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The Ward

2/22/10 – SCI FI Wire reported that Danielle Panabaker just finished the upcoming supernatural thriller The Ward and working with director John Carpenter.  After nearly a decade-long absence from features, Carpenter is finally back behind the camera.  The horror icon recently wrapped The Ward, currently slated for release this September, which follows an institutionalized young woman who is being haunted by a ghost.  "The Ward is about six young women living in an insane asylum," Panabaker said. "They are slowly disappearing, one by one. It's one character's journey, Kristen, to find out what's happening. My character is one of the young women who's more on the promiscuous side. She's the flirtatious sort of attention-grabber of the bunch, which was really fun. I really enjoyed doing something a little different."  The Ward is slated for a Sept. 24 release.

6/18/09 - Danielle Panabaker will star opposite Amber Heard in The Ward, a psychological horror thriller that John Carpenter is directing for Echo Lake Entertainment and A Bigger Boat, according to The Hollywood Reporter; the story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night.

2/3/09 - John Carpenter will direct The Ward, a supernatural psychological thriller that will star Amber Heard, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Doug Mankoff, Mike Marcus and Andy Spaulding of Echo Lake Entertainment are producing.  Written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, the film follows the disturbing experience of a young woman in an institution who is terrorized by a ghost. It is scheduled to begin shooting in May.

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