News: What the Fear

?Cottage? Cast

by gabnormal, Fri., May. 25, 2007 10:08 AM PDT
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According to Variety, The Cottage, written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton), has been picked up by Queen film, an Indonesian distribution company. Along with distribution rights being acquired, The Cottage has also finished casting and boasts an all-star Andy Serkis (King Kong), Reece Shearsmith (The League of Gentlemen), Jennifer Ellison (Phantom of the Opera), Steve O?Donnell and Doug Bradley (Hellraiser films). The Cottage, expected to begin shooting in April, is a black comedy horror film about two brothers who stumble across a dark rural secret after botching the kidnapping of a crime bosses daughter.

From Variety.com
Queen Film, the Indonesian distribution company that is affiliated with new exhibition group Blitz Megaplex, has pre-emptively bought rights to a slew of U.S. and international pictures with broad marketing elements, among them the Bruce Willis starrer "Grimm." Other deals include:

Hyde Park Intl.'s "Streetfighter," and James Ivory's "City of Your Final Destination, starring Anthony Hopkins;

Odd Lot's upcoming Frank Miller pic "The Spirit";

Focus Features' upcoming Fernando Meirelles-helmed thriller "Blindness" with Daniel Craig and Julianne Moore;

Summit Entertainment's Mike Newell-helmed "Love in the Time of Cholera," with Javier Bardem, and "The Fall";

Omega Entertainment's illusionist pic "Mandrake" and Deepa Mehta film "Luna";
EuropaCorp's English language thriller "Taken";

Mandarin Films' Tsui Hark romantic actioner "Missing";

Pathe Pictures Intl.?s horror-comedy "The Cottage," and French-language Cannes competition film "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly."