WETA to design creature fX
What an odd book to adapt out of author Briane Keene’s oeuvre! Writer Paul Finch and director Paul Campion are embarking on an adaptation of Keene’s “Dark Hollow.”
Published in 2008, this perverse tale is about a man, Adam Shay, who discovers on a walk through local woods the statue of a half-man, half-goat creature, a satyr from ancient legends, which comes to life before his eyes. Soon, all the women in town begin disappearing, summoned to the woods by the satyr’s hypnotic piping. When Adam gathers the menfolk to hunt down the satyr and retrieve the women, what they uncover is an unholy evil bent on protecting itself and spreading its seed.
Keene’s past works including the incredible zombie book “The Rising,” its sequel “City of the Dead,” “Ghoul” and “The Conqueror Worms.” Campion’s short film Eel Girl has taken home a number of awards and is definitely worth checking out.
Elisabeth Pinto will produce Dark Hollow with Andrea Clarke (Dog Soldiers) on casting duties. Playing the role of the evil satyr Hylinus is Shane Rangi whose credits include The Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings. The New Zealand-based WETA has signed up to create the creature make-up.
Shooting will take place in Kent, England in the coming months.
Source: Nimble Pictures
