Tony Todd, Fine to star
Metropolis Pictures Entertainment has alerted us to another new Edgar Allan Poe project in the works.
Francis Xavier’s aptly titled Poe starts production in Los Angeles in early January.
Formerly acquitted and rehabilitated criminal, Dr. Andrew Casey (David Fine of The Violent Kind) relocates to Los Angeles under the alias Jack Conway, aka “The Chef.”
Conway and his Butler, Mr. Peeples (Tony Todd) establish a respected soup kitchen/charity, “The Help Feeding Foundation,” which lures the likes of actresses and models under false pretense. The women are in fact obtained to satisfy Casey’s culinary tastes. Conway handpicks respected writer, Jonathan Poe (Stelio Savante), descendant of famed writer, Edgar Allan Poe, to immortalize him in the form of an autobiography.
Poe is intrigued by Conway and his lucrative offer, and agrees to the assignment. Once at the house, Poe is forced to witness a manner of horrors without the ability to either escape or help the women who have been captured. Resigned to his fate, Poe takes up the task at hand and begins recording the autobiography of Casey and his cannibalistic spree.
Xavier’s most recent feature film, Never on Sunday, is available for viewing through Blockbuster online.
Director Jame McTeigue is in development on a Poe project of his own entitled The Raven – for more on that, click here.
Source: Shock Till You Drop
