Herbert passed away in 2013, just a few weeks short of his 70th birthday. Herbert stories did serve as the basis for the 1981 plane crash mystery THE SURVIVOR, the 1982 killer rat movie DEADLY EYES, the 1995 family film FLUKE, the ghost story HAUNTED (also released in 1995), and the 2012 supernatural mystery mini-series The Secret of Crickley Hall. She has become the agent of something corrupt, a vile force that is centuries old.Īlthough Herbert has been called "the UK's Stephen King" and 54 million copies of his 23 books have been sold worldwide, very few of his stories have been brought to the screen. But Alice is no longer the guileless child overwhelmed by her new saintliness.
Soon the site of Alice's visitation, beneath an ancient oak tree, becomes a shrine, a holy place for thousands of pilgrims. Suddnely, Alice can hear, speak, and perform miracles. The description of the novel goes like this:Ī deaf-mute little girl called Alice has a vision - a lady in shimmering white who says she is the immaculate conception. But the “miracles” may have a much darker source. The project is set up at Screen Gems, with genre icon Sam Raimi producing the film alongside Rob Tapert through their company Ghost House.Įvan Spiliotopoulos, whose credits include a bunch of Disney projects, among them last year's massive hit BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, will be writing the screenplay and is also taking the helm of SHRINE, making this his feature directorial debut.Ī disgraced journalist who discovers a series of seemingly divine miracles in a small New England town and uses them to resurrect his career.
Thirty-five years after it was first published, author James Herbert's novel SHRINE (you can buy a copy HERE) is getting the cinematic adaptation treatment.
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