Last month, we caught word that EQUILIBRIUM director Kurt Wimmer was working on a new adaptation of the Stephen King story CHILDREN OF THE CORN – and that this project was actually filming in Australia during the pandemic, while most other productions were shut down. That was possible because the production followed "stringent health and safety protocols", had multiple insurance policies in place, and did not have a completion bond.
Producer Lucas Foster has now confirmed to Variety that filming has successfully been completed.
It has also been revealed that this new version of CHILDREN OF THE CORN stars Elena Kampouris, Kate Moyer, Callan Mulvey, and Bruce Spence.
Kampouris's credits include MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING 2 and BEFORE I FALL. Moyer is best known for playing Heather Hobbie on the Hulu series Holly Hobbie. Mulvey has been seen in BATMAN V. SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE and AVENGERS: ENDGAME. Spence is the most prolific and well known of the bunch; among his 121 credits are films in the MAD MAX, LORD OF THE RINGS, MATRIX, STAR WARS, and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchises.
The new take on the concept will show
the events leading up to, and including, the massacre of the adults of a small town in Nebraska by their children, after the adults’ irresponsibility ruins the crop and the children’s future.
Foster said the film has "almost nothing to do with" the 1984 adaptation,
We went back to the story and free-associated from there."
Foster's fellow producers are Doug Barry, John Baldecchi, and Pam Collis. Executive producers are Wimmer, Mathieu Bonzon, Pascal Borno, John Fragomeni, Brian LaRoda, Keri Nakamoto, Andre Gaines, Sean Harner, and Donald P. Borchers – who produced the 1984 adaptation and directed the 2009 CHILDREN OF THE CORN.
I have always been a fan of the CORN movies, through all of their ups and downs, so I'm really looking forward to this new one.