The Fog

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http://www.fangoria.com/fearful_feature.php?id=3707

Their little indie film cost $300,000 and grossed over $50 million. Suddenly Hill and Carpenter were rich—both had points on the picture—and in demand. They could’ve done any project they wanted. Next up: THE FOG, an atmospheric thriller set on the Northern California coast (currently being remade by director Rupert Wainwright with SMALLVILLE’s Tom Welling and LOST’s Maggie Grace starring, and co-produced by Hill and Carpenter). The duo’s collaboration was highly productive; after THE FOG, they made HALLOWEENs II and III, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK—and its 1996 sequel ESCAPE FROM L.A. "John always equated directing a horror picture with a jack-in-the-box—you hear this music, and it’s very simple and childlike, then pop, you get scared," Hill said in an interview session for HALLOWEEN: UNMASKED, a DVD documentary for Anchor Bay Entertainment.

[FierceDesea]

W00t!! I cannot wait!! Maggie in a movie!! ^_^

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http://www.backstage.com/backstage/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000846430

News

West March 18, 2005

Blair, Serbedzija, Davis Roll in for 'Fog' Remake

By Borys Kit

Selma Blair has signed on for the remake of John Carpenter's classic horror-thriller "The Fog" for Revolution Studios.

Also joining the cast are DeRay Davis and Rade Serbedzija.

Rupert Wainwright is directing the film. Cooper Layne is writing the script, based on the 1980 film's screenplay by Carpenter and the late Debra Hill.

"Fog" is 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. Tom Welling and Maggie Grace also star.

Blair is stepping into the role of a DJ and owner of a lighthouse, originally portrayed by Adrienne Barbeau, who was married to Carpenter at the time.

Davis plays Welling's best friend, and Serbedzija is a priest.

Blair's upcoming films include "Pretty Persuasion" and "The Alibi." She will shoot "Hellboy II" after she completes "Fog."

Davis, who appeared in "Barbershop" and "Barbershop 2," will soon begin a recurring role on HBO's "Entourage."

Serbedzija's credits include "Mission: Impossible 2," "Snatch," "Eyes Wide Shut" and "Before the Rain."

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Yahoo.com:

Press Release Source: Revolution Studios

Thursday March 24, 12:02 pm ET

- Directed by Rupert Wainwright, the Film Stars Tom Welling, Maggie Grace and Selma Blair


SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Filming has begun in Vancouver on Revolution Studios' "The Fog," a remake of the classic 1981 horror/thriller of the same name. Directed by Rupert Wainwright, the film is based on "The Fog," written by John Carpenter and the late Debra Hill. The film will be released by Columbia Pictures on October 14th, 2005.


The film is being produced for Revolution Studios by Carpenter ("Halloween"), Hill ("Escape from L.A.," "The Fisher King," "Escape from New York," "Halloween") and David Foster ("The River Wild," "The Thing," "Running Scared") from a screenplay by Cooper Layne ("The Core"). Derek Dauchy and Dan Kolsrud are serving as executive producers. Shane Riches is serving as associate producer. The film stars Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, Selma Blair, DeRay Davis and Rade Serbedgia.

In Revolution Studio's horror/thriller The Fog there really is something out there in the dark. In the small town of Antonio Bay, a terrifying and malevolent force hidden within a thick and eerie fog terrorizes its residents. Shrouded by the fog lies a ghastly secret of merciless revenge, one that the town's inhabitants would do well to unravel -- before it's too late.

"'The Fog' is one of the true classics of the horror genre, and we are thrilled to be updating it for today's audience," said Revolution Studios Partner Todd Garner. "We are working with a tremendously talented young cast and director along with two accomplished filmmakers, John Carpenter and David Foster. We hope that this film serves as a lasting legacy to the late Debra Hill, who was instrumental in making this film possible."

Tom Welling is best known for his portrayal of Clark Kent/Superman in the television series "Smallville." His other credits include the feature film "Cheaper by the Dozen."

Maggie Grace currently stars in the breakout hit television series "Lost." Her other credits include the television series "Oliver Beene" and the television movies "12 Mile Road" and "Murder in Greenwich."

Selma Blair most recently starred in the film "In Good Company." Her other credits include "A Dirty Shame," "Hellboy" and "Legally Blonde."

DeRay Davis will next appear in the film "Jiminy Glick in La La Wood." His other credits include "Johnson Family Vacation," "Barbershop" and "Barbershop 2: Back in Business."

