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From: Mark Cashman <mcashman@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 08:32:26 -0500
Fwd Date: Tue, 02 Mar 1999 11:55:34 -0500
Subject: 'Mothman Prophecies' To Be A Movie


Source: http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue98/news.html

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Richard Gere May Fly With Mothman

Richard Gere is finalizing a deal to star in Lakeshore
Entertainment's upcoming SF film The Mothman Prophecies,
according to The Hollywood Reporter. In separate talks,
One True Thing director Carl Franklin is reportedly close to
reaching an agreement that would see him helm the flick.

Mothman is based on a real-life incident that took place in
Point Pleasant, W.Va., during the 1960s. For several weeks
following a reported UFO sighting, the townspeople of Point
Pleasant allegedly witnessed bizarre phenomena such as psychic
visions and the appearance of strange winged creatures."

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So who will Gere play? Keel? More on the project (which
seems to be only loosely based on the real events -- "Basically
well-written, the script tells the story of John Klein, whose wife
dies suddenly of a brain tumor, and exactly one year later he
finds himself in the town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia --
even though he'd been heading for a destination hundreds of
miles in another direction. Strange things are happening in Point
Pleasant -- a farmer thinks John has come to his door three
nights in a row, even though John just arrived in town, for
instance. This same man later describes his encounter with
a sort-of human named Indrid Cole who has given him information
on an earthquake -- this premonition comes true. Eventually,
the weight of the weirdness gets to John, who fears he won't
be able to stop a great foreseen tragedy from occurring. He returns
to Georgetown, but is beckoned back to Point Pleasant by his
new love Connie. A twist at the end is intriguing in a Twilight Zone
kind of way, but some might find it predictable and see it coming.
The twist does, however, provide for a visual climactic
effects sequence. The end would be the only significant effects
for the sci-fi project -- the rest of the script is rather
straightforward"), can be found at

	http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/mothmanprophecies.html
	http://www.corona.bc.ca/films/details/mothman.html
	http://www.mothmanmovie.com/

A closer look indicates that apparently there are actually two
projects, one of which is a low-budget ($60k), limited
distribution independent film ("Mothman is a Live Action Sci-Fi
Comedy with a touch of horror...filmed on location in Point
Pleasant West Virginia, Redlands California, Fullerton CA.,
Laguna Hills CA., and Mission Viejo CA.") which has finished
shooting and is now in post-production; the other is a larger
budget studio film which is in "Development Hell", and is trying
to sign Gere. It seems neither is going to be terribly faithful
to the book, but I must admit to wondering how this works... did
Keel sell the rights to two companies? Or are they both ripping
off the book and pretending they didn't base it on Keel's work?

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