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Donnie Darko’s Casey La Scala Is Taking Us Back To ‘Amityville 1974’

Today, the Wonderfilm Media Corporation announced that is taking horror fans back to one of the most iconic homes of the genre, Amityville, Amityville 1974, set to begin principal photography this November. The film is based on the real-life tragedy that spawned The Amityville Horror novel and subsequent films when Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot all six members of his family on a fateful November night. This tragedy was seared into the minds of the public consciousness by writer Jay Anson, whose book “The Amityville Horror” recounted the terror experienced by a family moving into the house in 1975 but fleeing after 28 days driven out by hostile supernatural forces. Wonderfilm’s Amityville 1974 will tell the story of the DeFeo’s horrifying murderous rampage. Casey La Scala (Donnie Darko, The Remaining) will direct from a script he wrote. Jeff Bowler and Shaun Redick (Get Out/ Blackkklansman) will produce for Wonderfilm. Todd Garner (Tag, Mortal Kombat) will also produce. Bret Saxon and Yvette

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 17, 2019
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Eli Roth To Produce New Amityville Movie ‘1974’

Eli Roth is a busy man. Not only is Roth producing the upcoming Halloween film Haunt, he will also be producing the upcoming film 1974 that will explore the true story behind one of the most well known haunted houses, the Amityville house. Casey La Scala, who produced the long delayed movie Amityville: The Awakening, will be in the director’s chair. Production is set to begin this September and will center on the DeFeo murders murders that took place one year before the Lutz family moved into the house, only to leave 28 days later after a plague of paranormal activity. 1974 will be the first film about the happenings at the Amityville house that will feature the Defeo murders. No cast has been announced, but as soon as they are we will let you know.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2017
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WWE Studios To Hunt ‘Cold Prey’ – Studio Acquires The Rights To Norwegian Franchise

WWE Studios has an English remake in the works. The studio has acquired the English language remake rights to the Norwegian franchise ‘Cold Prey’, with the rights to purchase the new screenplay written by Casey La Scala. La Scala also wrote and directed ‘The Remaining’, as well as producing the upcoming film ‘Amityville: The Awakening’. ‘Cold Prey’ is considered one of the best and most successful Norwegian franchises in the genre. Centering on a group of friends who decide to ski out of bounds are forced to to take shelter in an abandoned ski lodge when a storm hits. Soon they find themselves imprisoned in the lodge with a killer. WWE Studios’ president Michael Luisi will oversea for the studio and will co-produce along with La Scala. Marius Haugan will serve as executive producer, Deadline reports. Check out the Norwegian trailer for the first film of the ‘Cold Prey’ franchise.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2017

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Donnie Darko’s Casey La Scala Is Taking Us Back To ‘Amityville 1974’

Today, the Wonderfilm Media Corporation announced that is taking horror fans back to one of the most iconic homes of the genre, Amityville, Amityville 1974, set to begin principal photography this November. The film is based on the real-life tragedy that spawned The Amityville Horror novel and subsequent films when Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot all six members of his family on a fateful November night. This tragedy was seared into the minds of the public consciousness by writer Jay Anson, whose book “The Amityville Horror” recounted the terror experienced by a family moving into the house in 1975 but fleeing after 28 days driven out by hostile supernatural forces. Wonderfilm’s Amityville 1974 will tell the story of the DeFeo’s horrifying murderous rampage. Casey La Scala (Donnie Darko, The Remaining) will direct from a script he wrote. Jeff Bowler and Shaun Redick (Get Out/ Blackkklansman) will produce for Wonderfilm. Todd Garner (Tag, Mortal Kombat) will also produce. Bret Saxon and Yvette

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 17, 2019
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Eli Roth To Produce New Amityville Movie ‘1974’

Eli Roth is a busy man. Not only is Roth producing the upcoming Halloween film Haunt, he will also be producing the upcoming film 1974 that will explore the true story behind one of the most well known haunted houses, the Amityville house. Casey La Scala, who produced the long delayed movie Amityville: The Awakening, will be in the director’s chair. Production is set to begin this September and will center on the DeFeo murders murders that took place one year before the Lutz family moved into the house, only to leave 28 days later after a plague of paranormal activity. 1974 will be the first film about the happenings at the Amityville house that will feature the Defeo murders. No cast has been announced, but as soon as they are we will let you know.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 15, 2017
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WWE Studios To Hunt ‘Cold Prey’ – Studio Acquires The Rights To Norwegian Franchise

WWE Studios has an English remake in the works. The studio has acquired the English language remake rights to the Norwegian franchise ‘Cold Prey’, with the rights to purchase the new screenplay written by Casey La Scala. La Scala also wrote and directed ‘The Remaining’, as well as producing the upcoming film ‘Amityville: The Awakening’. ‘Cold Prey’ is considered one of the best and most successful Norwegian franchises in the genre. Centering on a group of friends who decide to ski out of bounds are forced to to take shelter in an abandoned ski lodge when a storm hits. Soon they find themselves imprisoned in the lodge with a killer. WWE Studios’ president Michael Luisi will oversea for the studio and will co-produce along with La Scala. Marius Haugan will serve as executive producer, Deadline reports. Check out the Norwegian trailer for the first film of the ‘Cold Prey’ franchise.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2017