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Essentially acting as a feature-length riff on The Twilight Zone’s “It’s a Good Life,’ co-writer/director Elbert van Strien’s “Marionette” — which takes its title quite literally — is a moody Scotland-based thriller concerning a young boy who claims that he can control individuals thoughts and actions. Featuring a confident performance from newcomer Elijah Wolf, “Marionette” is a bit less than the sum of its individual parts.

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Ahead of Marionette's on demand release to cable, Amazon, and Vimeo on November 3rd, we have an exclusive clip just for Daily Dead readers!

"In the wake of losing her husband in a seemingly random accident, child psychiatrist Marianne Winter starts life anew in Scotland. There, she begins treating a secretive 10-year-old who claims to control the future through his drawings. When his horrific sketches start coming true, Marianne begins an obsession that will derail her life and reality."

Directed by Elbert van Strien, Marionette stars Thekla Reuten, Peter Mullan, Emun Elliott and Elijah Wolf. Following the film's on demand release on November 3rd, it will also be released on iTunes, Vudu/Fandango, and Google Play on December 3rd.

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Check out the official trailer for the upcoming supernatural thriller, Marionette. Directed by Elbert van Strien (Two Eyes Staring), the film stars Thekla Reuten (In Bruges), Peter Mullan (Children of Men), and Elijah Wolf (T2 Trainspotting)!

In the wake of losing her husband in a seemingly random accident, child psychiatrist Marianne Winter starts life anew in Scotland. There, she begins treating a secretive 10-year-old who claims to control the future through his drawings. When his horrific sketches start coming true, Marianne begins an obsession that will derail her life and reality.

Marionette is Available On Demand on Cable, Amazon, & Vimeo November 3, 2021 on Spectrum, Comcast, Cox, DirecTV, Dish, FiosExclusive Digital on Amazon and VimeoAvailable on iTunes, Vudu/Fandango, & Google Play December 3

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Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American distribution rights to At the Ready, the documentary from Maisie Crow that follows three El Paso teenagers who embark on careers in law enforcement as the debates surrounding immigration and police reform in America reach fever pitches. The doc will be released in theaters and on digital platforms October 22.

Crow’s film focuses on students at El Paso’s Horizon High School, 10 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, who are part of a criminal justice club, which includes mock-ups of drug raids and active-shooter takedowns as they eye careers with the Border Patrol and in policing and customs enforcement. They soon discover their choices may clash with the values and people they hold most dear.

Crow, Hillary Pierce and Abbie Perrault are producing. Gravitas previously released Pierce’s immigration doc The River and the Wall.

Gravitas’ Huggins and Tony Piantedosi negotiated the deal...

Exclusive: The largest genre film festival in South America, Fantaspoa, has unveiled the first half of its program for its seventeenth edition, running April 9-18. Scroll down for the full list.

Like last year, the fest has been forced to run online due to the ongoing pandemic. It will be held completely free of charge with films available to stream in Brazil via a renewed partnership with Brazilian horror streaming service Darkflix. Last year’s event attracted more than 67,000 viewers. While the films are geo-locked, and limited to 3,000 viewers per screening, Q&As and workshops will be available to view anywhere in the world.

There are 25 feature films confirmed to date, including three world premieres, five international premieres, and 10 Latin American premieres. Titles arrive from previous fests including San Sebastian, Rotterdam and Toronto.

This year’s fest has been supported by a special grant from the Brazilian government, which is...

The atmospheric story of a boy who says he can control his therapist’s actions with his thoughts focuses too much on philosophical questions

Therapist Dr Marianne Winter (Thekla Reuten) hopes to escape her own traumatic past in upstate New York by taking up a position treating troubled children in a remote Scottish town. However, the forbidding Victorian municipal building that houses her new consulting room offers no sanctuary, and she’s soon unsettled by a 10-year-old patient (Elijah Wolf), who claims he can control her actions with his thoughts.

Repression (previously entitled Marionette) gamely endeavours to live up to the Hitchcockian promise of its title. It started out as a Dutch-language short by director Elbert van Strien 27 years ago, and here he knowingly utilises all the gothic potential of a new setting. As one visitor to Marianne’s rooms remarks: “Isn’t it a bit depressing? All this panelling,...

