ROB ZOMBIE - Production On The Lords Of Salem To Begin In March/April
October 6, 2010, 14 years ago
ROB ZOMBIE recently spoke with Gary Graff of Billboard.com about his next horror film project, The Lords Of Salem, which he'll write and direct in conjunction with the producers of Paranormal Activity. An excerpt follows:
"They came to me and wanted to work together," Zombie tells Billboard.com. "I didn't even have an idea at the time. They were like, 'If you want to make a movie, if you have an idea we will give you complete control over casting, the script, the final cut of the picture - everything. You never heard that. Nobody hears that. Everything's a battle, but these guys were like, 'That'll be our deal with you.' And I was like, 'Great!' "The Lords Of Salem is drawn from an idea Zombie had some years back about witches executed in the 17th and 18th centuries who return to Salem, Mass., in the present day. "I grew up in Massachusetts," Zombie says, "so the Salem witch trials and all that was always very prevalent. Even when I was a little kid, you take a school field trip and go to Salem to the witch museums and watch re-enactments of the witch trials. I always found it fascinating, so I started writing an idea about... this group of five witches that were killed back then and have come back to modern day Salem to seek revenge."
Zombie is just starting to work on The Lords Of Salem script and expects to begin production in late March or early April. He's also hoping to involve his current band in the film's soundtrack. "I've been thinking about the music in this movie early, early on," he says. "We'll probably do the score this time out - not rock music, but a score. I know I want music to play a large role."
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Zombie is currently on The Halloween Hootenanny Tour with ALICE COOPER and special guests MURDERDOLLS. Remaining dates are as follows:
October
6 - Kansas City, MO - Independence Event Center7 - St. Charles, MO - The Family Arena
8 - Bloomington, IL - U.S. Cellular Coliseum
12 - Binghamton, NY - Broome County Arena
14 - Portland, ME - Cumberland County Civic Center
15 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
16 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
19 - Roanoke, VA - Roanoke Performing Arts Theater
20 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium
