International commercial director Dario Piana will make his feature directorial debut with The Deaths of Ian. The independent horror film is being produced by Stan Winston Prods. Written by Brendan Hood, Deaths tells the story of an all-American guy who is murdered each day by horrifying pursuers, only to wake up in slightly different lives to experience the terror of being murdered again. The movie will provide plenty of creatures which will be created by Stan Winston Studios. Producers are Stan Winston and Brian Gilbert. Odyssey Entertainment is financing the movie, scheduled for a summer shoot on the Isle of Man. Italy native Piana has directed about 400 commercials and also is attached to Phoenix Pictures' Werewolf and Millennium Films' Snakeskin. He is repped by BWCS, manager Paul Kelmenson and Loeb & Loeb.
Rapper-turned-actor DMX is in negotiations to star in and produce Phoenix Pictures' action-thriller Werewolf, with Italian director Dario Piana making his U.S. feature debut. A late-2003 start date in Montreal is being eyed. Written by Marshall Todd, Werewolf is described as being in the vein of Blade. It will see DMX play a mysterious bluesman whose mission is to rid Earth of werewolves, the last of whom live among the rich, glamorous and drug-addicted in the Hollywood Hills. DMX, Phoenix's Arnold Messer and the Lost Tribe's Jason Saffran are producing the project, with Paul Kelmenson executive producing. Piana is co-producing the picture.
- 4/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rapper-turned-actor DMX is in negotiations to star in and produce Phoenix Pictures' action-thriller Werewolf, with Italian director Dario Piana making his U.S. feature debut. A late-2003 start date in Montreal is being eyed. Written by Marshall Todd, Werewolf is described as being in the vein of Blade. It will see DMX play a mysterious bluesman whose mission is to rid Earth of werewolves, the last of whom live among the rich, glamorous and drug-addicted in the Hollywood Hills. DMX, Phoenix's Arnold Messer and the Lost Tribe's Jason Saffran are producing the project, with Paul Kelmenson executive producing. Piana is co-producing the picture.
- 4/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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