"You have to kill him... Before he kills you..." Signature Ent. in the UK has released an official trailer for an indie psychological thriller titled Repression, made by Dutch filmmaker Elbert van Strien, and shot mostly in Scotland. This was originally titled Marionette before the update for its VOD debut this fall. Repression is described as "a gripping and twisty Hitchcock-esque thriller set in Scotland with a staller British cast," including Peter Mullan and Rebecca Front. The film tells the story of a therapist, Marianne Winter played by Dutch actress Thekla Reuten, who loses her grip on reality when a ten-year-old boy claims he can control her future. It also features Bill Paterson, Sam Hazeldine, Emun Elliott, Pearl Chanda, and Elijah Wolf as the boy Manny. This has some intense close-ups - a mix of super wide angle close-up shots (nearly fish eye) and regular close-ups. I want to know...

The idea of a heroine with an increasingly shaky hold on sanity is a familiar device in thrillers and it's put to serviceable if overburdened use in Elbert van Strien's Marionette - showing at the Cannes Marche this week. Marianne Winter (Thekla Reuten) is newly arrived at an (I think) Aberdonian child psychotherapy practice, although it's best not to dwell to much on the geography here or you'll go as mad as Marianne's patients. The set-up is all Georgian architecture wood panelled rooms that have a hint of portent and a handy basement, and this is where she will gradually learn her predecessor Dr McVittie lost control of his own mind.

Fans of this sort of tale will be unsurprised to learn that away from the flat grey light of Scotland, Marianne had a previous, sunnier life, complete with, in even less of a surprise,...

Tagline: "Your Life is in Your Hands." Marionette is an upcoming psychological thriller. Shot across Europe, this film involves a disturbed ten-year old boy - who believes he can control the future. Under the care of a psychiatrist, this young man has a mystery for Marianne to uncover. Marionette was shot in 2018. Currently in post-production, this title stars: Thekla Reuten (Red Sparrow), Peter Mullan (Children of Men), Emun Elliott and Bill Paterson. A preview of the film's impending release is hosted here. For more on the story, one source mentions Marianne's (Reuten) move to the Scottish Highlands. Here, she treats the boy - who uses illustrations to tell of the future. Marionette is from Dutch director Elbert Van Strien (Two Eyes Staring). Two Eyes Staring won multiple awards, including: Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Film (Fantasporto). His latest is more mystery and thriller, than horror - however. Marionette is currently.

Speculation is mounting as to who might succeed Boonekamp as head of the Fund.

Doreen Boonekamp is to stand down in October after a decade as CEO of the Netherlands Film Fund, it was confirmed in Cannes this week.

Speaking exclusively to Screen International, the Fund head reflected on her ten year stint at the Fund during a period of seismic change in the Dutch industry. When she took over, the Dutch economy was reeling in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, there was a steep decline in both public and private financing for film, and the government had made...

The Cannes’ Film Market – in co-operation with the Fantasia International Film Festival will, for the third year, present the Frontières Platform for genre film projects and works in progress, running May 18-19.

Over the two days, Cannes Film Market will host two platforms for the 14 selected productions: Proof of Concept presentations for those still in financing stages, and a Buyers Showcase for films in post-production or recently completed.

Six features will participate in this year’s Buyer’s Showcase, where representatives will screen footage to sales agents, distributors and festival programmers. Meanwhile, eight projects which participated in the Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum in Helsinki this past February will offer up teasers at the Proof of Concept Presentations.

This year the event will also give out two new awards, the Frontières Warner Music Supervision Award and the Frontières Post Control VFX Boost Award.

“We can’t wait to introduce this year...

Recent projects include Iffr opener Dirty God.

Dutch producers rarely looked to the UK as potential partners until recently.

The UK is not part of Eurimages and the BFI’s minority co-production fund has limited resources. But now the two industries are coming much closer together as a cluster of high-profile new projects attests. Sacha Polak’s Dirty God, screening in Sundance this week and the opening film at Iffr, is one of several recent or upcoming features on which UK and Dutch producers have partnered.

Further examples include Elbert van Strien’s Scotland-set psychological thriller Marionette, Paula Van Der Oest...

Recent projects include Iffr opener Dirty God.

Dutch producers rarely looked to the UK as potential partners until recently.

