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10/09/2008
Generator's 'Ghost Machine' Starts Production
Principal photography has begun in Belfast's Crumlin Road Gaol on director Chris Hartwill's feature debut 'Ghost Machine', a supernatural thriller starring Sean Faris, Rachael Taylor, Luke Ford and Richard Dormer.
This is the third feature from Generator Entertainment and will be produced by the company's Simon Bosanquet and Mark Huffam.
Thrill-seeking military technicians and computer-game enthusiasts Tom (Faris) and Vic (Ford) recklessly smuggle a top-secret, virtual warfare training programme out of their base and into a spooky disused jail, while a vengeful spirit infiltrates the software and draws them into an all-too-real game of life and death.
When Special Forces trainee Jess (Taylor) tracks the group down she embarks on a rescue mission that will take her into a virtual world as deadly as any real war-zone as she becomes their only hope for survival.
Rounding out the cast is talented Northern Ireland actor Richard Dormer, soon to be seen in Oliver Hirschbiegel's 'Five Minutes of Heaven'.
'Ghost Machine' is directed by Chris Hartwill from a screenplay by Sven Hughes and Malachi Smyth, based on an original story by Sven Hughes.
Hartwill, an award-winning commercials director based at one of the UK's leading commercials outfits, RSA (Ridley Scott Associates), has recently directed episodes of the hit US series 'Numb3rs'.
Taking up producer duties on the film will be Generator's Simon Bosanquet ('The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers', 'Ripley's Fame') and Mark Huffam ('Mamma Mia!', 'Saving Private Ryan'). The behind-the-scenes team also includes Lighting Cameraman George Richmond, until now known known for his operating work on films including 'Children of Men' and 'Wanted' and Mark Nelmes, Visual Effects Supervisor at Framestore.
Chris Hartwill said: "Sven Hughes and Malachi Smyth have produced a visceral, action-packed adaptation of Sven's original story and I'm really looking forward to bringing it to the screen here in Northern Ireland."
Production financing for 'Ghost Machine' has been put together by Generator using a combination of slate financing from Limelight, and investment from Northern Ireland Screen and Framestore Features, the film production division of UK special effects powerhouse, Framestore.
(KMcA/JM)
This is the third feature from Generator Entertainment and will be produced by the company's Simon Bosanquet and Mark Huffam.
Thrill-seeking military technicians and computer-game enthusiasts Tom (Faris) and Vic (Ford) recklessly smuggle a top-secret, virtual warfare training programme out of their base and into a spooky disused jail, while a vengeful spirit infiltrates the software and draws them into an all-too-real game of life and death.
When Special Forces trainee Jess (Taylor) tracks the group down she embarks on a rescue mission that will take her into a virtual world as deadly as any real war-zone as she becomes their only hope for survival.
Rounding out the cast is talented Northern Ireland actor Richard Dormer, soon to be seen in Oliver Hirschbiegel's 'Five Minutes of Heaven'.
'Ghost Machine' is directed by Chris Hartwill from a screenplay by Sven Hughes and Malachi Smyth, based on an original story by Sven Hughes.
Hartwill, an award-winning commercials director based at one of the UK's leading commercials outfits, RSA (Ridley Scott Associates), has recently directed episodes of the hit US series 'Numb3rs'.
Taking up producer duties on the film will be Generator's Simon Bosanquet ('The Life And Death Of Peter Sellers', 'Ripley's Fame') and Mark Huffam ('Mamma Mia!', 'Saving Private Ryan'). The behind-the-scenes team also includes Lighting Cameraman George Richmond, until now known known for his operating work on films including 'Children of Men' and 'Wanted' and Mark Nelmes, Visual Effects Supervisor at Framestore.
Chris Hartwill said: "Sven Hughes and Malachi Smyth have produced a visceral, action-packed adaptation of Sven's original story and I'm really looking forward to bringing it to the screen here in Northern Ireland."
Production financing for 'Ghost Machine' has been put together by Generator using a combination of slate financing from Limelight, and investment from Northern Ireland Screen and Framestore Features, the film production division of UK special effects powerhouse, Framestore.
(KMcA/JM)
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