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Tim League of Drafthouse Films announces new movie in Cannes
Tim League of Drafthouse Films announced Friday that he’ll team up with Timpson Films and Magnet Releasing to produce a 26-chapter feature film showcasing different directorial visions of death.
The movie, to be called “The ABCs of Death,” will begin production in June and is expected to be completed in January 2012.
League said 25 directors have already joined the project, and that the 26th director will be chosen as part of a competition. Each director will be assigned a letter in the alphabet that will be used as a “springboard for a short story of death.”
League, who appeared on a panel at the American Pavilion Friday afternoon, said he envisioned each short devoted to each letter of the alphabet to be about five minutes long, ending up with movie of a little more than two hours.
Confirmed directors include:
Banjong Pisanthanakun (“Shutter,” “Alone”)
Angela Bettis (“Roman”)
Adrian Garcia Bogliano (“Cold Sweat”)
Jason Eisener (“Hobo With A Shotgun”)
Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (“Mirageman”)
Bruno Forzani and Héléne Cattet (“Amer”)
Gadi Harel (“DeadGirl”)
Thomas Malling (“Norwegian Ninja”)
Yoshihiro Nishimura (“Tokyo Gore Police;” “Frankenstein Girl Vs. Vampire
Girl”)
Simon Rumley (“The Living and the Dead;” “Red, White and Blue”)
Tak Sakaguchi and Yuji Shimomura (“Yakuza Weapon”)
Marcel Sarmiento (“DeadGirl”)
Srdjan Spasojevic (“A Serbian Film”)
Timo Tjahjanto (“Macabre”)
Andrew Traucki (“Black Water,” “The Reef”)
Nacho Vigalando (“TimeCrimes”)
Jake West (“Doghouse,” “Evil Aliens”)
Ti West (“The House of the Devil,” “The Innkeepers”)
Ben Wheatley (“Down Terrace,” “Kill List”)
Adam Wingard (“Pop Skull,” “A Horrible Way To Die”)
League said that the project stems from his getting to know numerous filmmakers over the past seven years through his helming of Fantastic Fest.
“This project was inspired by my young sons being introduced to the world through their ABCs books,” said co-producer Ant Timpson. “The idea of subverting that format to reveal a study in all the dastardly and humorous ways a person can leave this world appealed on multiple levels.
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