Mr. X Grabs Hold Of "Cube Zero"

Toronto-based digital effects company Mr. X, Inc. will receive a co-producer credit or their work on the new feature Cube Zero. This sci-fi feature-length project is financed and distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment, produced by Suzanne Colvin-Goulding and Jon Goulding of Mad Circus Films, and co-produced by Dennis Berardi and Eric Robertson of Mr. X. Cube Zero is the third installment in the celebrated Sci-Fi Cube franchise. This film marks a new achievement for Mr. X, as the studio's first official foray into producing on a feature film.

Cube Zero, being the third film in the series that began with Cube in 1997, followed by Cube 2: Hypercube in 2002, will continue the tradition of the series with some truly ingenious traps and scares. Barbarash's primary goal was to create a believable prequel that would mesh seamlessly with the cube mythology created by Vincenzo Natali in 1997. "I hope that we raise at least as many questions as we answer," comments Barbarash. "After all, that was one of the most successful elements of Vincenzo's original film - its philosophical questioning was really the heart of the film."

In creating the look and feel of Cube Zero, the filmmakers purposely turned away from the hyper-clean look and feel of Hypercube, choosing to go in a grittier direction for the series, with Production Designer Jon Goulding and Director Ernie Barbarash finding inspiration among such raw, dark and critically acclaimed films as The City of Lost Children, Brazil, and Dark City. "Even the traps are much more physical and raw than those we had in Hypercube," Barbarash adds.

In this prequel, we once again find unwilling participants frantically moving through a peculiar construct of cube-shaped rooms, each holding the potential threat of hideously inventive and painful death. However, finding the exit is only the beginning of an even worse nightmare. Even as we start to learn more about who and what is behind the Cube, we are left with even more questions as the cosmic mysteries of the Cube universe are revealed.

With credits on dozens of movies including Wrong Turn, Blizzard, Ararat, Cube 2: Hypercube, The Sweet Hereafter and many more, Mr. X helps to define the very look and feel of a film. New projects in the works for the company include such anticipated feature releases as Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and Cube Zero.

For more information see Mad Circus Films and the Mr. X website.