New horror film starting this May
A Bigger Boat and Echo Lake are pairing up to produce John Carpenter’s horror film The Ward. Shooting is to begin this May based on a script by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen.
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane‘s Amber Heard will star as a young woman trapped in a mental institution with a malevolent ghost. As danger creeps closer, she comes to realize that this ghost might be darker than she could have imagined.
“The Ward is the kind of script that I’ve been looking for: a complex, visceral story, full of suspense and scares,” says Carpenter. “I am especially pleased to be working with Amber because I know she will create a powerful central performance.”
On the producing side, Doug Mankoff, Mike Marcus and Andy Spaulding will represent Echo Lake; Peter Block will shepherd the project along under his newly born Bigger Boat banner.
“Working with John Carpenter on The Ward is a dream come true – fans everywhere, me included, have been waiting for just this kind of thriller from him,” Block says. “It’s great to be able to tackle it with the Echo Lake gang whose work I’ve also admired for years.”
Block is currently producing Adam Green’s latest, Frozen.
Source: Ryan Rotten, Managing Editor
