The Fog
Set in a Northern California town near where a ship sank about 100 years earlier under mysterious circumstances in a thick, eerie fog. The ghosts of the deceased mariners return from their watery graves to seek revenge.
LATEST NEWS
7/27/05
For those of us who had trouble viewing the previous trailer (myself included) IGN got their hands their own copy. You can check it by visiting the trailers section. You can also view some new pics below. Thanks to "Chad Koeller".
7/21/05
You can now view a trailer for the film, although there have been reports of people having problems viewing it (including myself). Also, you can listen to an audio interview with director Rupert Wainwright and star Maggie Grace here.
6/23/05
Fango posted the first pic from the film. It shows Father Blake, the local priest who knows all about the ghosts and the mysterious fog.
6/20/05
The teaser poster can be seen above. Thanks to JoBlo.com. Also the official site is up and running.
6/03/05
You can read an interview with some of the cast and crew, with their thoughts on the project and the original, here.
5/21/05
Coming Soon! had a visit to the set of the film recently, where they describe certains scenes that director Rupert Wainwright was filming at the time. Check it here. Also Dread Central got to speak with horror master John Carpenter and producer David Foster about the film here.
5/12/05
Director Rupert Wainwright spoke with SciFi Wire about the fog that will be represented in the film and how it'll have different versions throughout the movie. Here's what he said: "We have all these different versions of fog. The angry fog is, there's [three] guys with pump foggers, ... and they have lights on like this, and they blast it, and they come running towards you. And the fog is so thick that it turns black, but the lights inside kind of illuminate it. And it literally looks like a cloud has come down. It's coming out and attacking you. So that's angry fog. Then we have sneaky fog. Sneaky fog is way off behind a bush or something, and it sort of comes tumbling down the hill. And it's dry ice mixed with steam." Lastly he went on to say how there will be a "grumpt fog" that doesn't do anything, but sit there for 60% of the time. This guy sure knows his fogs. You can also read an interesting set report for the film here.
5/07/05
Coming Soon got to talk with the stars and director Rupert Wainwright about the film, where they revealed various bits of information. Director Rupert Wainwright was quoted saying: "A lot of this movie is really about the heritage of the town… And here one of the things we really focus on is the sort of nexus of the past and present. How the past came back basically to destroy the present because of what happened then".
Actress Selma Blair was quoted with the following about her character: "This was from Stevie's accident. She get's into an accident. She's in the fog trying to save the son. Get out of the fog. I'm coming home. Car. Inside. Stall. Hit. I can't talk about the rest. It's too painful. Was I not suppose to say that Rupert? I'm going to look worse by the end of the day now".
Producer and original writer/director John Carpenter had a recent interview for the film, which can be viewed here. In it he talks about how not a lot will change story-wise and how it will feature another young cast that will appeal to a younger auience (hence the PG-13 rating); much like what a lot of remakes are doing now-a-days.
4/12/05
HNR has a pic of a boat that apparently blows up from a similar scene in the original.
3/22/05
I've added a handful of new actors to the cast.
3/03/05
Empire Online spoke with director Rubert Wainwright recently about the film, saying: "We’re being really hard on ourselves, so the end product will provide exactly what the audience wants, not just in terms of shocks and scares and special effects, but in terms of good writing and good performances. If you don’t have nuanced, believable characters you can actually care about, why would you give a shit what happens to them? It’s true to the spirit of the original, but it’s pretty different. We’ve got some pretty major surprises, and I don’t think horror fans are going to be disappointed."
He also added: “It’s true to the spirit of the original, but it’s pretty different. We’ve got some pretty major surprises, and I don’t think horror fans are going to be disappointed."
2/21/05
Smallville star Tom Welling and Lost actress Maggie Grace are the first two cast members. Welling will play a local boat owner who never left the town, and Grace will play a college girl who is back in her hometown for the summer.
2/17/05
According to HNR filming will begin on March 14th to may 16th in Vancouver, Canada.
12/21/04
The release date has been pushed a week early.
12/02/04
Stigmata director Rupert Wainwright is set to direct the film.
11/14/04
Sony Pictures has already picked out a release date for the film.
DETAILS
- DeRay Davis plays Tom Welling's best friend.
- Rade Serbedzija plays a priest in the film.
- Selma Blair is playing the role that Adrienne Barbeau played in the original (the DJ and owner of a lighthouse).
- The company Hydraulx (Constantine, The Day After Tomorrow) will handle the effects, namely that of the fog.
- It's said that the fog itself will be a character.
- Production begins in March of '05.
- Produced by original writer Debra Hill, original writer/director John Carpenter, and David Foster.
- The script will be written by Cooper Layne (The Core, The Emperor's Club).
- A remake of the original 1980 John Carpenter film.
