Dimension Films officially announced today – what we reported on April 4 – that they have acquired U.S. distribution rights to the supernatural thriller Dark Skies, written and directed by Scott Stewart (Priest, Legion).
As Bloody reported exclusively on April 4, Keri Russell (Mission: Impossible III, Grimm Love) and Daniel Barrett are both in talks to play a young boys parents, who are financially struggling to get by.
While they keep the story under wraps, we’ve already exclusively reported that the horror flick focuses on the parent’s 6-year-old boy who’s apparently been “marked” by an alien (living among us) for future abduction. It looks like it taps into some of the same themes of Fright Night, while also playing into child abuse (did the parents cause these marks on the child’s body?)
The film is scheduled to go into production this summer.
Jason Blum will produce through his Blumhouse Productions alongside Alliance Films who will fully finance the picture. Blumhouse is responsible for the Paranormal Activity films, and the forthcoming The Lords of Salem, directed by Rob Zombie, Sinister, Area 51, Vigilandia, Not Safe For Work and Mockingbird. Wowsa!
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Alliance Films’ Charles Layton will executive produce. Alliance Films will distribute in Canada, in the UK (via its Momentum Pictures subsidiary) and in Spain (via Aurum). Octane, IM Global’s genre label, will launch international sales in Cannes.
Ok, so I'm down for what seems like Wes Craven's "They" meets "Fright Night", but Dimension Films, I ask you not to ruin my midnight buzz by revealing at the end of the movie that it was all in the kid's head, brought on by a fragile mind trying to make sense of endured abuse.
A big hearty "GOOD JOB!" to Bloody Disgusting for being on the ball with this one!
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