Wonderfilm Announces Commencement of Filming for October 2020 Theatrical Release of "Amityville 1974"
19 Juni 2019 - 4:41PM
via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- The Wonderfilm Media Corporation (TSXV: WNDR)
(OTC: WDRFF) ("Wonderfilm" or the "Company") announced today the
horror film “Amityville 1974” will begin principal photography in
November of this year for release in October 2020. Wonderfilm is
fully financing the picture.
The film is based on the real life tragedy that
spawned THE AMITYVILLE HORROR novel and subsequent films in which
Ronald DeFeo Jr. shot all six members of his family on a fateful
November night. This tragedy was seared into the minds of the
public consciousness by writer Jay Anson's book “The Amityville
Horror” that recounted the terror experienced by a family moving
into the house, only to be driven out 28 days later by hostile
supernatural forces. Wonderfilm’s Amityville 1974 will tell the
story of the DeFeo’s horrifying murderous rampage.Casey La Scala
(Donnie Darko, The Remaining) will direct from a script he wrote.
Jeff Bowler and Shaun Redick (Get Out/ Blackkklansman) will produce
for Wonderfilm. Todd Garner (Tag/Mortal Kombat) will also produce.
Kirk Shaw, Bret Saxon, Yvette Yates, and Dan Grodnik will be
Executive Producers. Wonderfilm’s new sister distribution
company, Wonderfilm Global headed by Christian De Gallegos, is
handling worldwide sales at TIFF, while currently negotiating with
domestic theatrical distributors. Adjusted for inflation the
original Amityville Horror took in over $300 million, with 2005's
remake topping $95 million. With a strong horror franchise like
this, our release strategy will mimic Halloween 2018 success, which
garnered $160 million from US theatrical sales and a further $96
million from foreign distribution. Very similar in genre with an
equally large fan base waiting to be frightened, Wonderfilm will
add its wider social media strength to the Halloween 2018 release
strategy. “Looking to next year, Amityville 1974 is expected to
drive a lot of the Company's 2020 revenue," said Kirk Shaw,
Wonderfilm CEO. “We are beyond thrilled to introduce
Amityville 1974. Casey has a truly unique and terrifying vision for
the fright franchise and audiences will experience horror like
never before with this film,” said Jeff Bowler, founding partner of
Wonderfilm Media.“This is a story that takes its jumping off point
from the true facts surrounding the DeFeo tragedy, but also focuses
on the human drama that took place inside a family as they were
relentlessly stalked by a terrifying evil,” said Casey La ScalaLa
Scala adapted and will produce the inspirational book “Fly a Little
Higher” for Warner Brothers Studios which goes into production this
year with Justin Baldoni (Five Feet Apart) directing. La Scala is
repped by Paradigm and Ziffren, Brittenham.Neither the TSX Venture
Exchange Inc. (“Exchange”) nor its regulation services provider (as
that termis defined in the policies of the Exchange) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of thispress
release.About Wonderfilm MediaWonderfilm is a leading
publicly traded (TSX Venture Exchange) entertainment company with
offices in Beverly Hills, United States and Vancouver, Canada.
Wonderfilm’s main business is the production of high-quality
feature films and episodic television that offer international
appeal through the Company’s guiding philosophy of bringing new
financing solutions to an entertainment industry increasingly
looking for funding and co-production alternatives. Wonderfilm is a
producer and distributor only for the projects disclosed. The legal
ownership of movie productions is held in a special purpose legal
entity held at arm’s length to the Company to facilitate for the
qualification of various levels of domestic and foreign government
tax credit incentives that are customary in the film and production
business.Cautionary StatementsThis press release contains
forward-looking statements that are subject to substantial
risks,uncertainties and assumptions. All statements other than
statements of historical fact contained in thispress release are
forward-looking statements. These statements often include words
such as “believe,”“expect,” “target,” “anticipate,” “forecast,”
“intend,” “plan,” “projects,” “seek,” “will,” “may” or
similarexpressions. Forward-looking statements are subject to a
number of risks and uncertainties, many ofwhich involve factors or
circumstances that are beyond Wonderfilm’s control and Wonderfilm’s
actualresults could well differ materially from those stated or
implied in forward-looking statements due tomany various
factors.Although Wonderfilm believes that the expectations
reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, the
Company cannot guarantee that the events and circumstances
reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or
occur. The timing of events and circumstances and actual results
could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements. Accordingly, one should not place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. All such reflect the date made
only.Wonderfilm undertakes no obligation to update or publicly
revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.For further details, please
see the Company’s documents filed on the System for Electronic
Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com.For
further information:Media contact:Lon Haber | +1-323-620-1675
| lon@lonhaber.com
Sales contact:Christian De Gallegos |
Christian@wonderfilms.com
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