The 48-year-old Spanish filmmaker is set to direct Amblin Entertainment’s Haunted, a film that is inspired by the 1898 Henry James gothic ghost story Turn of the Screw.
Penned by Chad Hayes and Carey Hayes, the film is considered a passion project for Steven Spielberg, who really wanted to make a horror film.
Fresnadillo’s breakout film was 28 Weeks Later; his Spanish-language directing debut was Intacto, this after he received an Oscar nomination for his short filmLinked.
Lately Fresnadillo, a Goya Award winner for Best New Director, has been busy working in television: He directed the pilot Falling Water, which got picked up by USA Network and was done under his overall deal with Universal Cable Productions.
He’s prepping to next direct Prototype, a UCP pilot for a Syfy series that he’s will also executive produce.
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has found his villain… And his name is Shia LaBeouf. Start Motion Pictures has named the 45-year-old Spanish filmmaker as the director of Villain, a psychological thriller that will star the Transformers actor. Villain follows two brothers who mysteriously re-connect in an unforgiving wilderness. The role of the…
It’s an extra special Blanco Christmas for Juan Carlos Fresnadillo… Cinemax has given a pilot greenlight to Blanco, a drama pilot project to be directed by the 45-year-old Spanish filmmaker. The project, which stars Shiloh Fernandez centers on Ruben (portrayed by Fernandez), an uptown gangster — nicknamed Blanco for being…
Oscar Isaac is Amblin-g for a new role… The 37-year-old Guatemalan and Cuban American actor and Star Wars star is in talks to star opposite Mark Rylance in Amblin Entertainment’s The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara. Steven Spielberg is putting together the true-life religious drama to tackle after he wraps the…
