.

gmanca

Wow, finally he's "actually" shooting a movie, instead of the perpetual state of development. I agree it's a very generic sounding film and I wish he had done LA Gothic. Or Psychopath or Riot.

LickTheABCs

Carpenter and Heard.

I'm in.

Mountain Biker

If it's Carpenter, I'm on board.

Geofferson

I liked Ghosts of Mars -- either way, glad to hear he's behind the camera again.

islandclaws

What he said. I don't even care what it's about.

marty888

Thank you - nice to know I'm not alone!

FRwL

I'll check out anything from the guy who did Halloween, Escape from NY, The Thing, Big Trouble in little China.

RyoHazuki

Wasn't he filming some movie with Nicholas Cage in prison? Maybe I've got him confused with someone else.

tylergfoster

The aforementioned Riot. The project fell apart, I guess.

I wish I lived closer to Spokane. I would really, really, really like to meet him. In fact, I might have to figure it out, if he actually did a signing or something.

TGM

leaked image from the movie...

RyoHazuki

Damn thats too bad. I thought I even saw a teaser poster for it on here a little while ago.

tylergfoster

There was, but it was a mock-up to get investors involved in the package (Carpenter and Cage).

Groucho

Isn't this the same plot of the new Scorcese flick?

RocShemp

You're definitely not alone. May have been far from his best but it was enjoyable.

John Carpenter directing and Danielle Panabaker in the cast? I'm in.

colonelforbin82

NoirFan

I'll give anything Carpenter directs a chance, but my hopes aren't particularly high. I've hated everything he's done since In the Mouth of Madness, including "Cigarette Burns", whose interesting premise was ruined by lousy acting and lazy execution.

DeanoBKN

Kinda off-topic, but I thought In The Mouth of Madness could have been a great film if it just had a budget over $20 bucks.

riotinmyskull

NoirFan

I thought Julie Carmen's non-acting was more of a hinderance than the budget. Her line readings were just awful. Was she the producer's cousin or something? I don't think I've ever seen her in anything else. As it stands, I still think it's one of Carpenter's best. The movie has a wonderful premise, and Sam Neill gives possibly the best performance in any Carpenter film.

JumpCutz

A casting update...

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/333...nters-the-ward

Rival11

It amazes me to this day how many people still defend (And I'm not saying anyone here is, just in general) Ghost of Mars. That was an exteremly horrible film.

Carpenter is far from a hack (acutally just watched The Thing a week ago - think I end up loving that movie a little more with each viewing if that's even possible) and I hope this does well.

Man, he is getting old though (yes...age wise you freakin' die hards).

tylergfoster

My hope is that he gets to make The Prince. I'll certainly see this, but I could care less about Riot or L.A. Gothic; I just think The Prince sounds like it could be a great, great movie.

If not Carpenter, I hope the project gets made at all.

Rammsteinfan

First video from the set. Its not much but its something to prove its finaly happening.

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/335...nters-the-ward

Now i believe that he is finally making a new film after all these years. I cant wait.