Here ends, I suppose, the series of cryptic emails I have exchanged with director Patrik Syversen in which he has spent a bout a year telling me that he's working on something while declining to elaborate further. Heh.
Syversen should really need no introduction around these parts. As the director of Rovdyr - Manhunt in English speaking markets - Syversen has been at the forefront of the wave of genre film currently emerging from the Nordic countries. And though Rovdyr showed a few growing pains it also clearly showed that Syversen was ready for bigger things, a lesson clearly not lost on the folks behind the After Dark Films, who tapped the director to helm one of their initial slate of original productions. Here are the details, and check a pair of stills below!
Syversen should really need no introduction around these parts. As the director of Rovdyr - Manhunt in English speaking markets - Syversen has been at the forefront of the wave of genre film currently emerging from the Nordic countries. And though Rovdyr showed a few growing pains it also clearly showed that Syversen was ready for bigger things, a lesson clearly not lost on the folks behind the After Dark Films, who tapped the director to helm one of their initial slate of original productions. Here are the details, and check a pair of stills below!
Los Angeles, CA (March 30, 2010) -- After Dark Films CEO Courtney Solomon
announced the first of eight movies in the AFTER DARK ORIGINALS series in
partnership with Lionsgate & Syfy, and in association with Dobre Films. A new take on
a classic creature, PROWL is written by Tim Tori (Hysteria, Trespassers) and directed
by Patrik Syversen (Manhunt). Bruce Payne (Bernard), Courtney Hope (Amber), and
Saxon Trainor (Veronica) star.
"Amber dreams of escaping her small town and persuades her friends to accompany
her apartment-hunting in the big city. When their transportation breaks down, Amber
and friends gratefully accept a ride in the back of a semi. But when the driver refuses to
stop and they discover the cargo is cartons of blood, they panic. Soon, panic turns to
terror when the truck disgorges into a dark, abandoned warehouse where blood-thirsty
creatures learn to hunt human prey, which the friends realize is what they have now
become..."
Prowl was Executive Produced by Courtney Solomon and produced by Chris Milburn,
Borislav Ranghelov, Lucy Mukerjee, Michael Klein, Christopher D'Elia & Zachary Bryan
as a United Kingdom/Bulgarian co-production. Release dates for all eight After Dark
Originals are scheduled for Fall, 2010.
"Dobré Films jumped at the opportunity to produce PROWL with a company that has
set the bar for branding and creating unique and great horror films. PROWL and all the
new Originals will be a great addition to an already celebrated brand and won't
disappoint" states Dobré Films CEO Christopher D'Elia.
The 8 Originals represent After Dark's unwavering commitment to emerging
writers and directors as the focus of its creative vision. The creation of the
Originals slate is yet another example of After Dark's belief in the economics and
artistry of independent film production.
Unlike After Dark's "8 Films To Die For®", After Dark Originals are wholly financed and
produced by After Dark Films. The ADO slate runs the gamut of the genre, from
paranormal and supernatural phenomena, to psychological trauma and the undead.
After Dark polled its fans and is delivering the kinds of movies they asked for!
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