Damien Leone Sets Post-‘Terrifier’ Future With ‘Tortures of the Damned’ for Lionsgate, Sam Raimi
Leone’s first original film after the Terrifier series will be produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert through Ghost House.
- Lionsgate has acquired the original horror film 'Tortures of the Damned,' which writer-director Damien Leone will write, direct, and produce after completing Terrifier 4, currently in pre-production.
- Leone is transitioning from micro-budget independence to the Hollywood studio system, leveraging the ultra-profitable success of his Terrifier franchise to helm this larger-scale project.
- Horror filmmaker Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce through their Ghost House Pictures label, with Romel Adam and Jose Cañas executive producing the project.
- Erin Westerman, president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said the studio is 'incredibly proud and excited to be partnering with Damien Leone' on his first original film.
- While plot details remain unknown, Leone will commence work on the project only after finishing Terrifier 4, which is currently in pre-production.
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Terrifier director to hang up Art's little hat to helm Tortures Of The Damned
Filmmaker Damien Leone is going to do something he hasn’t done in more than a decade: Direct a movie that doesn’t feature a scary clown with a little hat. For only the second time in his career, Leone is set to direct a non-Terrifier movie, entitled Tortures Of The Damned. The last time he directed a movie that didn’t involve the titular terrifier, Art the Clown, was 2016’s Frankenstein Vs. The Mummy. Before that, he directed proto-versions of h…
‘Terrifier’ Director Damien Leone Heads to a Studio for Next Film ‘Tortures of the Damned,’ with Sam Raimi Producing
One of the bigger indie horror success stories in recent years is going to a major studio. Damien Leone, the director behind the box office darling “Terrifier” franchise, will make his next film at Lionsgate and is teaming with horror legend Sam Raimi to make it. But rather than Lionsgate picking up the franchise or the next “Terrifier” film, it will be an original project called “Tortures of the Damned,” which Leone is writing, directing, and p…
Writer-director Damien Leone, creator of the "Terrifying" series of horror films about the demonic clown Art, has decided to shake up the Hollywood system, so to speak, from the inside. He will film his next original horror project under a studio roof. The well-known Lionsgate film company will be the home of the horror film with the wonderful title "Tortures of the Damned."
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