Wes Craven Exec Producing Scream-Inspired Feature for US/Kuwaiti-Based AGE
Debi Moore
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With a “Scream” TV series on its way thanks to MTV, the last thing we were expecting was word of a new movie “inspired by” it, but that’s exactly what we seem to be getting with The Girl in the Photographs, the first project from the newly formed US/Kuwaiti-based Al-Ghanim Entertainment. And it’s being executive produced by franchise creator Wes Craven.
From the Press Release:
Kuwaiti industrialist Nawaf Alghanim, a member of the Al-Ghanim founding family of the nation of Kuwait, announces the formation of Al-Ghanim Entertainment (AGE), a Los Angeles and Kuwaiti-based specialty financing and production company. The family, who own international conglomerates and have links to the majority of theaters in Kuwait, will back the new entity, which is positioned to participate in various levels of filmed entertainment financing and will target 2-4 films annually with budgets up to $15M.
Alghanim is committed to skillfully vetting each feature film investment opportunity with a specific criterion for green lighting any picture. He will serve as the CEO of the new entity.
Joining him at the new venture are entertainment industry veterans and company Partners Andrea Chung, Krystal Tiffany Vayda, and Brandon M. Vayda.
The first project to be announced under this new banner is THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS, which the company will both finance and produce. Horror legend Wes Craven (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT) is set to executive produce, and Craven’s protégé Nick Simon (writer of THE PYRAMID, COLD COMES THE NIGHT) is set to direct. Brandon M. Vayda and Krystal Tiffany Vayda will executive produce alongside Craven and Alghanim, with Thomas Mahoney set to produce along with Chung.
THE GIRL IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS is an original thriller inspired by Craven’s Nineties blockbuster SCREAM. Set against the glamorous backdrop of the fashion world, the film will bring a modern sensibility to the genre. The film is currently in the casting stage.
“With the inception of this company, we wanted to build a bridge between East and West that not only nurtures talent and fosters the creative vision, but creates content that inspires as well as entertains global audiences. We will remain grounded with our projects, yet will always be open to explore the dynamic new media landscape that is forming in the marketplace in various parts of the world,” said Alghanim.
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