True Blood’s Stephen Moyer to Meet The Jersey Devil in The Barrens
Steve Barton
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Variety
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042906
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Let’s face it … sucking on Sookie? It’s getting a little old so we’re happy to see vampire Bill stretch his legs a bit by taking on yet another mythological creature … The Jersey Devil! Read on for details.
According to Variety Stephen Moyer is sticking with the genre that made him famous, having signed on to topline Darren Lynn Bousman’s The Barrens, which concerns the legend of the Jersey Devil.
Described in the vein of spooky Stephen King tales such as The Shining, the film is being produced by The Genre Company and will be released next fall by Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Moyer will play a man who takes his family on a camping trip to the more than 1 million acres of dense forest known as the New Jersey Pine Barrens, where he becomes convinced they’re being stalked by the legendary winged monster that looks like a deformed hybrid of several different animals.
The legend of The Jersey Devil has been passed along for hundreds of years as the creature has risen from obscurity to take its place alongside the Loch Ness Monster, Big Foot and the Chupacabra. The creature is deeply rooted in New Jersey culture; the local NHL team takes its name from the creature, and Bruce Springsteen put his own spin on the legend in “A Night with the Jersey Devil.”
Synopsis
Despite their reluctance, Richard Marlow takes his wife, Cynthia; their young son, Danny; and his teenage daughter, Sadie, to the Pine Barrens for a long weekend of camping and family bonding. As they arrive at the Wharton State Forest, a mutilated deer runs out into the road, nearly colliding with the Marlows’ car. Later that evening another bloodied animal falls from a tree. Bad turns to worse when, in the middle of the night, a college boy camping nearby disappears into the woods. Nevertheless, Richard presses the family to hike farther into the forest to the spot where he used to camp with his father. He is feverish, and a past wound on his arm appears badly infected, but when it begins to rain, there is no turning back. Richard’s sickness soon becomes debilitating; his headaches turn to hallucinations. What’s worse, he believes there is something stalking them…something with yellow eyes, pointed horns, and the wings of a bat – THE JERSEY DEVIL. The disfigured bodies of the missing camper and another college boy soon turn up. The Marlows must fight for their lives as the horrifying answer reveals itself in a shocking and tragic conclusion.
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