Darren Lynn Bousman Set to Direct Untitled Consipracy Thriller
Director Darren Lynn Bousman is mostly know for directing horror films such as Saw II-IV, Repo! The Genetic Opera, and the upcoming two films Mother's Day and 11-11-11. He is going to move away from the horror movie genre for his next film which is described as a "cerebral thriller" in the vein of The Parallax View and The Firm involving flash mobs.
The director sold the spec to the untitled thriller to Warner Bros., Andrew Adamson and Aron Warner's Strange Weather Films shingle. He said that this spec "is a chance for him to stretch beyond the horror genre and avoid being typecast for future projects." Which makes perfect sense, especially if he wants to make non-horror films. To help sell his spec, the director showed off a five minute trailer and booklet.
Bousman went into a little more detail when talking with Bloody-Disgusting saying,
It's exciting getting more back into creating my own material. This year I sold a monster script I wrote, '11-11-11,' and now this new project. I can't say a lot about it - it's not 'horror' per se - but more of a dark thriller.
I love movies like 'The Game, ' 'The Firm,' 'The Star Chamber', etc - films that live in paranoia and conspiracy. I have always been fascinated in what 'evil' people and corporations are capable of...
I'm interested in seeing what Bousman actually has planned. He will start working on the script as soon as he's finished with 11-11-11.