What do Jane Austen, Elton John and a murderous alien have in common? Pride And Predator, one of the oddest projects we’ve heard of lately, which Variety just reported on.
In the movie, which William Felix Clark will direct, a traditional period drama in the Austen mode is invaded by a crash-landed extraterrestrial that begins killing off the upper-class protagonists. “It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre by literally dropping this alien into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect,” David Furnish, who’ll produce with Rocket Pictures partner Steve Hamilton Shaw, tells the trade; John, also part of the Rocket team, will executive-produce and, needless to say, supervise the music. Clark, who helmed the award-winning Gothic comedy short The Amazing Trousers (pictured; see the trailer below), makes his feature debut with Pride,...
In the movie, which William Felix Clark will direct, a traditional period drama in the Austen mode is invaded by a crash-landed extraterrestrial that begins killing off the upper-class protagonists. “It felt like a fresh and funny way to blow apart the done-to-death Jane Austen genre by literally dropping this alien into the middle of a costume drama, where he stalks and slashes to horrific effect,” David Furnish, who’ll produce with Rocket Pictures partner Steve Hamilton Shaw, tells the trade; John, also part of the Rocket team, will executive-produce and, needless to say, supervise the music. Clark, who helmed the award-winning Gothic comedy short The Amazing Trousers (pictured; see the trailer below), makes his feature debut with Pride,...
- 2/17/2009
- Fangoria
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