AFM 2010: Fangoria and Accelerator to Remake Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things and More!
Steve Barton
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Even Fangoria has news coming out of AFM further cementing the fact that horror is not only alive, it’s twitching, crawling off the slab, and looking for fresh meat. Or in this case not so fresh meat. That’s right kids, another remake is on its way, this time of a personal favorite of mine – the Bob Clarke classic, Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things. But wait … there’s more!
From the Press Release
Accelerator is partnering with Fangoria Entertainment’s Gravesend Film Enterprises to produce a slate of films.
The first will be a remake of Bob Clark’s 1973 zombie flick, “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things.” Production is set to begin spring 2011. The second will be “Cleopatra Brimstone,” about a graduate student who turns murderous. Based on the novel Elizabeth Hand, the film will start shooting in summer 2011.
The deal was brokered Robbie Little, co-president of Accelerator, and Gravesend heads Thomas DeFeo and Steven Mackler. All three will executive produce. Accelerator’s parent co., The Little Film Company, will handle worldwide sales.
Mackler said the partnership is perfect for Fangoria as it moves into film production: “Robbie really understands the genre and the Fangoria brand name and I can’t think of a better fit for us,” he said. Accelerator launched at Cannes this year. It is screening “The Clinic” and “Urban Explorer” at this year’s AFM.
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