When Oren Peli made Paranormal Acitvity, in his wildest dreams he can’t have imagined the success it would become. However the helmer himself hasn’t had anything he’s directed in cinemas since his standout success. He shot another found footage flick shortly after Paranormal Activity came out, Area 51, but there’s still no sign of that. However he did produce Insidious, and is now producing another movie that’s just started shooting, which he also came up with the story for.
FilmNation Entertainment is backing the currently untitled film, which has commenced principal photography in Eastern Europe. The film is based on an original story by Oren Peli (Paranormal Activity, Insidious) and centres on a group of friends who become stranded in an eerie and desolate city. Abandoned years before in the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, nature has begun to reclaim everything. As the sun sets on this radioactive ghost town, inhuman cries cut through the night air. It seems they are not alone.
The ensemble cast includes Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Jesse McCartney, Olivia Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal and Dimitri Diatchenko. Brad Parker is directing.
Peli says, “I love my job. I get to work with a talented director like Brad on the kind of scary movie I know I’d happily stand in line to see.” The movie is due in cinemas in 2013.