The UK is not part of Eurimages and the BFI’s minority co-production fund has limited resources. But now the two industries are coming much closer together as a cluster of high-profile new projects attests. Sacha Polak’s Dirty God, screening in Sundance this week and the opening film at Iffr, is one of several recent or upcoming features on which UK and Dutch producers have partnered.

Further examples include Elbert van Strien’s Scotland-set psychological thriller Marionette, Paula Van Der Oest...

Elbert van Strien project stars Thekla Reuten.

Peter Mullan, Emun Elliott, Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It) and veteran character actor Bill Paterson (The Man Who Invented Christmas) have joined Dutch director Elbert van Strien’s Scottish-set psychological thriller Marionette.

As previously announced, Dutch actress Thekla Reuten (Red Sparrow) stars in the film, which has just started principal photography in Luxembourg.

Van Strien co-scripted the project alongside Ben Hopkins. The film is set in Scotland and will be shot on location in Aberdeenshire and Luxembourg. Shooting on the €5m co-production is forecast to wrap in early December and the film...

Dutch-Luxembourg-uk coproduction directed by Elbert van Strien.

Red Sparrow actor Thekla Reuten has been confirmed as the lead in Marionette, a high concept psychological thriller from Dutch director Elbert van Strien, due to shoot in Scotland later this year.

Reuten will play child psychiatrist Marianne, a grieving woman who moves to Scotland to start a new life after the tragic death of her husband. She starts treating a disturbed 10-year-old boy who draws pictures of terrible events and claims he can control her future.

The Euros 5m project, put together as a Netherlands-Luxembourg-uk co-production, is written by van Strien and...

Sherlock and Doctor Who director among filmmakers with projects at Amsterdam forum which is a partnership between the Cannes Marché and Montreal’s Fantasia.

A total of 12 projects will participate in the inaugural Frontières Finance & Packaging Forum, set to take place February 16-18 in Amsterdam.

Initiated as part of the recent partnership between Fantasia International Film Festival and the Cannes Marché du Film, the event is an offshot of the Frontières International Co-Production Market (which takes place at Montreal’s Fantasia festival in July).

The forum will see industry experts assessing the dozen genre projects from a packaging perspective, analysing finance, marketing and distribution strategies.

Among the selected projects is a feature from Sherlock and Doctor Who director Rachel Talalay, House Of Stairs, and works from producers including Jonathan Bronfman (The Witch), Katie Holly (Love And Friendship) and Phyllis Laing (The Haunting In Connecticut).

The projects originate from eight different countries: Canada, France, Ireland...

Dorst and Marionette will receive support through the Dutch Crossover project.

The Netherlands Film Fund is to provide financial support for projects from Dutch directors Elbert van Strien and Saskia Diesing through their Dutch Crossover project.

Strien’s Marionette tells the story of a therapist who loses her grip on reality when a patient says he dreamed her into existence, while Diesing’s sophmore feature Dorst follows a young woman who finds purpose in life by moving back in with her ill mother.

Both films will receive backing of $910,000 (€800,000).

Dutch Crossover supports the production of auteur films that the Film Fund believe have the potential to attract an audience of at least 50,000 and achieve international distinction.

Marionette previously received a single project grant from Creative Europe and participated in the Frontieres market in 2014. It is being sold by Protagonist Pictures.

Diesing’s debut feature Nena was selected for Generation 14+ at Berlin International Film Festival in 2015 and is being...

Third edition of the international co-production market focused specifically on genre film production to take place in Brussels in April.

Fantasia International Film Festival’s international co-production market Frontières has unveiled the lineup for its third edition.

Taking place at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifff) from April 10-12, the market will feature 12 Frontières projects and 11 Off-Frontières projects.

Frontières is the first and only co-production market to connect North America with Europe in an environment focused specifically on genre film production.

Among the 12 Frontières projects are new works from the likes of Martin Villeneuve (Aquarica), Borys Lankosz (The Chosen Child), Aj Annila (Don’t Come After Me) and Vincent Lannoo (Robin Hood Vs. Zombies).

Meanwhile, the 11 Off-Frontières projects include Beasts from Resolution directors Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead and Warg from Frostbite’s Anders Banke.

The full lineup is as follows:

FRONTIÈRESLES AFFAMÉS (Quebec) Dir. Robin Aubert / Prod. Stéphanie MorissetteAQUARICA (Quebec) Dir. Martin VilleneuveCHLOE...

