Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Dibbuk Box

10/22/10 - Danish filmmaker Ole Bornedal has been given the key to direct Dibbuk Box, a horror thriller from Lionsgate that Sam Raimi and his Ghost House partner Rob Tapert are producing, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Lionsgate is putting the pedal to the metal on Box, hoping to begin production in January 2011.  The film is based on real events that transpired after a family wound up in possession of a haunted box, setting off a harrowing struggle to rid themselves of the box's evil curse.  Juliet Snowden and Stiles White wrote the script. The origins of the project lie in a Los Angeles Times article written by Leslie Gornstein, titled A Jinx in a Box.  The real-life box gained notoriety in 2004 when it sold on eBay after causing inexplicable bad fortune to its owners, which was attributed to a dibbuk -- a malevolent spirit of Jewish folklore trapped in the haunted box.  Stan Wertlieb, Peter Schlessel and Ghost House's Nathan Kahane will executive produce Box. Stephen Susco and Ghost House's J.R. Young, Nicole Brown and Kelli Konop will co-produce.  John Sacchi is overseeing the production on behalf of Lionsgate.

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