Drafthouse Films' Next Project: 'The ABCs of Death'
Well. Leave it to Alamo Drafthouse to rework the alphabet in a twisted and kid-unfriendly way. Drafthouse Films is teaming up with Magnet Releasing and Timpson Films on an anthology movie that will consist of 26 short films, each of which will feature death -- as the press release puts it, "Death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty." Each short film will represent a letter of the alphabet -- you probably already guessed that -- and will be directed by a different filmmaker.
The filmmakers for the 26 shorts in The ABCs of Death have not all been confirmed yet, but cover quite an international range (they need more than two female directors, though, please). If you are a frequent Fantastic Fest-goer, many of the names will probably sound quite familiar to you, even though none so far are Austinites. A full list is after the jump.
Alamo Drafthouse's Tim League and New Zealander Ant Timpson are producing The ABCs of Death. They'll start shooting in June and plan to finish next January, which makes me wonder if we'll see it in the SXFantastic section of SXSW in 2012.
One of the filmmakers might not be a familiar name: The producers plan to hold a competition to find a new director to make one of the short films in the anthology. We'll post more information about this as soon as it's available. You can also keep an eye on the movie's website.
Confirmed The ABCs of Death filmmakers (so far):
- Banjong Pisanthanakun (Shutter, Alone)
- Angela Bettis (Roman)
- Adrian Garcia Bogliano (Cold Sweat)
- Jason Eisener (Hobo With A Shotgun)
- Ernesto Diaz Espinoza (Mirageman)
- Bruno Forzani and Héléne Cattet (Amer)
- Gadi Harel (Deadgirl)
- Thomas Malling (Norwegian Ninja)
- Yoshihiro Nishimura (Tokyo Gore Police; Frankenstein Girl Vs. Vampire Girl)
- Simon Rumley (The Living and the Dead; Red, White and Blue)
- Tak Sakaguchi and Yuji Shimomura (Yakuza Weapon)
- Marcel Sarmiento (DeadGirl)
- Srdjan Spasojevic (A Serbian Film)
- Timo Tjahjanto (Macabre)
- Andrew Traucki (Black Water, The Reef)
- Nacho Vigalando (Timecrimes)
- Jake West (Doghouse, Evil Aliens)
- Ti West (The House of the Devil, The Innkeepers)
- Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Kill List)
- Adam Wingard (Pop Skull, A Horrible Way To Die)