We've been talking about Tom Holland's adaptation of Stephen King's short story "The Ten O'Clock People" for the last couple of years here on Dread Central, which originally had Justin Long attached to star. Long dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, and his replacement has now been found. Read on!
THR reports that This Is the End star Jay Baruchel has signed on to play the lead role in the adaptation, a film he will also be executive producing.
Baruchel will play a smoker who returns to his old habit with a cessation drug still in his system, triggering a side effect that reveals a frightening reality in which many people in authority are monsters.
The Ten O'Clock People film, written and directed by Holland, is eying a June start in Baruchel’s hometown of Montreal.
Industry veteran Don Carmody is producing. Baruchel is exec producing with Pascal Borno,...
THR reports that This Is the End star Jay Baruchel has signed on to play the lead role in the adaptation, a film he will also be executive producing.
Baruchel will play a smoker who returns to his old habit with a cessation drug still in his system, triggering a side effect that reveals a frightening reality in which many people in authority are monsters.
The Ten O'Clock People film, written and directed by Holland, is eying a June start in Baruchel’s hometown of Montreal.
Industry veteran Don Carmody is producing. Baruchel is exec producing with Pascal Borno,...
- 2/7/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
Tom Holland ('Childs Play') is busy giving the big sell for his new upcoming Stephen King adaptation of 'The Ten O'Clock People'. The tale based on King's short story was all set to see 'Drag Me to Hell' and 'Jeepers Creepers' star Justin Long play the lead role. Unfortunately it appears that Justin's work rota currently means he's going to be unable to join the project. So step up 'Captain America' himself Chris Evans (below) to fill his boots. 'The Avengers' star is reportedly in talks to join the adaptation which Holland co-wrote alongside E.J. Meyers. Rachel Nichols ('Raze', 'P2') was also being lined up to star but whether that's still a role available for the hottie is yet to be officially confirmed....
- 5/20/2013
- Horror Asylum
Chris Evans ("Captain America: The First Avenger") is said to be circling "Fright Night" director Tom Holland's "The Ten O’Clock People" for Dead Rabbit Films and Conquistador Entertainment.
A modernized adaptation of the Stephen King short story from "Nightmares and Dreamscapes," the story follows a man who tries to quit smoking with the help of a new drug.
He soon discovers a frightening aspect of reality as he kicks nicotine. Justin Long was previously attached, but had to leave due to scheduling conflicts.
Pascal Borno, Scott Karol, E.J. Meyers, Robin Reitman and Nathaniel Kramer will produce. Shooting aims to begin this Fall in Atlanta.
Source: Deadline...
A modernized adaptation of the Stephen King short story from "Nightmares and Dreamscapes," the story follows a man who tries to quit smoking with the help of a new drug.
He soon discovers a frightening aspect of reality as he kicks nicotine. Justin Long was previously attached, but had to leave due to scheduling conflicts.
Pascal Borno, Scott Karol, E.J. Meyers, Robin Reitman and Nathaniel Kramer will produce. Shooting aims to begin this Fall in Atlanta.
Source: Deadline...
- 5/20/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
With Tom Holland's adaptation of Stephen King's The Ten O'Clock People currently making the sales rounds at Cannes, word has come that Chris Evans (Captain America, Snowpiercer) is in talks to replace Justin Long, who had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict.
Per Deadline, the plan is to shoot The Ten O'Clock People, an adaptation of King's short story of the same name that was first published in Nightmares and Dreamscapes in 1993, this fall in Atlanta. Holland, the 1980s horror maven who wrote and directed Fright Night and Child's Play and previously tackled King’s Thinner and The Langoliers, will direct.
The story centers on a man who, when attempting to kick his smoking habit, has his eyes opened to a frightening reality in which many people in authority are monsters. He joins a group of others like him called "The Ten O’Clock People.
Per Deadline, the plan is to shoot The Ten O'Clock People, an adaptation of King's short story of the same name that was first published in Nightmares and Dreamscapes in 1993, this fall in Atlanta. Holland, the 1980s horror maven who wrote and directed Fright Night and Child's Play and previously tackled King’s Thinner and The Langoliers, will direct.
The story centers on a man who, when attempting to kick his smoking habit, has his eyes opened to a frightening reality in which many people in authority are monsters. He joins a group of others like him called "The Ten O’Clock People.
- 5/19/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: Captain America‘s Chris Evans is now circling the Stephen King adaptation, which had Justin Long attached before scheduling conflicts got in the way. Tom Holland (Fright Night) will adapt and direct The Ten O'Clock People, a modernized take on the short story from King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes about a man who tries to quit smoking with the help of a new drug only to discover a frightening aspect of reality as he kicks nicotine. Pic is aiming for a fall shoot in Atlanta and will mark Holland’s third King adaptation after The Langoliers and Thinner. Pascal Borno and Scott Karol’s Conquistador Entertainment, Holland’s Dead Rabbit Films and E.J. Meyers, Robin Reitman and Nathaniel Kramer’s Making Ten O’clock Productions will produce the film, which Borno and Karol are selling at Cannes. Evans, recently in theaters opposite Michael Shannon in The Iceman, has...
- 5/19/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Rachel Nichols ("Alias," "G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra") is in negotiations to join Tom Holland's film adaptation of Stephen King's short story "The Ten O'Clock People" says Heat Vision.
The story centers on a man (Justin Long) who, when attempting to kick his smoking habit, has his eyes opened to a frightening reality in which many people in authority are monsters.
Nichols would play a woman who can also see this horrible aspect of reality. Nathaniel Kramer and E.J. Meyers are producing.
The story centers on a man (Justin Long) who, when attempting to kick his smoking habit, has his eyes opened to a frightening reality in which many people in authority are monsters.
Nichols would play a woman who can also see this horrible aspect of reality. Nathaniel Kramer and E.J. Meyers are producing.
- 7/28/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Shooting this fall in Providence, Rhode Island, The Ten O'clock People is an independent film adaptation of Stephen King’s short story of the same name. The film, a chilling cross between horror and film noir, will offer a 21st century twist to classics like Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Written and directed by E.J. Meyers and starring Jose Gonsalves, Clayton Watson, and Tonia Passow, The Ten O'clock People tells the story of ex-smoker Brandon Pearson (Watson), who thinks he’s finally kicked the habit when he discovers smoking cessation drug Zytex. But when Brandon succumbs to his cravings and tosses the drug, he uncovers a frightening world full of perilous creatures few but he can see.
King's "The Ten O'clock People" short story was published in 1993 as part of his Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection and is notable for being set in Boston, Massachusetts, instead of King's typical Maine locale.
Written and directed by E.J. Meyers and starring Jose Gonsalves, Clayton Watson, and Tonia Passow, The Ten O'clock People tells the story of ex-smoker Brandon Pearson (Watson), who thinks he’s finally kicked the habit when he discovers smoking cessation drug Zytex. But when Brandon succumbs to his cravings and tosses the drug, he uncovers a frightening world full of perilous creatures few but he can see.
King's "The Ten O'clock People" short story was published in 1993 as part of his Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection and is notable for being set in Boston, Massachusetts, instead of King's typical Maine locale.
- 8/31/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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