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‘The Mothman Prophecies’ – Director Mark Pellington Teases the Return of the Mothman
One of the most chilling cryptozoology-based horror movies out there, the 2002 film The Mothman Prophecies explores the (allegedly) true accounts of a winged beast that may very well be a harbinger of doom, and it was director Mark Pellington who brought him to the screen. Over 20 years after the film’s release, Pellington teases the return of the Mothman.
At the Eerie Horror Fest in Pennsylvania over the weekend, Pellington hinted that a Mothman Prophecies streaming series is being planned. “Streaming Mothman is coming,” he says.
We don’t have any further information at this time, but Pellington promises that more details will be revealed soon. So stay tuned for more on this one as we learn it.
Released in 2002, The Mothman Prophecies stars Richard Gere as reporter drawn to a small West Virginia town to investigate a series of strange events, including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities. It’s all tied to the cryptid creature known as the Mothman, a humanoid being first seen in the Point Pleasant area in the late 1960s.
Many believe the man-sized bird with wings and red eyes was connected to the collapse of the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant on December 15, 1967, either warning the residents of what was coming or perhaps playing a direct role in the collapse. Pellington’s movie comes to an end with the bridge’s collapse, amid Mothman sightings and strange prophecies.
As Luiz H.C. wrote on Bloody Disgusting last year, “The Mothman Prophecies is a surprisingly somber and existential picture that characterizes the titular monster as an unexplainable force representing a universal fear of the unknown, taking the legend into a more metaphysical direction than most other interpretations.”
“The film is also responsible for popularizing the Mothman as a cultural icon, with Point Pleasant organizing an official Mothman Festival every year since 2002 as the mysterious winged monster became a staple of American folklore alongside figures like the Jackalope and Sasquatch,” Luiz adds in his 20th anniversary celebration of The Mothman Prophecies.
The movie was based on John Keel’s same-titled book, published in 1975.
What is Mark Pellington cooking up next? Stay tuned…
Academy Award nominee and lifelong horror fan Paul Giamatti is set to star in a key role for new “Hostel” TV series with Eli Roth returning, THR reports today.
It’s not just Roth returning, but franchise producers Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss as well.
No plot details as of yet as the series is still in development. But it’s described as a “modern adaptation” and an “elevated thriller” that’s also a “reinvention” of the horror franchise that launched in 2006 and spawned two sequels.
Roth and Briggs will write the script, with the former set to direct. Roth, Briggs and Fleiss will all executive produce the series.
Giamatti will star in a key role, though character details are under wraps.
The actor is a huge fan of the genre, having recently appeared as the villainous Christian Barbrow in season two of HBO Original Series “30 Coins.” Giamatti recently chatted with Bloody Disgusting about both his role and his love of genre storytelling.
Giamatti is also a longtime fan of the Hostel films, apparently. “Eli was shooting Hostel in Prague and I was shooting The Illusionist and I met him. We talked about me actually killing somebody in that movie but it never panned out,” Giamatti told EW in a 2013 interview.
Released in 2005, Hostel was set in a world where the rich can pay to literally torture and murder captured victims, and Eli Roth returned to direct Hostel: Part II in 2007. The film did spawn second sequel Hostel: Part III in 2011, but Scott Spiegel took over as director.
Perhaps the news shouldn’t come as too big of a surprise, considering Roth previously expressed great interest in returning to the gruesome world of Hostel. When promoting recent slasher Thanksgiving, the filmmaker said in an interview with Cinepop, “I’d love to go back to Hostel at some point. And Cabin Fever as well. They’re like my children.”
“I feel like I’ve ignored them for too long,” Roth continued. “And I’d love to go back to them in some way. I have ideas. I would direct it. I don’t want it in anyone else’s hands.”
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