The shooting of 'The Hills Have Eyes' will begin June 27 in Morocco. The take on Wes Craven's 1977 film of the same name will be directed by award-winning French filmmaker Alexandre Aja from a screenplay he penned with Gregory Levasseur, Fox Searchlight Pictures said recently.
The film will be produced by Craven, Peter Locke, who produced the original "The Hills Have Eyes", and long-time Craven producing partner Marianne Maddalena, who produced Craven's blockbuster "Scream" series amongst many others.
The film's cast : Aaron Stanford, Ted Levine, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd and Robert Joy.
A family road trip goes terrifyingly awry when the travellers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carters soon realize the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.
The Hills Have Eyes will be shot by Director of Photography Maxime Alexandre, who previously collaborated with Aja on Haute Tension, and whose credits also include The Last Drop and The Defender. It was designed by Production Designer Joseph Nemec, who counts among his many action feature credits Twister and Patriot Games.
Lawrence Grey, Vice President of Production for Fox Searchlight, and Creative Executive Jeffrey Arkus will oversee the project for Searchlight.