Rade Serbedgia will next be seen in "Batman Begins." His other credits include "The Quiet American," "Snatch," "Mission: Impossible II," "Stigmata" and "Eyes Wide Shut."

Rupert Wainwright recently directed the feature film "Stigmata." His other credits include "Blank Check," the television series "Wolf Lake," and the television movie "Dillinger."

Revolution Studios was formed by Joe Roth in May 2000 to independently produce and finance films in partnership with Sony Pictures, Starz Entertainment Group and Fox Entertainment Group.




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Source: Revolution Studios

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THE FOG (Oct. 14): Jamie Lee Curtis was Hollywood's scream queen when she made John Carpenter's The Fog in 1980. Now it's Maggie Grace, star of Lost, battling ghostly sailors.

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/Entertainment/2005/04/24/1010824-sun.html

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John Carpenter on The Fog
Source: Heather Newgen May 5, 2005

John Carpenter has been scaring up audiences for decades with his films such as Halloween, The Thing, and The Fog, which is currently being remade. His vision and understanding of the horror genre combined with his dark cinematography style and impeccable timing for making moviegoers jump has made him a prolific director thus creating an enormous cult following of his work.

ComingSoon.net caught up with Carpenter on the set of The Fog in Vancouver, Canada and he talked to us about casting younger Hollywood stars, why he doesn't want to direct this film, and why it's time to remake his 1980's hit.


Why remake The Fog?
John Carpenter: Why not? If everybody else is making remakes and they want to pay me money to make a remake of an old movie of mine why not? It's a good idea. Seriously that's part of the answer, but my ex-partner, Debra Hill, who just recently died, had been trying to get this off the ground. We hooked up with David [Foster] here who did finally get it off the ground and it was kind of nice for her to see this being made.

Can you talk about the key differences between this version of The Fog and the 1980 version?
Carpenter: The styles are different. The actors are different. The director is different. It's essentially the same story with some basic changes in it. Its fog, ghosts.

Any of those changes you can talk about?
Carpenter: I have been sworn to secrecy in that matter.

Why did you decide to hand over this to another director instead of remaking it yourself?
Carpenter: I don't want to remake this. I mean I did it once. This was not my favorite experience of my own career making The Fog. It was difficult. We had to go back and fix it once we shot it. I've done this one. Let some younger person do it.

What's your role in this production?
Carpenter: I'm producer of it. I come say hello to everybody and then go home.

Given the inconsistent success of recent remakes of horror movies, was there anything you were insistent remain from the original or insistent they change to update it?
Carpenter: In the case of The Fog, it's a pretty fire proof idea in terms of what happens. It's a ghost story. The idea in this case is to freshen it up. There's a cultural mindset these days, that says anything over fifteen years is old-fashioned and old school. But we've sort of heard of it. The audience has maybe heard of it. So the thing to do is take it out and prop it up. Put some fresh coat of paint on it and see if it goes.

The original Fog didn't really skew younger the way this version does. What do you think has changed in the world of horror since the original Fog came out and where you have Tom Welling now instead of Tom Atkins?
Carpenter: It's a different era. That was 1979. I mean it's just a whole different time now. We didn't have the internet. Thank God we didn't have computer generated graphics and the whole celebrity showbiz thing was different. It was a different time. Horror movie and science fiction use to be portrayed with older folks. A little more mature I should say.


David Foster, a producer on the film elaborated:
We hired a lot of young actors too which was a very specific plan. Tom Welling is really popular with the young people. Lost [Maggie Grace] is a very popular series with all kinds of people. And then there's Selma [Blair] who's also young, but she's not a television star. She's sort of glued to the young people. It was a very calculated thing. These pictures fail or succeed based on young people going to the movies and mostly young girls. It's amazing".

Was there creative solutions you had to find to bring across the horror you wanted [because of the PG-13 rating]?
Carpenter: I'm just a producer on this. I just sit home and watch basketball games on TV. These guys go out and make this movie. It's designed to be a PG-13 film. Horror has really changed a lot. It used to be a lot much more hard core. Today it's drifting towards PG-13 and you know getting girls in and girls don't like yucky stuff, you know what I mean.

Did you have any final say on the script?
Carpenter: I read it. I liked it. But, you know the script evolves. It keeps changing as you make a movie. Look my whole philosophy is that it's a director's film. It's not my film. I made my film back then when I was young and happy. This is a new director and he's bringing his vision and his sensibilities and I have a real hard time telling anyone else what to do or interfering in his vision. It's his movie.

