World War II horror film commences filming in Wellington, NZ
Tuesday 10 August 2010, 9:00AM
By New Zealand Film Commission
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Principal photography has begun in Wellington, New Zealand on World War II Horror pic, THE DEVIL’S ROCK.
Written by Paul Finch, Paul Campion and Brett Ihaka, The Devil’s Rock is award-winning short film director Paul Campion’s debut feature film. His short films Night of the Hell Hamsters and Eel Girl have screened at every major genre film festival worldwide.
Produced by Leanne Saunders (The Devil Dared Me To, A Song of Good), the film is set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D-Day. Two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler’s forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.
Academy Award winning New Zealand company WETA Workshop (Avatar, District 9, Lord of the Rings, King Kong ) will create the film’s physical effects, whose ensemble cast includes Craig Hall (Love Birds, Boy, 30 Days of Night, The World’s Fastest Indian, King Kong), Matthew Sunderland (Out of the Blue, Under the Mountain), Gina Varela (Xena, Siones Wedding, Power Rangers) and Karl Drinkwater (A Song of Good, Lord of the Rings, Spartacus: Blood & Sand).
The Devil’s Rock has been financed by the New Zealand Film Commission and Chameleon Pictures. It will be distributed in NZ by Vendetta Films. NZ Film, the sales arm of the NZFC, is handling world sales of the film.
ENDS
Editor’s Notes:
Paul Campion began his career as a fantasy/horror illustrator before moving to New Zealand to work at Weta Digital on the visual effects for Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy where he was responsible for creating the look of digital creatures such as the Balrog, mumakil, fell-beast and Shelob.
Before directing, Paul worked in San Francisco, London and New Zealand on films such as Constantine, Sin City, 30 Days of Night,The Chronicles of Narnia and Clash of the Titans.
You can view Paul Campion’s short films by clicking on the links below:
Night of the Hell Hamsters (2007) http://vimeo.com/7200256
Eel Girl (2008) http://vimeo.com/7199863