Congratulations, Neal

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Nice job on the "Superstition" adaptation.

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[nq:1]Nice job on the "Superstition" adaptation.[/nq]
Thanks. Now I'm waiting for the Paramount notes and they'll be flying me out.
Oh for those who don't have ready access to the trades "Superstition" an adaptation I wrote for Radar earlier this year has been officially set up at Paramount.
Here is the article:
Variety.com - Par 'Superstition' at Bay
Par 'Superstition' at Bay
Studio teams with Radar, Platinum Dunes for horror pic

By DAVE MCNARY
Paramount Pictures believes in "Superstition," buying Neal Marshall Stevens' horror spec script and setting it up with Radar Pictures and Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes.
Story, based on the novel by Brit mystery writer David Ambrose, centers on a scientifically conducted seance that draws a deadly ghost who shifts reality to account for its existence.
Deal reteams Radar and Platinum Dunes on a thriller following their collaboration on "The Amityville Horror," which MGM's releasing April 15.
Radar's Ted Field, Joe Rosenberg and Mike Weber are producing along with Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller for Platinum Dunes. Project was originally brought to Field by Fred Millstein.

Paramount exec VP Brian Witten and Ed Goemans will supervise for the studio, which is hoping to start production in the fall.

Stevens' credits include Warner's "13 Ghosts," Dimension's "Hellraiser:Deader" and New Line's "Molly's World." Platinum Dunes came on as a producer to "Molly's World" last month; that pic's centered on a psychiatrist drawn into the world of a patient who killed her family in an effort to protect them from a supernatural element.

Stevens said "Superstition" drew his interest because of the originality of Ambrose's story, in which a university psychologist tests his theory that human minds have the psychic ability to create a ghost. "I think the novel's a great jumping-off point for a movie, especially since I mostly
get offered projects that have been done a lot usually involving slashers or teenagers trapped in the woods," he added.

© 2005 Reed Business Information
So there you have it.
NMS

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[nq:1]So there you have it.[/nq]
Congratulations.

RonB
"There's a story there...somewhere"

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[nq:1]Thanks. Now I'm waiting for the Paramount notes and they'll be flying me out. Oh for those who don't have ready access to the trades "Superstition" an adaptation I wrote for Radar earlier this year has been officially set up at Paramount.[/nq]
Congratulations, Neal. Sounds like a terrific project to be working on. Hope it all goes well for you.
Doug
"Sometimes you gotta say goodbye to the things you know, and hello to the things you don't."
Steve McQueen in "The Reivers

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[nq:1]Stevens' credits include Warner's "13 Ghosts," Dimension's "Hellraiser:Deader" and New Line's "Molly's World." Platinum Dunes came on as a producer ... into the world of a patient who killed her family in an effort to protect them from a supernatural element.[/nq]
Hold your horses... 13 Ghosts? ...

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Congrats Neal! The premise of Ambrose's novel (which I've heard of but have never actually read) is genuinely intriguing and a heck of a lot more ambitious than most of the mainstream horror coming out these days. Here's hoping it turns out to your liking.
Cheers,
B

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[nq:1]Oh for those who don't have ready access to the trades "Superstition" an adaptation I wrote for Radar earlier this year has been officially set up at Paramount.[/nq]
Nice going, Neal. Keep us posted from time to time on the development process.
Gene

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Found this short interview with Neal regarding "Superstition" and "Molly's World" on the website for Fangoria (the magazine that got me into a shitstorm of trouble with school authorities when I was in 9th grade):

http://www.fangoria.com/news article.php?id=3798
Cheers,
B

Congratulations, Neal

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