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Old 10-21-2008, 01:03 PM
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Remakes of RKO films

Fickman, Twisted Remaking Four RKO Horror Pics
Source: Variety
October 21, 2008


Andy Fickman has made a deal with Roseblood Movie Company and Twisted Pictures to godfather four remakes from RKO's horror heyday, including three that were produced by horrormeister Val Lewton, says Variety. Fickman will direct at least one of the films.

Roseblood is the horror/thriller division of RKO Pictures, and Twisted is the horror division of Evolution Entertainment, financiers and producers of the "Saw" series. The companies will co-finance the films.

The remake properties are the Jacques Tourneur-directed I Walked With a Zombie (1943); the Robert Wise-directed Bela Lugosi-Boris Karloff starrer The Body Snatcher (1945); the Mark Robson-directed Karloff starrer Bedlam (1946); and the John Farrow-directed Lucille Ball-John Carradine starrer Five Came Back (1939).

RKO chairman Ted Hartley is producing the remakes with Twisted's Mark Burg, Oren Koules and Carl Mazzocone. Jonathan Marshall is executive producer.
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