Jason Clarke Heads to Winchester
Steve Barton
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The famed Winchester mystery house has a new resident in actor Jason Clarke, and we have all the details you need… no seance required.
From the Press Release:
CBS Films announced today that Jason Clarke (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Zero Dark Thirty) is joining Academy Award winner Helen Mirren (The Queen, Eye in the Sky) in the supernatural thriller WINCHESTER. Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (Predestination) are directing the film based on their screenplay with Tom Vaughan. Produced by Blacklab Entertainment’s Tim McGahan and Imagination Design Works’ Brett Tomberlin.
The film follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester repeating rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she threw herself into the 24-hour a day, seven-day a week construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist Eric Price (Clarke) is dispatched to the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he discovers that her obsession may not be so insane after all. WINCHESTER will take audiences inside the labyrinth like house that is believed to be one of the most haunted places in the world.
“Jason Clarke is an extremely talented actor, and we look forward to seeing him face off against Dame Helen Mirren as well as any vengeful spirits that might be lurking about the WINCHESTER house,” commented the Spierigs.
WINCHESTER is being financed by Bullitt Entertainment, Diamond Pictures, and Blacklab Entertainment and has secured Screen Australia Production Investment, with assistance from Film Victoria’s Production Incentive Attraction Fund and Production Investment from Screen Queensland. Diamond Pictures is handling international sales. Bullitt’s Benedict Carver, Diamond’s Daniel Diamond, and Tobin Armbrust are executive producing. Andy Trapani, Toni Lianos, Brian Gilbert, Marc Shipper, and Simon Oakes also serve as executive producers.
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