The delightfully hot Charlize Theron ('Monster') is set to star and produce the remake of Dutch horror flick 'Zwart Water'. The Summit Entertainment production is set to be directed by Scott Derrickson ('The Exorcism of Emily Rose') will helm the project from the script adapted by scribe Paul Harris Boardman, who also penned 'Hellraiser: Inferno' and 'Urban Legends: Final Cut'. Charlize (below) will also be steaming up the specs of many-a sci-fi geek next Summer when she stars in Ridley Scott's new 'Alien'-esque prequel 'Prometheus'. The original ghost story from writer/director Elbert van Strien was released last year as 'Two Eyes Staring' internationally, which is surprising due to the actual translation being 'Black Water', and starred Hadewych Minis, Barry Atsma, Isabelle Stokkel and Charlotte Arnoldy. Check out the plot info from the original below.

One of the films to play Fantastic Fest in Austin last month was the Dutch ghost story thriller Zwart Water, aka Two Eyes Staring. Germain wasn't thrilled with the film, calling it a good story that wasn't handled well. It's one that sounds like prime material for a remake, and indeed that is something that is already in motion. Even as the film played Fantastic Fest, the remake rights were in the hands of Charlize Theron's production company. Now The Exorcism of Emily Rose writer/director Scott Derrickson has been hired to co-write and direct the remake, which will star Theron.THR [1] says that Theron's company, Denver and Delilah Films, has tapped Derrickson and his Emily Rose co-writer Paul Boardman to write, and Derrickson will direct. The film is about "a nine-year girl old who discovers that her new friend is not only sinister but also is her mother's dead twin.

Charlize Theron is set to star in the remake of Zwart Water (Black Water) for Summit Entertainment. Comingsoon reports that the studio is remaking the Dutch thriller with Scott Derrickson directing based on a script he wrote with Paul Boardman.

The supernatural filmis being produced by Theron and Beth Kono under their Denver and Delilah Films banner. The project is being exec produved by Elbert Van Strien and Claudia Brandt along with Denver and Deliliah’s Jj Harris.

The original film had the North American title of Two Eyes Staring, is described as follows:

Nine-year-old Lisa has always thought that her mother, Christine, looked at her like she was someone else. As a result, Lisa feels disconnected from her mother, but is very close to her father, Paul. When her maternal grandmother dies leaving the family a huge old house, Lisa and her parents move from Holland to Belgium. The house was Christine's childhood home,...

Looking to spread her genre wings, Charlize Theron is spearheading the development of horror thriller remake Zwart Water at Summit, with Scott Derrickson set to co-write and direct.Zwart Water (Black Water), also known as Two Eyes Staring, originated in the Netherlands. Directed by Elbert Van Strien, it follows a young girl who makes the disturbing discovery that her new friend and playmate is actually A) her mother’s dead twin and B) really rather dangerous. Theron is looking to play the mother, a woman who isn’t exactly sane herself.The actress picked up the remake rights to the movie last year and has been busy setting things in motion. She approached Derrickson and The Exorcism Of Emily Rose co-writer Paul Boardman about crafting the script and directing and now they’re looking to get it made next year.Derrickson is currently at work on another Summit film, Sinister,...

Summit Entertainment is set to remake the Dutch supernatural thriller Zwart Water ("Black Water") with Scott Derrickson directing and Charlize Theron starring. Derrickson wrote the new version with Paul Boardman. The film will be produced Theron and Beth Kono via their Denver and Delilah Films banner. Elbert Van Strien and Claudia Brandt are executive producing with Denver and Deliliah.s Jj Harris. The original, carrying the title of Two Eyes Staring in North America, is described as follows: Nine-year-old Lisa has always thought that her mother, Christine, looked at her like she was someone else. As a result, Lisa feels disconnected from her mother, but is very close to her father, Paul. When her maternal grandmother dies leaving the family a huge old house,...

