From hollywoodreporter.com
Gold Circle?s supernatural thriller, A Haunting in Connecticut, is now set to star Virginia Madsen. The film, directed by Peter Cornwell, centers on a family who is forced to relocate near a clinic so that their son can be treated for cancer. The family soon discovers that the house they are staying in has a dark past and might be the cause for the ?supernatural events? that threaten the family.
According to hollywoodreporter.com, Tim Metcalfe and Adam Simon wrote the screenplay.
Gold Circle Films is financing. Mandate Pictures will handle international sales.
Gold Circle topper Paul Brooks is producing with Andrew Trapani, Wendy Rhoads and Daniel Farrands. Scott Niemeyer, Norm Waitt and Steve Whitney are executive producing.
Gold Circle's Brad Kessell, who brought the project in, is overseeing.
A late summer start is being eyed.
Cornwell, repped by UTA and Gotham Group, wrote, produced and directed the acclaimed animated short film Ward 13.
Madsen, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in Sideways, most recently appeared on the big screen opposite Jim Carrey in "The Number 23." She is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.