Xbox 360 to premiere short films
FROM VARIETY: Popular horror directors making comedic pics
By Marc Graser of Variety -- Video Business, 7/23/2008
JULY 23 | FROM VARIETY: Microsoft's Xbox 360 will bow a series of short comedic films on the gaming console this fall. The twist is that they're created by helmers known more for their roots in horror.Producer and talent manager Peter Safran has enlisted James Wan (Saw), David Slade (30 Days of Night), Lucky McKee (The Woods), Andrew Douglas (The Amityville Horror), Marcus Nispel (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and James Gunn (Slither) to direct the films that will be free to view by users of the Xbox Live downloading service.
Projects will appear under the title Masters of Horror Take on Comedy. The shorts, the first to be announced through the company, will be previewed Friday at Comic-Con in San Diego. Safran is also using the confab to promote the Lionsgate-distribbed spoof Disaster Movie, which he produced.
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