Bullhead and Two Eyes Staring have nothing in common except their country of origin. They're both from Belgium, two of the three films from that country playing Fantastic Fest this year, in fact. Two Eyes Staring was optioned by Charlize Theron last year for an American remake and is about a woman who inherits her childhood house after her estranged mother passes away. There, her young daughter begins to have visions that illuminate mommy's seedy past. That's a very female-centric film and Bullhead is the opposite. Winner of Best Picture in the Amd & Dell Next Wave Spotlight Competition [1] and the Belgian contender for the 2012 Academy Awards, Bullhead is about a muscle-bound, hormone-peddling gangster who himself has a huge childhood secret that has affected everything he's done since. One is realistic and the other ethereal; one has compelling points but both have major flaws. Bullhead is two and a half really...

Making its U.S. premiere at this year's Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, is the foreign horror flick from the Netherlands, Two Eyes Staring (aka Zwart Water), and we've got for you some fresh imagery and the trailer. Dig it!

The film directed by Elbert van Strien follows nine-year-old Lisa, who discovers her sinister new friend is the ghost of the dead twin of Lisa's mother. Lisa's father also begins to suspect his wife of hiding a terrible secret, resulting in deadly consequences.

Those damned ghosts! Even in other countries they are just as friggin' pesky! Check out the new stills and trailer below. Look for more on this one as soon as we get it.

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September is the busiest month for the Sound On Sight team with Telluride, Tiff, Pop Montreal, The Atlantic Film Festival, New York Film Festival and yes Fantastic Fest. Starting September 22nd anyone interested in genre film will have their eyes on Fantastic Fest, one of the biggest and possibly coolest fests in the world. After months waiting, the organizers have finally announced the final wave of programming. Here is the press release.

Austin, TX–Wednesday, September 7th, 2011– Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of feature film programming including the world premiere of The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence on opening night courtesy of IFC Midnight and Comic-con Episode IV: A Fan’S Hope on closing night.

The Human Centipede became a cultural sensation after its premiere at Fantastic Fest in 2009 where it won Best Horror Film and Best Actor. The festival is excited to welcome back director...

Guess it's just a centipede-y kind of day. Aubrey already showed you a new preview image from "The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence." Now I've got the info on where you'll be able to see the film for the very first time: Austin's Fantastic Fest, on September 22. The deranged depravity debuts as this year's Opening Night Film.

Along with the announcement that director Tom Six's sequel to everyone's favorite ass-to-mouth horror movie will make its world premiere at the festival, Fantastic Fest also solidified the remainder of its lineup today. You can see it all below, but here are a few noteworthy highlights: the Us premiere of Morgan Spurlock's San Diego Comic-Con documentary, "Episode IV: A Fan's Hope," a Cuban zombie movie called -- you're gonna love this -- "Juan of the Dead," and a 30th anniversary screening of "An American Werewolf in London" with makeup artist Rick Baker in attendance.

If you've been on the fence about attending this year's edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, which runs from September 22-29, then the announcement that came today about their final wave of programming should make up your mind. With these additions, just about every film on our radar will be making an appearance at this year's fest! Read on for the details.

From the Press Release

Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of feature film programming including the world premiere of The Human Centipede II: Full Sequence on opening night courtesy of IFC Midnight and Comic-con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope on closing night.

The Human Centipede became a cultural sensation after its premiere at Fantastic Fest in 2009, where it won Best Horror Film and Best Actor. The festival is excited to welcome back director Tom Six and producer Ilona Six with the second installment of the depraved series.

Wow. In two weeks, Michael and I will begin our 14 hour drive from St. Louis to Austin. We are super excited to be attending and giving you guys advance reviews of films that, more than likely, every horror and genre loving freak out there will want to read. The final wave has been announced and while we only see that we got one more hit on our prediction list, I’m still happy with what was announced. We will be attending the World Premiere of The Human Centipede Part 2: Full Sequence and the new film from the directors of Inside, Livid. Much more is in store so read beyond the break.

From the Press Release:

Fantastic Fest is excited to announce its final wave of feature film programming including the world premiere of The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence on opening night courtesy of IFC Midnight and Comic-con Episode...

We're mere weeks away from the craziest genre films in the world invading Austin, Texas for Fantastic Fest 2011. They've already announced not one [1], but two waves [2] of films that'll screen at the festival and now the third and final wave has been revealed. It includes the opening night, world premiere of The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence, the closing night U.S. premiere of Morgan Spurlock's new documentary Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, the much anticipated Juan of the Dead, Sundance darling Take Shelter, a 30th anniversary screening of An American Werewolf in London with Rick Baker in person and poster by Olly Moss and more. Plus, Drafthouse CEO Tim League will be fighting bare-knuckle brawler James Quinn McDonagh to usher in the a screening of the documentary [3] Knuckle. Read the full third wave of films and see some hype videos for the fight after the jump.

