Apartment 1303, the American remake of the Japanese ghost film, is one of the horror flicks making a splash at this year’s American Film Market. Now, a very reliable source is telling us that actors Mischa Barton and Rebecca De Mornay are rumored to have signed on to the film. Our souce is also telling us that the remake might begin shooting in Detroit early next year. Apartment 1303 revolves around a rental unit that has the distinction of driving young women to suicide. The director behind the project is Daniel Fridell. And the film is expected to shoot in 3D.

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Mischa’s latest thriller Homecoming is out on DVD! “Though I’ve done my share of thrillers, I was attracted to the script and the character because I’d previously been on the receiving end of crazy rather than actually portraying it, so it was a lot of fun embracing [my character]’s warped perspective,” Mischa told TV.com.

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A film starring top Hollywood actors that dramatises the Bhopal gas disaster has been criticised by campaigners and participants in the tragedy for misrepresenting individuals and the facts. Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is due for release this autumn with Mischa Barton and Martin Sheen in leading roles. Shot largely in India, it portrays the events around the world’s worst industrial accident, in which clouds of toxic gas escaped from a chemical plant run by a part-owned subsidiary of American company Union Carbide. More than 8,000 people, mainly living in slums around the plant, died immediately when the gas leaked shortly after midnight on December 03, 1984. At least 25,000 others are estimated to have died over subsequent years and many more continue to suffer today. Continue reading…

Source: Guardian.co.uk