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Daniel Radcliffe's next project, The Woman in Black, gets a US distributor (CBS Films)!
SwedishSkinJer
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http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/05/06/daniel-radcliffe-woman-in-black-cbs-films/
And, apparently, there was an intense bidding war, involving parties such as Summit Entertainment and the Weinsteins:
"'Black' was picked up by CBS Films after a reportedly aggressive negotiation. Deadline reports CBS Films outbid Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company and Relativity Media for the film. A release date has not been announced, but the film is expected to hit theaters later this year. Radcliffe will next be seen in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II,' opening July 15."
And, apparently, there was an intense bidding war, involving parties such as Summit Entertainment and the Weinsteins:
"'Black' was picked up by CBS Films after a reportedly aggressive negotiation. Deadline reports CBS Films outbid Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company and Relativity Media for the film. A release date has not been announced, but the film is expected to hit theaters later this year. Radcliffe will next be seen in 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II,' opening July 15."
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Though I'm not sure whether
I will see it. I hate scary movies.
G.G.
For reference, CBS Films has distributed Faster, The Mechanic and Beastly recently, all of which had standard theatrical runs (more or less). They could most certainly cash in with this project because of its strong post-Part II association, instead of relegating a very interesting film to a niche direct-to-DVD market. Daniel Radcliffe, as attested by the success of How to Succeed on Broadway, is still very much a "name".
Young lawyer Arthur Kipps (Radcliffe) leaves his son in London to settle the legal affairs of the recently deceased Alice Drablow. He discovers a series of inexplicable accidents and suicides have forced the parents of her village to barricade their children indoors, as if protecting them from an unseen foe. When Arthur stays the night all alone at the Drablow’s foreboding house, he hears the screams of a drowning child and sees decaying children listlessly wandering the marshes. He will soon discover these haunting figures share the same date of death, and the same killer.
The ghost of a scorned woman, who was unable to save her beloved son Nathaniel from drowning, The Woman In Black takes on a horrifying form. Set on vengeance, her veil hides gaping sockets eaten away by scavengers and her curse hides an even darker secret … whenever she is seen, a child dies.
In the face of hostility from the local residents, Arthur dredges up Nathaniel’s skeleton and buries it with his mother, hoping the evil spectre will finally rest in peace. In a cruel twist of fate, the Woman In Black turns her claws towards Arthur’s young son. To avoid a fate worse than death, Arthur must now sacrifice everything he holds dear and save his child.
I am so happy about this! Woooo!