Over the past decade, films continue to mine the wealth of material originating from the comic book world, even horror. The Walking Dead, anyone? But what does it take to translate that material into a screenplay that will attract a studio and a director or find actors such as Bill Oberst Jr, Naomi Grossman, Zach Galligan and Brian Thompson to sign on and promote? This episode takes a look into one man's adventure into adapting his own material, The Chair, into a feature film.
Welcome to another episode of The Future of Horror, an interview podcast featuring new, upcoming talent in horror, The show is a sibling podcast to Horror News Radio, the official HorrorNews.Net podcast. With each episode, the show’s host, Doc Rotten, spotlights a director, an actor, a screenwriter, an effects artists, a film maker conquering hurdles and barriers to get their films made, to follow their passion, to make horror films.
Creator, Artist, Writer Peter Simeti joins Doc to discuss his comic company, Alterna Comics, his hit graphic novel, The Chair, and his journey in taking his property to film. He shares how producers first approached him about the comic and what it took to develop a script that would excite interested parties into joining his cause. He reveals the director and much of the cast including how he met with them to convince each to sign onto the project with a few surprises included.
You can find out more about Peter Simeti and his film, The Chair, at these links:
The Chair IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3400932/
The Chair on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thechairhorror
The Chair Website: http://www.thechairhorror.com/
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