Scott W. Davis
08-02-2003, 03:37 AM
I sure hope CURSED is a better ride than it's embittered production indicates. Otherwise, we could be looking at the GIGLI of star-studded horror films.
In an exclusive, reported that the production has suffered yet another staggering blow. Oscar-winning make-up wizard Rick Baker has left the project, and he's taken his production company Cinovation with him.
The reason behind the departure is unknown, but it is most likely a result of the frustrating stop-and-go pace of the CURSED production. Baker will go on an extended vacation, with Cinovation resuming work on other projects when he returns.
Baker was seen as one of the main strenths behind CURSED. Baker's work on another lycanthrope pic, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON is the stuff of legend. He won his first Oscar for that film. Oscars for HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS, ED WOOD, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, MEN IN BLACK and HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS followed. Most recently, he completed work on THE HAUNTED MANSION, THE CAT IN THE HAT and HELLBOY.
The molds have been shipped to KNB Effects to take over where Cinovation left off. KNB is no stranger to horror, having provided make-up and animatronics to projects such as EVIL DEAD 2, GHOSTS OF MARS, FROM DUSK 'TIL DAWN, THIRTEEN GHOSTS and ARMY OF DARKNESS. So the project is at least being left in good hands.
Still, this is just the latest in a number of mishaps to plague the aptly-named CURSED. First, the release date was pushed back from October of this year to sometime in 2004. , we reported that the film was undergoing reshoots and additions to the cast were being made at the last minute.
that Dimension had pulled the plug on Wes Craven's next project, a remake of the Asian film KAIRO (the official reason is unrelated to the CURSED troubles). Now the production is switching make-up teams mid-stride and it's still allegedly in production.
CURSED is the new film from Wes Craven and SCREAM screenwriter, Kevin Williamson. It stars Christina Ricci, Neve Campell, Shannon Elizabeth, Skeet Ulrich, Corey Feldman, Mandy Moore, Scott Foley, Omar Epps and Scott Baio.
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In an exclusive, reported that the production has suffered yet another staggering blow. Oscar-winning make-up wizard Rick Baker has left the project, and he's taken his production company Cinovation with him.
The reason behind the departure is unknown, but it is most likely a result of the frustrating stop-and-go pace of the CURSED production. Baker will go on an extended vacation, with Cinovation resuming work on other projects when he returns.
Baker was seen as one of the main strenths behind CURSED. Baker's work on another lycanthrope pic, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON is the stuff of legend. He won his first Oscar for that film. Oscars for HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS, ED WOOD, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, MEN IN BLACK and HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS followed. Most recently, he completed work on THE HAUNTED MANSION, THE CAT IN THE HAT and HELLBOY.
The molds have been shipped to KNB Effects to take over where Cinovation left off. KNB is no stranger to horror, having provided make-up and animatronics to projects such as EVIL DEAD 2, GHOSTS OF MARS, FROM DUSK 'TIL DAWN, THIRTEEN GHOSTS and ARMY OF DARKNESS. So the project is at least being left in good hands.
Still, this is just the latest in a number of mishaps to plague the aptly-named CURSED. First, the release date was pushed back from October of this year to sometime in 2004. , we reported that the film was undergoing reshoots and additions to the cast were being made at the last minute.
that Dimension had pulled the plug on Wes Craven's next project, a remake of the Asian film KAIRO (the official reason is unrelated to the CURSED troubles). Now the production is switching make-up teams mid-stride and it's still allegedly in production.
CURSED is the new film from Wes Craven and SCREAM screenwriter, Kevin Williamson. It stars Christina Ricci, Neve Campell, Shannon Elizabeth, Skeet Ulrich, Corey Feldman, Mandy Moore, Scott Foley, Omar Epps and Scott Baio.
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[I 30h resevil_08 I]Comment on CURSED's beleaguered production in our [ www.horrorexpress.com/forums | FORUMS [.