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Genre Screenwriters To Pen New Horror Thriller ‘Gnomes’

by Thomas Tuna
written by Thomas Tuna

Sometimes horror comes in small packages.

Gnomes–a new feature based on a horror short from Richard Raaphorst and Ruwan Heggelman–is in development from Sony Pictures and 21 Laps, according to a report on Deadline.

Brought on board this week to script the new film are Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, perhaps best known for their Ant-Man and the Wasp screenplay. Sony acquired the film rights to the project earlier this month.

Heggelman will direct the film, which has not yet revealed casting choices or plot details. The original short–also helmed by Heggelman from a script he wrote with Raaphorst and Jasper ten Hoor–follows a girl as she stumbles across a killer gnome tribe after being lured in by a crop of mysteriously glowing mushrooms.

The feature film is produced by Raaphorst, Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine–with Emily Feher overseeing the project for 21 Laps.

Keep reading Horror News Network for the latest on Gnomes.

 

Thomas A. Tuna is a comic book veteran who began his writing career back in the ’70s with Charlton Comics, contributing to such horror titles as Ghost Manor, Haunted, The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves and Ghostly Haunts. Most recently, he has served as a writer and editor (with more than a smattering of horror yarns) for such comic book websites as Hyper Epics and Red Moon Features. Some of his favorite horror flicks include Jaws, Salem’s Lot, Dracula (with Frank Langella) and Blade. His favorite horror comic books? Tomb of Dracula (by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan) and Swamp Thing (by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson).

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