A couple years back all of us at Twitch were absolutely terrified by Mama, a two-shot short film by Spain's Andres Muschietti. That original short is an absolute masterpiece in mood and tension with one hell of a kick at the end and rumors have circled ever since that Muschietti was planning a feature version with help from Guillermo Del Toro in a producer / mentor role. Those rumors are true.Twitch has learned that Universal International have set an October start date for the feature version of Mama. Muschietti will direct with Guillermo Del Toro among the producers and - here's where it gets really interesting - Tree Of Life and Take Shelter star Jessica Chastain attached in the lead. David Linde and Russell Ackerman round out the producing team.
Obviously the story will be changed some from the original short to stretch the concept out to feature length. We're told in this new version that Chastain's Mama character will be a sort of adoptive mother rather than a literal one, taking care of two little girls abandoned in the woods. Too bad for them she's planning on using them in a bid to bring back her own, already dead, children.
Check out the original short below.
Obviously the story will be changed some from the original short to stretch the concept out to feature length. We're told in this new version that Chastain's Mama character will be a sort of adoptive mother rather than a literal one, taking care of two little girls abandoned in the woods. Too bad for them she's planning on using them in a bid to bring back her own, already dead, children.
Check out the original short below.
Is the short available to watch online? You've made me want to see it so badly. I was blown away by Chastain in The Tree of Life (my favourite movie of the year so far), had one of those "who is THIS?" moments. And this sounds inappropriately creepy for Del Toro.
**Haha, Appropriately creepy, that should have been.
found it
http://collider.com/guillermo-del-toro-mama-jessica-chastain/103470/#more-103470
Oh man thanks so much for finding that, Patrick! I just watched it and it scared the crap out of me! If they can make the full length feature consistent it will be great.