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Casting Bites: From Hills That Run Red to S. Darko

Here are some horrorific casting bites, courtesy of Variety:

Have you ever adored a man from just one role, even if you haven't/don't see him in much else? That's me and William Sadler, whose name always catapults me back to Friday the 13th, 1995 when Demon Knight opened in theaters, and his Brayker took on Billy Zane's The Collector. Now the actor is teaming up with Sophie Monk for a new slasher movie called The Hills Run Red, which is filming in Bulgaria. The film focuses on a movie fan who is obsessed with finding a full print of a slasher movie, finds himself in the woods where the film was shot, and then realizes that the filming never ended. Dum, dum, dum.

Also, further cast have signed on for the dreaded sequel -- S. Darko. Now, if you pop over to Variety, don't get excited thinking Paige Davis has signed on. While her picture is currently attached to the post (as of 11 AM), it's actually Matt Davis, who played Reese Witherspoon's snooty boyfriend in Legally Blonde, who has signed onto the film with James Lafferty (One Tree Hill). Sorry, Trading Spaces fans. Meanwhile, Briana Evigan defended the film on Friday, but even with her glowing recommendation, I still think this sequel is one of the dumbest movie moves in a while.

'Donnie Darko' Sequel Adds Elizabeth Berkeley

So it looks like I have to disabuse myself of the notion that this story was some sort of fever dream or hallucination on my part. A Donnie Darko sequel, titled S. Darko, is happening, and Elizabeth Berkeley, that fearless queen of the C-list, has joined the cast. She will play "a speed freak-turned-Jesus freak whose sentiments about ridding the world of its exponential sin are rivaled only by her infatuation with her dreamy pastor." No word on who plays the dreamy pastor, but Berkeley joins Justin Chatwin, Ed Westwick and the original film's Daveigh Chase. Chase reprises her role as Donnie's sister Samantha, who leaves Sparkle Motion to go on a road trip with her best friend (Brianna Evigan) only to be plagued by nightmarish visions.

What's most curious about S. Darko is that while it has begun production, with television veteran Chris Fisher at the helm, I can't find word anywhere about who the screenwriter is. What gives? The stories about the film have given the impression that Fisher was hired by the producers to direct; if so, where did the project originate? It seemed to come out of nowhere earlier in the month.

I'm not sure any admirer of Donnie Darko can reasonably be optimistic about this sequel. The first film is so wonderfully self-contained that the very notion of a sequel is kind of heartbreaking. And it seemed so personal to maestro Richard Kelly that doing it without him (he's not involved in any way) seems offensive.

Donnie Darko Sequel Coming -- Unfortunately

It sounds like a prank. We would all like it to be one. But it seems to be legit.

The story comes from Screen Daily, who reports that S. Darko is being shopped around, with Fox already picking up the North American distribution rights. Touted as the sequel to the 2001 cult hit, the story picks up seven years after Donnie Darko left off. The youngest Darko, Samantha, is now 18 and abandoning her commitment to Sparkle Motion. She heads to Las Vegas with her best friend Corey, but the two are plagued with bizarre visions. I imagine they will involve a rabbit.

Richard Kelly, the original director, is in no way involved. Chris Fincher Fisher* will direct instead. Daveigh Chase, who played Samantha in the original, will reprise her role. It looks like she is the only one. The movie also stars Ed Westwick, Briana Evigan, and Justin Chatwin.

As to the big looming question of why, oh God, why, Simon Crowe of UK sales company Velvet Octopus says they're thinking of the children. "I think there is a new generation of cinema-goers who will be very excited to see this film."
Which generation came of age between 2001 and 2008? Why haven't they rented Donnie Darko? I am afraid these are questions to which Crowe has no answers. But he did quip, "Donnie's not in [the new film] but there are meteorites and rabbits."

Nothing is safe from the all mighty dollar, my friends. Nothing. Even when there is a pretty conclusive ending, there can always be a sequel. I'll leave you to think about that as I go pen my script for No Country for Old Men 2.

[via Empire]

*Very kind thanks to astute reader toad_stone for pointing out our egregious misspelling of director Chris Fisher's last name. Correction made, with our apologies. - Ed.

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