"Black Mountain" sold to MGM Print E-mail
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Thursday, 13 March 2008
Ben and Andrew Prowse sold their co-written script "Black Mountain" to MGM.

Ben told SCI FI Wire that he has co-written Black Mountain, a horror movie featuring a monster in the woods. He co-wrote the film with former producer Andrew Prowse.

"We were just hanging around and started talking about this little character piece, and then this monster comes out", Ben said in an interview while promoting his upcoming straight-to-DVD movie Stargate: The Ark of Truth. Black Mountain takes place in a small town where an investigator is trying to solve a series of horrific murders.

"Yeah, it sort of has a horror/sci-fi critter in it", Ben revealed. "And it's a critter in the woods". The film features some gruesome murders. "It was one of those fun projects that you look at and you go, 'Yeah, let's have a stab at that. Let's just see how badly wrong we can go with this genre. But, so you know, there is a monster in it, and the monster will really show the character for what he is."

The script is currently with MGM and is awaiting word on whether it will move forward, according to Ben, and they will do with it what they will do with it. Ben is also interested in acting in the movie if it gets made.

I do see a part for me. In my own head I might imagine there's a place for me, but, again, it's a sole property, not something that I'm in the active process of trying to raise the money to produce at the moment. You know, it wasn't written with that in mind anyway. When I write, I don't go, 'Oh, which character am I going to play?' I tend to be more fascinated by the characters which are further away from me or further away from things that I have played--well, might be asked to play--than the characters that might involve me.

Original written by Mike Szymanski for SciFi Wire, adapted for BBO
 
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