Sony Pictures' The Fog is scheduled for an October 14 release.

http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9474

[*Pauly*]

This movie used to scare me when I watched it as a kid! Well done to Maggie for landing a part in it and I am looking forward to the remake :)

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The Fog Set Visit!
Source: Heather Newgen May 13, 2005

In 1980 John Carpenter terrified movie goers with The Fog, a tale of shipwrecked ghosts coming back to seek revenge 100 years later on a town that sinisterly led them to their deaths.

Now twenty-five years later, The Fog is being remade in hopes of capturing and appealing to audiences all over again. The Sony remake stars Selma Blair (Hellboy), Tom Welling (Smallville), and Maggie Grace (Lost) and is much different than the original.

ComingSoon.net got to hang out on the set in Vancouver, British Columbia and watch what really happens behind the scenes.

The day we were there, director Rupert Wainwright was shooting the scene in which the characters discover what is really going on.

"The scene that we're doing right now which you can see is in the town hall which is kind of the museum to all the things these town folk are proud of," Wainwright explains.

The set was highly detailed with stain glass, marble floors, and white thick fog rolling past the outside windows of the town hall. It had a very distinctive odor and the cast had this to say about it.

"On different days they put lavender. Sometimes sage", Welling said.

"Sometimes chemical drugs", Blair chimed in.

"It's Canada. It's a lot of smoke I tell ya", Welling continued.

"Do you have a headache from the fog? Are you thinking of suing Sony"? That seems to be what she's getting at Blair joked. She continued imitating a reporter "Is the fog scary in real life on the set? Yes."

The scene includes the entire cast and they're trying to get away from the fog by securing windows and moving furniture to block the door. When Wainwright yelled "action", Welling and a new character in this remake named Spooner, played by comedian DeRay Davis, run into the town hall and barricade the door with a bookcase.

Grace is standing next to Father Malone who is holding a journal and he's explaining to them how they are "children of murders". Grace looks terrified and confused by what he's saying.

Spooner angrily approaches Father Malone and says "Don't bring my forefathers into this. I'm from Chicago. Southside".

The director yells "cut" and then a loud bell sounds. The actors take their places and they shoot the scene again.

After the scene was finished being shot, Welling explains the difference in this version of the film. "This is younger. It's quicker. It's a little edgier I think. I think all of us are going to bring that to the film… I think this film is taking its own direction".

Wainwright elaborates on the changes. "Before obviously the journal was found in the church, so it's circled around the church. And here one of the things we sort of focus on is the nexus between the past and present".

Blair talked about why she liked the differences in her character Stevie and why she was happy to not have as many scenes by herself as her character did in the original.

"Yeah that was a relief. When I saw the original right before I went in to audition she [Stevie] was obviously very isolated and I really love having the energy of other people around me. That kind of gets me going for better or worse. But that's what I'm use to and love. I was really scared and intimidated to be in a room by myself talking on a microphone".

Wainwright also talked about Grace's character changes. "She's from the town. She's left, she's coming back to the town for a variety of different reasons and part of that is what is sort of a deeper reality for her character which eventually gets involved in the world of the town".

Welling gave props to Grace for her draining schedule between shooting The Fog and Lost.

"Now she's being modest. She literally came in for 3 hours to work then went back to Hawaii".

"But, I'm going back to Hawaii. I'm like yeah I have to go back to Hawaii Tom," Grace joked.

"This has been a pretty crazy ride this year and I've gone through it with a really really amazing group of people and now I'm going through it with another group of amazing people", Grace continued.

When asked if he could be more specific as to why Grace's character comes back to town, Welling laughed. "That's when you go see the movie".

The Fog will be rolling into theaters on October 14.

http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=9606

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Two horror flicks slated for release this October are still filming which helps explain why Silver is so complacent. The Fog is filming in Vancouver and Saw 2 in Toronto.

The Fog is a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 ghost flick that starred Adrienne Barbeau and Jamie Lee Curtis, who find themselves battling spectre zombies.

The new film is being directed by Rupert Wainwright, who helmed the 1999 Patricia Arquette satanic thriller Stigmata, and stars Selma Blair, Tom Welling and Lost's Maggie Grace.

"I've been on an amazing ride this year," says Grace, who plays Shannon Rutherford on Lost.

"I was flying back and forth between Vancouver and Hawaii, so that I could finish the TV series and star in The Fog."

Grace was eager to star in The Fog because it will be her first big studio film. Most of her work has been in TV and direct-to-video movies.

http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/2005/05/22/1051293.html

[EmotionalOne]

Oh cool! Another reason to see it ~ I watched it ages ago and loved it! I am glad to be able to see her in this!

