After getting to write-up a piece on the next project of one favorite “new” genre directors, I seem to have lucked out and scored another. Neil Marshall is four for four in my book and I have absolutely no reason to believe that he won’t knock his next project out of the park as well. What will that film be though? While he managed to score himself a nice gig doing an episode for the second season of Game of Thrones (which he is currently in post on “Blackwater”), Marshall has had a bit of trouble lining up theatrical work.* Luckily for us, it seems someone in Hollywoodland has wised up and is trying to hire the man.
CBS Films has entered early talks with Marshall to helm their slasher film, Hellfest. The project revolves around “a costumed killer who systematically slaughters the unsuspecting visitors who come to a theme park on Halloween night.” The script comes from William Penick & Chris Sey and the legendary Gale Anne Hurd is producing the flick. If all goes as planned, Marshall should begin filming on the production this coming summer. Also, shock(!), CBS Films is hoping Hellfest will be a franchise launcher.
Marshall has previously nailed werewolves, CHUD-types, post-apocalyptic action, and sword-and-sandal territory. I see no reason why he won’t do the same here and gift us with a brand new iconic psycho-killer. Color me fucking stoked!
Source | Deadline
* – Poor Neil has announced multiple projects over the past few years that have yet to come to fruition: Underground, Burst, Sacrilege, Outpost, Eagle’s Nest, The Sword and the Fury, etc. Why? Probably because virtually all of them are original scripts. On top of that, the man has been turned away from established studio properties (Predators, Conan the Barbarian, The Wolverine, Dune, etc.). Damn you, Hollywood!!! Lucky for us, the man NEVER gives up on his original scripts. Doomsday and Centurion were sitting around for years before he managed to score deals for them.
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I want to live in a world where Neil Marshal directed Predators and the Conan the Barbarian remake.
You and me both!
I think that world is the same one that Marshall is “four for four” in.
I have yet to see Centurion, but Marshall is the most overrated genre director of all time. You can wish him to be Carpenter all you want, but he just isn’t that good.
Hopefully there won’t be any Ginger Clowns in this.
Ginger Clown don’t give a shit!
Make that three of us!
Marshall is far from being overrated. I mean, who is his most serious competition — Paul W.T.F. Anderson? Besides, if he were so overrated you’d think he’d get more projects than he does.
Hey Mister Baldwin, there are two Ls in his name.
Neil Marshall for Thor 2 🙂
Fixed. That’s for catching that!
Hell yeah!
There’s no way that will happen if he signs up for this. Both films will be shooting roughly around the same time.
Doomsday was pure ass. I loved most of Centurion, but the ending felt somewhat small, unremarkable, and a bit anticlimactic. And the premise of this movie sounds pretty awful – I would’ve much rather seen things move forward on Outpost, Sacrilege or Burst. Even so, I’ll take Neil Marshall over Paul W.S. Anderson or Len Wiseman any day of the week.
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