Exclusive: Harald Zwart, director of 2010 reboot The Karate Kid, has been set to direct thriller Betrayed, which is in development for LA-based production banner Onphaya.
The film will chart the story of a Professor of Archeology who discovers some ancient biblical text fragments that shake the foundations of religious thought. Her personal safety and longtime beliefs are challenged as she fights to overcome evil factions that will go to any length to ensure the truth remains buried in history.
Pic is based on a script by Australian writer-director Antony J. Bowman (Paperback Hero), inspired by a story from Phillip Middleton and Bowman. Peta Johnson will executive-produce the project with Rick Selvage for Onphaya.
“It is important now to bring Betrayed to the screen with its timely yet sometime controversial themes. It is an action thriller for our times”, said Selvage, an executive producer on Amazon series The Wheel of Time.
The film will chart the story of a Professor of Archeology who discovers some ancient biblical text fragments that shake the foundations of religious thought. Her personal safety and longtime beliefs are challenged as she fights to overcome evil factions that will go to any length to ensure the truth remains buried in history.
Pic is based on a script by Australian writer-director Antony J. Bowman (Paperback Hero), inspired by a story from Phillip Middleton and Bowman. Peta Johnson will executive-produce the project with Rick Selvage for Onphaya.
“It is important now to bring Betrayed to the screen with its timely yet sometime controversial themes. It is an action thriller for our times”, said Selvage, an executive producer on Amazon series The Wheel of Time.
- 3/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this week we caught up with Australian filmmaker Phillip Middleton to discuss his short film The Ghost as well as chat about his planned supernatural feature The Disappearing. Read on for that flick's teaser art, synopsis, and more!
Written and directed by Middleton, The Ghost short was filmed over the course of one day in his hometown of Sydney, Australia, on the 5D camera with cinematography courtesy of Damian Wyvill. Produced by Kylie Connell, the flick stars Rachael Coopes, Max Cullen, Bel Delia and Valentino del Toro.
"My inspiration for The Ghost came from a dream I had, where the person in the dream - it was me, but not me, if that makes sense - saw [himself] as dead," explained Middleton. "From that, I just thought it would be freaking scary if someone trapped in a house kept seeing themselves as dead, thinking the ghost that had them trapped...
Written and directed by Middleton, The Ghost short was filmed over the course of one day in his hometown of Sydney, Australia, on the 5D camera with cinematography courtesy of Damian Wyvill. Produced by Kylie Connell, the flick stars Rachael Coopes, Max Cullen, Bel Delia and Valentino del Toro.
"My inspiration for The Ghost came from a dream I had, where the person in the dream - it was me, but not me, if that makes sense - saw [himself] as dead," explained Middleton. "From that, I just thought it would be freaking scary if someone trapped in a house kept seeing themselves as dead, thinking the ghost that had them trapped...
- 7/26/2013
- by Sean Decker
- DreadCentral.com
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