By Sean O’Connell

Hollywoodnews.com: Only the folks at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin would try and use the words “Fantastic” and “Human Centipede” in the same sentence. Yet it’s that unique taste in spectacular genre cinema that keeps thousands flocking to Fantastic Fest in Austin each fall, and this year’s slate shouldn’t disappoint.

Tom Six’s sequel to his vile “Human Centipede” will hold its world premiere on opening night of this year’s Fantastic Fest, which runs Sept. 22-29 in Austin, Tex.

Other notable films programmed for this year’s fest include a retrospective screening of John Landis’s “An American Werewolf in London,” the Texas premiere of Jeff Nichols’s “Take Shelter,” and Morgan Spurlock’s “Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope,” which will close this year’s event.

The full slate is below:

A Boy And His Samurai (2011)

Us Premiere

Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura,...

You have to go all the way back to 1997's The Devil's Advocate to find a horror movie on Charlize Theron's CV (unless you count Reindeer Games). Given the mill she's put through on that film, it's not that surprising that she shied away from the genre subsequently, but that should be about to change, with the news that Theron has personally picked up the rights to Two Eyes Staring.The original Dutch film, titled Zwart Water at home, was directed by Elbert van Strien, and written by van Strien and Paulo van Vliet. It's the story of a nine-year-old girl who discovers that her new best friend has some sinister connections to dark secrets in her family's past. You can check out the trailer here: it's not subtitled, but you'll get the gist.Zwart Water opened in The Netherlands this spring. It hasn't had an international release so far,...

Oscar winner Charlize Theron has picked up the remake rights to Elbert van Strien's Dutch supernatural thriller "Two Eyes Staring" (aka. "Zwart Water") says The Hollywood Reporter.

The story follows a nine-year-old girl who discovers her sinister friend is the ghost of her mother's dead twin. van Strien and Paulo van Vliet penned the script.

Theron will produce through her Denver & Delilah production banner and several "A-list directors" are currently in talks about helming the feature.

Caught this little blurb about Charlize Theron snapping up remake rights to a Dutch horror movie called “Two Eyes Staring” that caught my attention. What got me interested wasn’t the idea that Theron is going around buying remake rights, but the quick synopsis of the original movie, which goes something like this: …the story of a nine-year-old girl who discovers her sinister friend is the ghost of her mother’s dead twin. Interesting. Here’s a slightly longer synopsis from IMDb.com: Nine-year-old Lisa discovers her sinister new friend is the ghost of the dead twin of Lisa’s mother. Lisa’s father also begins to suspect his wife of hiding a terrible secret, resulting in deadly consequences… Theron is probably eyeing (ahem) the mother character, originally played by Hadewych Minis, with Isabelle Stokkel playing the young girl with the ghost for a friend. The original, called “Zwart water...

Currently spending time overseas, Charlize Theron was spotted out shopping in Paris, France on Wednesday (September 22).

The Oscar winning actress visited Colette store and Grandoptical Champs Elysees during the midday City of Lights stroll.

On the career front, Charlize has snatched up remake rights to Dutch writer/director Elbert van Strien's "Two Eyes Staring".

Originally named "Zwart Water" in the Netherlands, Theron made the buy through her production group Denver & Delilah while currently seeking A-List actors to fill the roles.

Currently spending time overseas, Charlize Theron was spotted out shopping in Paris, France on Wednesday (September 22).

The Oscar winning actress visited Colette store and Grandoptical Champs Elysees during the midday City of Lights stroll.

On the career front, Charlize has snatched up remake rights to Dutch writer/director Elbert van Strien's "Two Eyes Staring".

Originally named "Zwart Water" in the Netherlands, Theron made the buy through her production group Denver & Delilah while currently seeking A-List actors to fill the roles.

Though no Us distro has been secured yet for the original film from the Netherlands, Elbert van Strien's Two Eyes Staring (or Zwart Water for you purists out there), that hasn't stopped a Hollywood heavyweight from nailing down the rights to the remake!

