Friday, February 01, 2013

Duplass Shown Some "Mercy"

Mark Duplass ("Your Sister's Sister") has joined the horror fantasy "Mercy" says Deadline.


The fantasy-horror film is based on Stephen King's short story "Gramma", Published in the 1985 anthology "Skeleton Crew" the story follows two young boys ("The Walking Dead" star Chandler Riggs and Super 8's Joel Courtney) who, along with their single mother (Frances O'Connor), take care of their elderly, senile grandmother. They discover she's a witch who made a deal with a dark force years beforehand.

Dylan McDermott co-stars.

This was previously adapted for the small screen as an episode of "The New Twilight Zone" written by author  Harlan Ellison

Peter Cornwell (The Haunting in Connecticut) will direct from the adapted script by Matt Greenberg

McG Mary Viola and Jason Blum will produce.

It not yet known when principal photography will begin.

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