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Hammer Film Productions, known for it gothic horror fare of the 1950s and '60s, was sold Thursday for an undisclosed sum to a group led by Holland-based Cyrte Investments, the investment vehicle for Dutch media mogul John de Mol, the Western Mail said Friday.
De Mol and his group said they had about $50 million available to re-start production. The team said it would target "a new generation of horror lovers" through Web and mobile technologies.
Simon Oakes, a member of the new management team, said the deal has been in the works for about a year. "Hammer is a great British brand and we intend to take Hammer back into production and develop its global potential," Oakes said.
Virginia Madsen (Candyman, 23) will star in the supernatural thriller A Haunting in Connecticut.
The film tells the true story of a family forced to relocate near a clinic where their teenage son is being treated for cancer. There, they discover that the home they have rented is a former mortuary with a dark history that might account for the extraordinary manifestations of the boy's illness and the supernatural events that threaten the family.
Peter Cornwell is directing the Gold Circle Films project. A late summer start is being eyed.
The Roy Freirich-scripted drama revolves around a group of survivors of multiple murders in a diner, who come together to try and overcome their trauma. The film just completed filming in L.A., with Robert Salerno producing. Pic also stars Kate Beckinsale, Dakota Fanning, Embeth Davidtz and Jeanne Tripplehorn.
The King James version English Bible Code looks at whether these mysterious creatures really exist: Bigfoot the giant eight foot tall hairy apeman seen in the US Pacific Northwest - Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. And Nessie the Loch Ness monster of Scotland, which may be an aquatic dinosaur. Bible code software is used to search for Bible Code matrices on these mystery beasts. The results may surprise you. Bigfoot is not a joke. You would not want to run into him in the woods at night."Grey Gardens"; Audra McDonald, "110 in the Shade"; Debra Monk, "Curtains"
A spring 2006 photo supplied by Jeffrey Richards Associates shows Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, right, authors of "Spring Awakening, '' in Sheik's New York loft. via RGJ.com
"Don't worry, my friend, if you can count to 10, that's OK. We can double it later."
Even if you don't recognize him on the street, you might take a second look, though. via Daily News
"And really professional. They make it look easy."
Kate Rogal moved to New York City last year to pursue acting, and then promptly returned to Pittsburgh. via Pittsburg Tribune