The Hollywood Reporter gave us all the skinny today that none other than Joel Schumacher will dip his toe in some genre fun. The project is called TOWN CREEK and he’ll direct for Gold Circle films from a script by Dave Kajganich. What’s it about you ask? Read on:
The story centers on a West Virginia man who comes to terms with his moral qualms and helps his brother wipe out a family that had been protecting a Nazi vampire and who had kept his brother captive for him to feed off of for years.
Despite the confusing use of pronouns in the synopsis, I presume that the family kept the brother for the Nazi vampire to feed off of, and not the other brother. Of course the bigger question is what the hell are the moral qualms that you could have about offing a bunch of people who kept your brother as a wet bar for some Hitler-loving suckhead?
Maybe it’s just me, but that seems like a whole bunch of conscious clear vengeance. It’ll be interesting to see how the project develops since it seems to be a mix of hillbilly horror, vampire horror, and political thriller.
That’s a lot for one flick to handle! Best of luck Joel.