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Found 'Lost' star Maggie Grace in 'The Fog'
Horror Books and Movies Blog

June 07, 2005
Found 'Lost' star Maggie Grace in 'The Fog'

While I was at the Batman Begins red carpet premiere last night, I caught up with Maggie Grace from The Fog (oh yeah, and she’s also a little TV show called Lost) and she told me that the film is almost wrapped. The playful and naughty falsie-flinger Selma Blair has finished her role as Stevie Wayne, and “we miss her!” lamented Grace. She also said that the faux fog never did behave, but it looks great on film anyway.

The toughest part of her role, Grace told me, was that she had to be soaking wet most of the time (I’m sure her male fans won’t mind that!) and did a lot of underwater stunts, plus wire work. “The movie is very scary,” she assured me — come October 14, 2005 we can all judge for ourselves. Can’t wait! (photo courtesy of StarLens.com)

http://horror.about.com/b/a/175669.htm

[ilsa lund]

Today's imdb.com triva question:

John Carpenter said that the inspiration for this movie came from a visit to Stonehenge with his co-writer/producer, Debra Hill.

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Entertainment Weekly

MONDAY, June 20, 2005

Must List 2005

Tom Welling & Maggie Grace

Fright Club
Ages 28, 21

Mustworthiness In updating John Carpenter's flawed gem The Fog — the 1980 horror flick about a billowing bank of haunted, pissed-off mist that rolls over a sleepy little town — its producers concocted a can't-miss formula that worked scarily well last year for The Grudge: Take some TV talent — in this case Smallville's Tom Welling and Lost's Maggie Grace — and schedule a Shocktober release.

Favorite Movie Monster Grace: ''You can't do much better than the Blob.''

On the Remake ''It's more modern [than the original] in terms of special effects and spectacle,'' says Welling. ''I think audiences are looking for that. If you watch the original Fog, it's outdated. You can appreciate it for its time period, but I think audiences nowadays are a lot more sophisticated.'' (Outraged horror fans, please direct all protests to Welling's management.)

How's Grace's Scream? ''Pretty good. I've been cultivating it on Lost,'' she says. ''I like to work on it at stoplights — see how much I can freak people out.''

Hey... Didn't 'Lost' Crush 'Smallville' in the Ratings? ''Maybe that's why [Tom's been] giving me the evil eye,'' jokes Grace.

Did TV's Clark Kent Want the Movie Role? Despite rumors that he was considered, Welling says he wasn't approached. ''They literally would have had to cancel Smallville for me to be available.''

Next For Grace, season 2 of ABC's Lost. For Welling, season 5 of The WB's Smallville and a Cheaper by the Dozen sequel.

http://img.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/050615/151729__wellgrace_l.jpg

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Book News

Dark Horse to produce graphic novel prequel to Revolution Studio’s The Fog remake
By Patrick Luce Jul 4, 2005, 17:40 GMT

In conjunction with the upcoming release of Revolution Studios’ The Fog, a remake of the 1980 classic horror film by John Carpenter, Dark Horse Comics has teamed with Carpenter and the film’s director Rupert Wainwright (Stigmata) to bring fans an original graphic novel.

The book will expand the film’s story and features interior art by Todd Herman and a special cover by acclaimed comic book artist Mike Mignola. It arrives on sale October 5, with a retail price of $6.95.

The Fog, which stars Tom Welling (Smallville), Maggie Grace (Lost), and Selma Blair (Hellboy), will be released by Columbia Pictures on October 14, 2005.

In Revolution Studio's horror/thriller The Fog there really is something out there in the dark. In the small town of Antonio Bay, a terrifying and malevolent force hidden within a thick and eerie fog terrorizes its residents. Shrouded by the fog lies a ghastly secret of merciless revenge, one that the town’s inhabitants would do well to unravel – before it’s too late. The film is being produced by Carpenter, the late Debra Hill and David Foster from a screenplay by Cooper Layne.

“This book's a remarkable extension of the story that Debra Hill and I created, true to the terror of the film and the EC Comics that inspired it,” Carpenter, the director of the original The Fog and producer of the upcoming remake, commented in a Dark Horse press release.

Written by Scott Allie (The Devil’s Footprints, Star Wars: Empire) and with input from Wainwright and Carpenter, the graphic novel tells the back story of the film. The story unflolds with a group of Shanghai traders that have come to America hoping to escape a string of unexplained deaths at the teeth of unseen monsters and a mysterious Chinese curse.

