In the last few years, it’s been noticeable that top directors have taken on a far greater mentoring role than they used. The likes of Sam Raimi, Peter Jackson and Guilermo Del Toro have all used their position in Hollywood to help up and coming filmmakers make movies and get noticed.
Now it’s the turn of Dog Soldiers and The Descent’s Neil Marshall, who’s agreed to produce Ghost Of Slaughterford, with the megaphone handed to the man who was his second unit director on the upcoming Centurion, Ian D Fleming.
Bloody Disgusting reports that the story for Ghost Of Slaughterford centres on a recently widowed novelist, who retreats to a rented mansion in the village of Slaughterford to compose a new novel. She is met by local residents, who all warn her against reamining in the house, but she resolves to stay before encountering a ghost. However rather than the spctre being the one to fear, it turns out the villagers are the true threat.
The Brit flick, which is being backed by sales and finance outfit, Intandem Films, is said to be in the early stages at the moment, but it’s hoped everything will be ready to start shooting in June.