A new take of The Hills Have Eyes to be shot soon in Morocco
Morocco, Local, 6/20/2005

The shooting of "The Hills Have Eyes" will begin June 27 in Morocco. The new take on Wes Craven's 1977 film of the same name will be directed by award-winning French filmmaker Alexandre Aja from a screenplay he penned with Gregory Levasseur, Fox Searchlight Pictures said recently.

The film will be produced by Craven, Peter Locke, who produced the original "The Hills Have Eyes," and long-time Craven producing partner Marianne Maddalena, who produced Craven's blockbuster "Scream" series amongst many others. The film's cast will be led by Aaron Stanford, Ted Levine, Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Kathleen Quinlan, Vinessa Shaw, Emilie de Ravin, Dan Byrd and Robert Joy. A family road trip goes terrifyingly awry when the travellers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carters soon realize the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey. When Wes Craven's original The Hills Have Eyes was released in 1977, it quickly became a cult classic. The film is considered to be one of the finest to date in Craven's 40-year career, which also includes such blockbuster hits as the "Scream" series and "A Nightmare on Elm Street." The Hills Have Eyes will be shot by Director of Photography Maxime Alexandre, who previously collaborated with Aja on Haute Tension, and whose credits also include The Last Drop and The Defender. It was designed by Production Designer Joseph Nemec, who counts among his many action feature credits Twister and Patriot Games.

Lawrence Grey, Vice President of Production for Fox Searchlight, and Creative Executive Jeffrey Arkus will oversee the project for Searchlight.

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