Hey folks, Harry here... I'm a fan of DOG SOLDIERS, and have been curious to see what this guy would do next. Nice to see he's moving forward on something horror...
Hey Harry,
Long time reader, third-time scooper.
I'm a student on a Media Production course at a University in North East England, and as part of our course we've just had a special guest lecture from the makers of Dog Soldiers - Neil Marshall (writer/director) and Keith Bell (producer). The two were students at the University ten or so years ago.
The lecture was a general talk on how they got into the industry, what they had to do to get to where they are today, and about how they went about making Dog Soldiers. The experience of having people who've made it in the business come in and talk to us about how they did was an invaluable one. They even mentioned AICN, saying how the site supported Dog Soldiers when it didn't have an American cinema release. They opened the floor for questions, and I managed to get some information on their future projects.
The have a film entitled 'The Dark' that goes into production next year. Marshall described it as a throwback to the horror movies of the 70s, really scary stuff more concerned with scaring the shit out of the audience than being tongue in cheek. They were quite tight-lipped, but did say its kind of like a combo of Deliverance and Alien, about a group of five women trapped in a network of caves. The two guys joked the tagline was 'Chicks With Picks'
They're also starting serious work on a zombie film, as well as a historial epic set in Arthurian times.
So, they've got a packed slate - I for one am excited as hell about anything they do in the future. All in all a great lecture from two really passionate guys, and a great experience for this budding filmmaker.
Darth Nagus
