JUNE
22, 2015
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACTRESS ATTACHED FOR
STEPHEN KING “SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN” ADAPTATION (SHORT)
Maine
based production company Bonfire Films is bringing the work of author Stephen
King back to his home state. The author
has granted the company non-commercial rights to the film through his Dollar
Baby program. This will be the
companies’ second attempt at a King film, after “One for the Road” was halted
during the preproduction process.
Director
Corey Norman explains, “I experienced two deaths my family as well as a major
illness in the month of February that served as a big set back to our
production timeline. Once We were able
to continue, the snow was gone. It was
then that we requested a change to our contract allowing us to move ahead with
another film.”
But
things are moving at full speed for “Suffer the Little Children.” Actress Anne
Bobby, best known for her role as Lori Winston in Clive Barker’s Nightbreed has
confirmed that she will be starring as Ms. Emily Sidley. Production is scheduled to begin at the end
of next month.
Corey
Norman, director of the wildly successful independent feature, The Hanover
House, is set to direct. Being a huge King fan, Norman hopes to create a film
that will do the master of horror proud.
The film has already been named an official selection at HorrorHound
Weekend Film Festival in Indianapolis, IN this September and at The Crimson
Screen Horror Film Festival in Charleston, SC in May of 2016.
In
the meantime, you can get involved with the project early by supporting it on
Indiegogo. Incentives range from:
tickets to the world premiere at HorrorHound Weekend in September, to
autographed posters, film credits and even walk on roles.
“If you believe the only
master of horror and suspense to come out of the great state of Maine is
Stephen King, then you haven’t seen anything by Corey Norman.”
- Creepercast
“Director and co-writer
Corey Norman brings a Stephen King-style to an indie horror audience like only
a Maine-native can do.”
- HorrorHound Magazine
Synopsis
"Suffer
the Little Children" is a short story by Stephen King that was published
as part of the collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes in 1993. It follows the decline of an aging teacher,
Ms. Sidley, who believes her students are being taken over by something evil.
Meet the Director and
Writer
The
Norman’s are an internationally distributed, award winning horror film director
and writer, best known for their debut feature film, The Hanover House, which
has won 6 awards, including Best Feature Film (HorrorHound Film Festival) and
Best Director (HorrorQuest Film Festival).
It is slated for worldwide distribution later this fall.
Their
short film NATAL was nominated for 10 awards, winning both Best Supernatural
Short and Best Actress at the Fear Fete Horror Film Festival in 2014, before
receiving international distribution through Ruthless Pictures/Image
Entertainment in 2015 in a yet unannounced anthology film. Their short film
Tickle has recently won Best Short Film at the Crimson Screen Horror Film
Festival, and continues to tour the festival circuit with 22 official
selections, and 9 award nominations.
Outside
the horror genre, Corey has worked for clients such as: Entertainment One,
History Channel, Nova, National Geographic and Discovery. He was an assistant
editor on Nova’s Bioterror, done in conjunction with the New York Times, which
won a Best News and Documentary Emmy Award. In 2011, he was honored as one of
Maine Today Media’s “Forty Under 40,” for being one of the most influential
people in the state of Maine under the age of 40. He was named Runner Up for Educator of the
Year by ACTEM in 2014, and Best Maine Filmmaker by the Portland Phoenix in
2015.
About Anne Bobby
Although
she's worked extensively on and off-Broadway, in film, television and
commercials, with some of the finest masters of their craft – she's always had
a special love for Clive Barker's Nightbreed,
(In which she played the lead role).
Among
her other films: Beautiful Girls (with Timothy Hutton, Uma Thurman and Natalie
Portman), the Oscar-winning Born on the 4th of July (Oliver Stone, Tom Cruise),
the Indie classic Happiness (Todd Solandz, Philip Seymour Hoffman) and The
Pickup Artist (Robert Downey Jr.)
Her
Television credits include Mad About You, Children of the Bride (and 2
sequels), Steven Bochco’s experimental Cop Rock, the Miniseries of Scot Turow’s
The Burden of Proof, What the Deaf Man Heard (with Claire Bloom and Matthew
Modine), several episodes of Law and Order, and Gabriel’s Fire (With James Earl
Jones).
In
2007, the legendary BIOSHOCK series debuted, with Anne voicing, among others,
Dr. Brigid Tenenbaum.
For
more information visit:
www.bonfirefilmsonline.com
Contact:
Corey
Norman
No comments:
Post a Comment