Screenwriter named for INFECTED
Posted October 25th, 2008 by scottsigler (FD∅™)
Eric Bernt: He is now officially infected ...Junkies, Rogue Pictures and Random House Films have chosen a screenwriter for the INFECTED movie. I give you Eric Bernt, a seasoned vet of the movie-making wars (he lost a leg in '86, but the Stan Winston FX team patched it back on, so he's all better). Eric wrote the screenplays for Virtuosity as well as movie adaptations for The Hitcher and The Echo, which will be released sometime in 2009.
I had a chance to talk to Eric on the phone, and I have to admit he seems like a genuinely good cat. He really gets the INFECTED story and the concepts behind it, and he exudes palpable excitement in making the most whoop-ass screenplay he can.
Eric even had a shout-out for all y'all Junkies: "I want all fans of Scott to know that I am committed to bringing an incredibly scary, intense version of INFECTED to the big screen. You will not be disappointed."
Bold talk, Mister Bernt, not that General Siglerisimo would ever swing around a bloated ego of his own ...
This is a big step, folks. Once the screenplay is done, Rogue/Random House goes after directors. From there, just the tiny matter of scrounging up some $20 million in loose change to fund it, and we're in the movie-making biz!
WHEN WILL IT BE IN THEATRES?
I know you're going to ask that, and the answer is we don't have any idea. If all goes well, we could see something in 2010. If all goes the opposite of well, it will never get made. I'm now raising my odds of seeing INFECTED in thatres from 50/50 to 60/40, and that ain't bad.
I can't wait for INFECTED
I can't wait for INFECTED the movie. I hope this guy stays true with the screenplay. I guess we'll find out in a year or so right? What director do you think would be good for this?
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Frank
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Donations
Why don't you do the whole "make a donation thing"?
We do need our fix and siglerism + big screen = comatose in the hospital
I'll buy into that deal!
$20,000,000
Let see, if we get 5000 Junkies and each one ponies up a mere 4 grand.............
..No Bounce..
...No Play...
Movie!!!
If this movie gets fucked up, then it is their fault! The FDO must reign mass death until they cower and correct their mistakes.
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Great Big AWESOME!
*I'm Rear Admiral but Sigler gives the Orders*
Always Original
So excited that it's being made into a move. Bring on the blood rain.
But soo very pissed off that they are steeling your stuff. And not even subtle.
This is amazing news, I cant
This is frakin great news!
I'm going to start taking stock out on buckets of blood now...Tsolo888 <AKA Cpt. Travis Ellis> - Out, Click here to Digg Infected
I can't wait to see the film
Great news, well told.
Good to hear that things are moving and hopefully the impending release of Contagious will keep the ball rolling.
It will be interesting to see how it all works out - how good are you at playing nice with the other kids, when they want to play "Paint a face on your signed football"?
Better than...
Wow! 60/40 chance... That's really good! Hell that's better chance than your Detroit Lions ever winning a game this year!
MWAHAHAHA!
Oh no....
I smell a Sci Fi Channel original presentation. :0
Executed the Chang Bang 9/20/08! On the market for a new hula hoop!
SciFi Channel is out of their reach
This better be good...
i will make all possibly efforts to see this in thearters when (fingers crossed) it comes out.
By the way,
This is gonna rock!
Thanks for the update Scott!
Sounds like its gonna be kick ass! This has cleared up a lot misconceptions for some of us confused Junkies about an IMBD listing we thought pertained to your Infected!!
“I still can't tell if that's funny or really scary.”
interesting
That is Epic Pictures hijacking our IMDB listing
The good folks at Epic Pictures (http://www.epic-pictures.com) decided to overwrite the IMDB listing for INFECTED, because they have a movie of the same name. Rogue Pictures will be dealing with this on Monday, Oct. 27.
Instead of creating a new entry for their INFECTED, they overworte what we had. Want proof? Check this link with the archived Google page, showing my name still on it.
http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:Sfmf04oYj3wJ:www.imdb.com/title/tt1043651/+infected+imdb+sigler&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us&client=firefox-a
So, this is a very underhanded way to do things. We'll see what Rogue Pictures and Random House Films does about it ...
THe epic pictures website
has a different synopsys for INfected that sounds an awful lot like Ancestor? What do you make of that?
G-Man
Rich man gets off work, then buys stereo. Not after f***ing brunch! - Mooj
this is some rediculous shit
your synopsis: "A CIA black ops specialist and a Center for Disease Control scientist partner up to contain a parasite whose bite turns ordinary people into crazed serial killers."
their synopsis: "A CIA black ops specialist and a Center for Disease Control scientist partner up to contain a parasite whose bite turns ordinary people into crazed serial killers."
but wait, it gets better!
your tagline: "Welcome to the last level of evolution..."
their tagline: "Welcome to the last level of evolution..."
if they were in college, the proffesor wold get in there and fuck shit up. GO GET'EM, SIGLER!!!
By the way,
KILL THEM!
"I'm going to show him what a little girls made of, gunpowder and lead" - Miranda Lambert
Ditto.
- "The adverb is not your friend." -Stephen King, "On Writing"
Sweet!
One step closer to bringing the cinematic version of Infected to life!
Very happy to see movement on it... and as always, thanks for keeping us OJ's in the loop!!
Oh, the Horror
Quit messing with people Buka
Your liable to push someone over the edge
...Tsolo888 <AKA Cpt. Travis Ellis> - Out, Click here to Digg Infected
OMG, I frakkin' hope not
There aren't too many directors that I care for one way or another, but Uwe Boll I absolutely loathe. I can't believe how awful some of his work has been. He takes fabulous actors and makes them into cardboard. Say it aint so.
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Woo!
Oh yes! Thank you!
I guess that answers the question I asked earlier. No matter what I won't be disappointed.
G-Man
Rich man gets off work, then buys stereo. Not after f***ing brunch! - Mooj
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