“This was a chance to use a really creepy film from my childhood as the jumping off point to do a story full of scares and weird, classic horror. The film shows the fallout from a terrible series of events,” Allie said in the release. “We get to tell the story of how those people wound up in such desperate circumstances, and it gets into the worst parts of these people's personalities, mixing visceral horror elements with deeply conflicted characters.”

Visit Dark Horse for more information about this and other comic titles. Visit our database for more information on The Fog movie.

http://books.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_9174.php/Dark_Horse_to_produce_graphic_novel_prequel_to_Rev olution_Studio%92s_The_Fog_remake

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http://comingsoon.net/news/comicconnews.php?id=10428

Comic Con 2005

The director of the upcoming remake of Carpenter's The Fog, Rupert Wainwright came out along with the movie's star Maggie Grace, who is best known for playing Shannon on the ABC drama Lost. Wainwright started out by giving the audience a sneak peek at the new trailer for The Fog, which will debut next weekend. Basically, it set up the premise for the movie, which is about a fog that sweeps over an island, killing people in its wake, and it showed a few scenes of Grace with her co-star Tom "Smallville" Welling, and a scene of the movie's co-star Selma Blair in peril. The audience applauded madly after seeing it.

Wainwright, who made his name directing videos for the likes of Michael Jackson and M.C. Hammer before taking on horror with the 1999 thriller Stigmata, thought that producer John Carpenter was more nervous about this remake even then he was. "I was kind of surprised when I went for the interview at the studio that John wasn't there," he said, adding that co-producer David Foster said that John didn't want to impose his own vision on the movie despite having written, directed and scored the original. "John's a genius at making horror movies, but he's also very respectful of other people's space." Grace said that having a shower scene with Tom Welling was something she considered when choosing to do the movie. Wainwright said that the best reason to do this remake was to answer some of the questions that arose from the original movie, and he said that the movie would delve into the past in order to do so....

Below you'll find the link to listen to the 29MB MP3 audio file. The interview starts shortly after the 1-minute mark and runs about 20 minutes.

The Fog Interview:

Click on this link and scroll down a bit: http://comingsoon.net/news/comicconnews.php?id=10423

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/thefogcc.jpg

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http://horror.about.com/b/a/187632.htm

http://movies.about.com/od/thefog/a/thefog072105.htm

[John Pantoliano]

Here are on of the photo stills from The Fog, with Maggie of course.
http://lost-media.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=lastup&cat=0&pos=1

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EW's Fall Movie Preview: October
Movies- 1 August 14, 2005

October Movie Preview Highlights
Below is a list of some of the highly anticipated films mentioned by EW for October releases and highlights from each report:

The Fog
Maggie Grace goes from being LOST on an island to lost in The Fog. Starring Tom Welling, Maggie Grace, and Selma Blair, The Fog is a remake of the 1980 classic by John Carpenter. What makes this horror remake different? Well, be sure to expect the exact same elements to the story, but Grace claims that this latest version will attempt to answer more of the unanswered questions from the original film.

http://www.canmag.com/news/4/3/1762

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Official site info http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=11045

http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/2099/2/

[Boone_lover]

What's the movie rated???

[pirateystripes03]

What's the movie rated???

PG-13, I'm pretty sure.

[pftsobfreak]

This movie looks so good!

[ilsa lund]

In October:

Saturday, 1 8:35 AM On the Set: The Fog 481 S-EDGw
Saturday, 1 1:40 PM On the Set: The Fog 481 S-EDGw
Tuesday, 4 7:50 AM On the Set: The Fog 481 S-EDGw
Tuesday, 4 5:10 PM On the Set: The Fog 481 S-EDGw
Wednesday, 5 2:40 AM On the Set: The Fog 485 STARZ
Wednesday, 5 5:40 AM On the Set: The Fog 480 STARZw

As always, please check your local listings for exact time/channel.

[Sing_Without_A_Reason]

Does anyone know a site where I can download the trailer? I need it saved to my computer, and I can only find sites where you can watch it, not see it.

[InspiredByAKiss*]

I just saw it yesterday!
I didn't know she played in it! I didn't know anything about the movie.. :p First I went: Oh, that hot guy from Smalville! Then I was: Hey, she's the girl from Lost!
But I couldn't follow the movie.
Had a few cocktails before :o and I sat there like: OMG. Hey guys, what happened? After every time my eyes closed. But they were drunk too so they couldn't follow either. Did saw the ending. Didn't get THAT either. :rolleyes:
But the parts I saw were creepy.. And I think it really is a good movie :p I'll see it again one day with some Fanta.