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William Josef Schneider is known for 15-40 (2008), The Crow (2024) and Rain Who Kills Alone.
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- William Josef Schneider
William Josef Schneider is known for 15-40 (2008), The Crow (2024) and Rain Who Kills Alone.
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Hannah Emily Anderson as Mary and MariaEvie Templetonas LauraPre-production
When Christophe Gans was developing the first Silent Hill film, released in 2006, he wanted to adapt Silent Hill 2 because he found it to be the most emotional of the original quadrilogy, calling it "a very tragic and romantic game, and a beautiful adaptation of the myth of Orpheus–going to hell to bring back Eurydice." However, he thought it would be difficult to adapt the second game without establishing the series' mythology and origin story first; hence, it was written as an adaptation of...
Marketing
A featurrette of the film was released on October 18, 2022, alongside several game announcements including Silent Hill 2 (Bloober Team), Silent Hill ƒ, Townfall, and Ascension. According to Konami's assistant producer Rui Nato, the development of the film served as the catalyst for the revival of the Silent Hill game series. Since Silent Hill 2 was rebooted by Bloober Team near the release of the film, the producers hoped to create brand synergy that would lead to a theatrical buy-in from the...
Filming and editing
World distribution was handled by The Veterans, who presented the film at the American Film Market in 2022 and sold it internationally. Production was carried out between the studios Maze Pictures, Metropolitan, Davis Films, The Electric Shadow Company, and Lotus Wallace, and co-funded by Ashland Hill Media Finance and FFF Bayern, the latter of whom contributed 1 million Euros to the project. Principle photography commenced in April 2023 under the shooting title Room 318, with half of filming...
The tagline "Return to Silent Hill" was previously used to promote Silent Hill: Revelation.In January 2023, Jodelle Ferland, who portrayed Alessa Gillespie in the 2006 film, was interested in returning, stating "If I hear anything from them, I’m totally in! I would have been in the other...In 2006, Gans expressed an interest in using the Red Nurse, Claudia Wolf, and the Doctor in future Silent Hill films, as well as developing a prequel set during the Salem witch trials.In 2012, Revelation director M.J. Bassett expressed an interest in adapting some of the Silent Hill graphic novels, in particular Past Life, and making a lower budget film exploring the darker sexu...May 17, 2024 · Christophe Gans, director of the 2006 Silent Hill film, is returning to the fog-filled universe with a script co-written by Sandra Vo-Anh and William Josef Schneider.
May 16, 2024 · After helming the “Silent Hill” in 2006, Gans returns to direct the next installment from a script he co-with Sandra Vo-Anh and William Josef Schneider.
Mar 17, 2023 · The film was written by Gans, Sandra Vo-Anh, and William Josef Schneider. Gans has been working with the Silent Team, the original creators at Konami.
Feb 26, 2024 · Tag: William Josef Schneider Debut trailer for ‘The Crow’, starring Bill Skarsgård, showcases Prague locations The Crow, which was filmed in Prague in the summer of 2022, will be released in cinemas across the Czech Republic and worldwide from June 6, 2024.