According to The Hollywood Reporter Oscar winner Charlize Theron has proffered a Dutch wink to remake rights to writer/director Elbert van Strien's Two Eyes Staring, a movie originally named "Zwart Water" in the Netherlands. Theron snapped up remake rights through her production banner Denver & Delilah and is, according to Dutch sources, meeting "A-list directors" to attach to the remake.

The original film follows nine-year-old Lisa, who discovers her sinister new friend is the ghost of the dead twin of Lisa's mother. Lisa's father also begins to suspect his wife of hiding a terrible secret, resulting in deadly consequences.

Watch the English-subbed trailer below.

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London -- Oscar winner Charlize Theron has proffered a Dutch wink to remake rights to writer/director Elbert van Strien's "Two Eyes Staring," a movie originally named "Zwart Water" in the Netherlands.

Theron snapped up remake rights through her production banner Denver & Delilah and is, according to Dutch sources, meeting "A-list directors" to attach to the remake.

The original Dutch pic, fresh from a circuit of international festival airings including screenings at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Fantasy Filmfest in Germany and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, starred British born Barry Atsma alongside Hadewych Minis, Isabelle Stokkel and Bart Slegers.

Written by van Strien and Paulo van Vliet, "Two Eyes Staring" details the story of a nine-year-old girl who discovers her sinister friend is the ghost of her mother's dead twin.

Two highly-anticipated second feature films from U.S. underground filmmakers will be making their World Premieres all the way over at the 64th annual Edinburgh International Film Festival, which will run for twelve days on June 16-27. The films are Rona Mark’s The Crab and Zach Clark’s Vacation!.

The Crab, which screens on June 21, is the touching story of a verbally abusive man born with two enormous, mutant-like hands; while Vacation!, which screens on June 20, tracks four urban gals let loose in a sunny seaside resort down South.

Both Mark and Clark previously screened their debut features at Eiff. Mark’s Strange Girls screened there in 2008 and Clark’s Modern Love Is Automatic screened in 2009. Both films also ended up as runners-up in Bad Lit’s annual Movie of the Year award, again Strange Girls in 2008 and Modern Love in 2009. Sadly, these two masterpieces are still unavailable on...

Zwart Water or Two Eyes Staring is a film from Accento Films, which is from the Netherlands. In this first trailer for Zwart, Lisa, a nine year old girl, discovers a secret long buried by her mother. Seems the family was a little bigger at one point. Two Eyes Staring has already won the Kodak Development Prize in 2006 and this first clip will surely make you squirm as the dead come to life for a reunion.

The synopsis for Zwart Water or Two Eyes Staring:

"In Zwart Water (Two Eyes Staring) the nine-year-old Lisa discovers her sinister new friend is the ghost of the dead twin of Lisa’s mother. Lisa’s father also begins to suspect his wife of hiding a terrible secret, resulting in deadly consequences" (Zwart).

Director: Elbert van Strien.

Writers: Elbert van Strien and Paulo van Vliet.

Cast: Barry Atsma, Hadewych Minis, Isabelle Stokkel, and Bart Slegers.

Another horror import has raised its hopefully frightening head today, this time coming all the way from the Netherlands. Get ready for the new thriller Two Eyes Staring, or Zwart Water for you purists out there who don't mind being worldly!

The film directed by Elbert van Strien follows nine-year-old Lisa, who discovers her sinister new friend is the ghost of the dead twin of Lisa's mother. Lisa's father also begins to suspect his wife of hiding a terrible secret, resulting in deadly consequences. Watch the English-subbed trailer below.

Those damned ghosts! Even in other countries they are just as friggin' pesky! Check out some stills and artwork below the trailer. Look for more on this one as soon as we get it.

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With its story of a young family moving to a big old house in the country only to discover a ghost in the attic - a ghost that preys primarily on the family's young daughter - Elbert van Strien's Zwart Water may seem a touch familiar.  We've seen this basic story done many times now in locations all around the globe. But, really, when it comes to ghost stories it's all been done before meaning it's not so much about novelty any more, but execution.  And Van Strien seems to be doing just fine on that count. 

With the Dutch release coming soon the first trailer for the film has arrived, showcasing the handsome visuals, slowly building mood, and a few legitimately disturbing images.  Check it below.