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Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture
A Robert D. Weinbach Production
A Lucky McKee Film
SHIVER is an exciting and terrifying thriller based on the highly praised novel by acclaimed author, Brian Harper. There are currently over one million copies of Brian Harper novels in circulation worldwide. The picture will be produced on location in and around St. Louis, Mo. Production is anticipated to commence in January, 2008. Penguin-Signet originally published the SHIVER novel. A republishing of the novel as a film tie-in is planned once the film is announced for production. The new Shiver film will be a welcome addition to the millions of Brian Harper cult followers.
CAST
Producers are currently in talks with highly recognizable acting talent who will become attached to SHIVER subject to finalization of formal contracts. Among the actors with significant, established fan bases are:
ERICA LEERHSEN: Erica’s passion for playing the "tour de force", starring role of Wendy in SHIVER is equally shared by the producer's and director's enthusiasm for Erica's amazing talent, appealing vulnerablity, yet dynamic screen presence.
Erica’s screen credits include starring roles in the box office smashes, "Blair Witch 2". the Texas Chainsaw Massacre" remake, the Toronto Film Festival hit, "Little Athens","Mozart and the Whale" the independent thriller,"The Warrior Class" and the hit film, "Wrong Turn 2" plus supporting roles in the Woody Allen films, "Hollywood Ending" and "Anything Else". Her TV appearances include, "The Sopranos", "The Guardian", "Alias", "Ghost Whisperer" and "CSI: Miami".
Leerhsen was further honored with the "Arrow in the Head's Mistress of the Year Award in 2003" as well as garnering excellent reviews in Woody Allen's play "A Second Hand Memory".
In addition to landing the lead in “Shiverâ€, other film projects scheduled for release in 2008 include starring roles in "Lonely Joe", "Slaughter" and "Living Hell" (costarring Johnathon Schaech). (Click for more)
KEITH CARRADINE: Academy Award winner, Keith Carradine would portray the co-starring role of Lt. Tony Delgado in SHIVER. Keith has starred in over forty feature films and more than twenty cable television and network television movies. Among his credits are major roles in the Robert Altman classics, "McCabe and Mrs. Miller", "Thieves Like Us" and "Nashville". Carradine also starred in four notable films directed by Altman protege, Alan Rudolph.; "Welcome to L.A.," "Choose Me," "Trouble in Mind" and "The Moderns".
Other memorable films include starring roles in Ridley Scott's "The Duellists," Louis Malle's "Pretty Baby," and Walter Hill's "The Longriders" and "Southern Comfort.", plus "A Thousand Acres" with Michelle Pfeiffer and Jessica Lange and "Two Days In The Valley". Significant TV portrayals include the recurring role of Wild Bill Hickock on HBO’s hit series, "Deadwood" and Chief Of Detectives on the smash series, "Dexter".
Carradine is also a Broadway star of the first magnitude who created the leading role in "The Will Rogers Follies, winner of six Tonys, including Best Musical For this smash Broadway hit, Keith was nominated for a Tony as Best Lead Actor in a Musical. (Click for more)
BRAD DOURIF shares the belief of the producer and director that he is the ideal actor to play the showcase, co-starring role of the deranged killer, Franklin Rood in SHIVER.
Dourif’s illustrious screen credits include Milos Forman’s "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest". Brad's portrayal of Billy Bibbit earned him a Golden Globe for Best Acting Debut, a British Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other memorable film work includes "Eyes of Laura Mars", John Huston's "Wise Blood", Milos Forman's "Ragtime", David Lynch’s films "Dune" and "Blue Velvet" and Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy as Grima Wormtongue.
Brad further portrayed significant roles in "Fatal Beauty", "Mississippi Burning", "Hidden Agenda", "London Kills Me", "Alien 3", "Murder In The First", "Color Of Night" among others. He was also the voice of the evil doll, Chucky in the "Child's Play film series". Brad’s television work includes "The Mound Builders", "The X-Files" "Babylon 5", "Star Trek: Voyager" and recurring roles on "Ponderosa" and "Deadwood". (Click for more)
JOHNATHON SCHAECH would join the SHIVER team in the pivotal role of Jeffrey Pellman, Wendy's boyfriend. A highly accomplished actor, John studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and the Actor's Studio in New York.
Among Johnathon’s credits are the lead role in Franco Zefferelli's film, "Storia Di Una Capinera" as well as plum roles in Jocelyn Moorehouse's "How To Make An American Quilt" opposite Winona Ryder and in Greg Araki's cult classic "The Doom Generation".
Tom Hanks cast Johnathon as the lead rocker in another cult classic "That Thing You Do". John then played the lead opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange in the thriller "Hush". He Subsequently, worked with Kenneth Branagh in "How To Kill Your Neighbor's Dog", Harvey Keitel in "Finding Graceland " and Ray Winstone & Guy Pearce in "Woundings". John then landed the title role in Pen Densham's "Houdini "and recently starred opposite Heather Locklear in Nora Robert's "Angels Fall", seen by nearly 5 million TV viewers. Johnathon’s 2008 starring roles include "Quarantined", "The Poker Club", "Prom Night" and "Living Hell". (Click for more)
BRAD HARRIS is the legendary star of many Italian "sword and sandal" films including "Goliath Against The Giants", "Fury Of Herculles" and "Samson", later became an iconic name in German cinema as the star of the hit German film series, "Commisar X". Among many other screen credits, Brad later costarred in the cult sci-fi horror fave, "The Freakmaker" costarring Donald Pleasence. Recently inducted as a Hollywood Stuntman, Hall Of Famer, Harris will portray Captain Tom Rowland in SHIVER. (Click for more)
NIKITA ESCO has established a major international fan base with her dynamic appearances as a dancer and model. Nikita will portray Rood's "first victim" in SHIVER. (Click for more) (EVEN more)
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CYCLONE PRODUCTIONS, INC. is an independent film production company established by veteran, award winning producer/writer, ROBERT D. WEINBACH.
Weinbach began his film career in Spain as co-producer of PLATERO & I (based on the Nobel Prize winning book by Juan Ramon Jimenez}. Subsequently, he produced and co-authored HALLUCINATION starring George Montgomery and BLIND MANS BLUFF starring Boris Karloff, Jean Pierre Aumont and Viveca Lindfors. Subsequently, he produced TROPIC HEAT co-written by best-selling author, Robin Moore (THE GREEN BERETS and THE FRENCH CONNECTION). Later, in London, Mr. Weinbach co-authored and produced THE FREAKMAKER starring Donald Pleasence, Tom Baker & Academy Award nominees, Jill Haworth and Michael Dunn and directed by Academy Award winner, Jack Cardiff. Mr. Weinbach further packaged and co-authored the screenplay for GOOD LUCK, MISS WYCKOFF based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize winning author, William Inge starring Anne Heywood and Donald Pleasence.
CURRENT PROJECTS
In addition to SHIVER, Cyclone Productions film projects based on screenplays by Robert Weinbach presently scheduled for production or in development are: THE KILLER INSIDE ME, an intense psychological thriller, based on the classic novel by Jim Thompson (THE GETAWAY, AFTER DARK MY SWEET, THE GRIFTERS). JITTERBUG, a music driven, caper featuring straight ahead jazz and jitterbug dancing. MANTECA, an occult thriller set against the background of N.Y.s Afro-Cuban music and dance scene. TALONS, a large scale action-adventure drama depicting the quest for the Berkut, an enormous, rare eagle, traditionally owned and hunted by kings and emperors.
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