Javier Botet Takes a Polaroid; Posts to Instagram
Steve Barton
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We’ve been talking about the Weinsteins’ latest foray into fear, Polaroid, for a few months now without knowing a whole hell of a lot about it. Today, however, comes some good news as creature performer Javier Botet has announced via his Instagram account that he’s officially a part of the flick!
Norwegian director Lars Klevberg will shoot the film from a screenplay by Blair Butler. Polaroid is styled in the vein of The Ring and Final Destination and centers on a high school loner, Bird Fitcher, who stumbles upon a vintage Polaroid camera. Bird soon learns that the camera houses a terrible secret: Whoever has their picture taken by it meets a tragic and violent end. The girl and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.
Dimension Films optioned the rights last year after Klevberg’s short made a splash at festivals and won Best Short for Klevberg and Best Cinematography for Pål Ulvik Rokseth at the Los Angeles Horror Competition short film festival.
Producing the film are Chris Bender, Jake Wagner, and Jake Weiner of Benderspink, producers of the original short; John Einar Hagen and Petter Onstad Lokke of El Dorado Films; and Roy Lee of Vertigo Films.
Check out the trailer for the original short below.
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