Corin Hardy Is Hell Bent on Visiting the Inferno; Still in Play for The Crow
Steve Barton
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With The Hallows, director Corin Hardy made a hell of a splash in the horror community, and that’s a big part of why we’re so jazzed to hear about his next film! According to Deadline Hardy has made a deal to direct Hell Bent, the Mike Finch-scripted action film that is a priority project for Paramount Pictures and is easiest described as “The Dirty Dozen goes to Hell.”
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian are producing a film that will begin casting shortly as the script gets a polish.
At the same time, there might be a thaw regarding Hardy’s exit from the The Crow remake that precipitated a legal joust between producer Ed Pressman and Relativity. It is possible that Hardy might re-emerge on that film after all, but there are obstacles still to be overcome and it is possible another studio could come into the mix as an active partner.
In Hell Bent, a group of mercenaries imprisoned in a Brazilian jail are murdered and led into the depths of Hell by a priest who wishes to use their skills to kill Satan before he brings Hell to Earth.
The film is designed to cost $60 million or under, a reasonable sum for a possible franchise launch. It’s not dependent on big stars, but on an ensemble of “next big thing” hot guys. That’s not often done these days, as studios throw all the money at what they hope will become franchises. What helps a package like this is a cutting-edge director who can make a stylistic imprint, and many think the Dublin-based Hardy fits that bill.
More as it comes!
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