By MICHAEL GINGOLD
The whole Bacon family, in fact, is involved in this project.
From FRIDAY THE 13TH through TREMORS to MAXXINE (pictured above), Kevin Bacon has been a consistent presence in the genre, and now he’s making the horror/comedy FAMILY MOVIE a family affair. He and partner Kyra Sedgwick are directing the film from a script by Dan Beers (PREMATURE), and Sosie Bacon (SMILE) and Travis Bacon will co-star. The quartet are also producing for Mixed Breed Films, along with Dark Castle Entertainment’s Norman Golightly. The synopsis: “As cameras roll on their next low-budget slasher, an eclectic but tight-knit family of filmmakers suddenly find themselves in a real-life horror movie when a body turns up on set. As the production spirals comically out of control, they realize the only solution to keep filming is to cover up the murder, by any means necessary…”
“There may not be a more compelling Hollywood family than the Bacons,” Golightly says. “We can’t wait to bring their unique dynamic to the screen and then wildly turn it on its head for audiences.” NEON International is handling international rights and will introduce the movie at the current American Film Market, while CAA Media Finance is handling the U.S. rights.
