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Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Halloween Tree’ Being Adapted By Warner Bros.

Now that we over the halfway mark to October, it’s time that Halloween season movie releases and themed subjects are beginning to be announced. We’ve got the news that Ray Bradbury‘s 1972 fantasy novel The Halloween Tree is currently being adapted for a feature film by Warner. Bros. and that the script is being written by Will Dunn. The Halloween Tree centers on Tom and his friends who set off to investigate the strange happenings in their small town on Halloween night. With the help of an unlikely ally, a mysterious figure known as Moundshroud, Tom and his friends must journey into the Land of the Dead to rescue their friend Pip from the demon who has abducted him. The group pursues their friend through time and space to times and places, including ancient Egypt, Medieval Paris, and Mexico for the Day of the Dead. Along their journey, they discover the origins of holidays and face supernatural entities as well

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 19, 2020
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Bill Oberst Jr. Shares Images Of HIs SFX Makeup For ‘Ray Bradbury Live (Forever)

Jeff Farley‘s love letter to Ray Bradbury will soon be on Bill Oberst Jr.‘s face. Special effects makeup artist and Primetime Emmy Award Nominee Farley has just completed the sculpt for Oberst’s prosthetic transformation into Bradbury in the authorized stage portrayal of the beloved author, Ray Bradbury Live (forever). This project is the culmination of four decades of professional experience, and the most exciting of my career,” Farley said. “I am proud to help my friend bring his vision to life. Bill says I’m his Dick Smith and he’s my Hal Holbrook. We laugh, but that really is the level of illusion we’re aiming for.” Smith’s prosthetics for Holbrook’s Mark Twain Tonight broke new SFX ground in 1967. For his part, Oberst says he’s “ecstatic” about what Farley (whose resume stretches from Babylon 5, Wolf and Demolition Man to Quarry, Pod and Imitation Girl) is creating. “Jeff is a bit of a recluse and he’s very selective,” said Oberst “so

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 31, 2018

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Ray Bradbury’s ‘The Halloween Tree’ Being Adapted By Warner Bros.

Now that we over the halfway mark to October, it’s time that Halloween season movie releases and themed subjects are beginning to be announced. We’ve got the news that Ray Bradbury‘s 1972 fantasy novel The Halloween Tree is currently being adapted for a feature film by Warner. Bros. and that the script is being written by Will Dunn. The Halloween Tree centers on Tom and his friends who set off to investigate the strange happenings in their small town on Halloween night. With the help of an unlikely ally, a mysterious figure known as Moundshroud, Tom and his friends must journey into the Land of the Dead to rescue their friend Pip from the demon who has abducted him. The group pursues their friend through time and space to times and places, including ancient Egypt, Medieval Paris, and Mexico for the Day of the Dead. Along their journey, they discover the origins of holidays and face supernatural entities as well

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 19, 2020
Horror Fuel

Bill Oberst Jr. Shares Images Of HIs SFX Makeup For ‘Ray Bradbury Live (Forever)

Jeff Farley‘s love letter to Ray Bradbury will soon be on Bill Oberst Jr.‘s face. Special effects makeup artist and Primetime Emmy Award Nominee Farley has just completed the sculpt for Oberst’s prosthetic transformation into Bradbury in the authorized stage portrayal of the beloved author, Ray Bradbury Live (forever). This project is the culmination of four decades of professional experience, and the most exciting of my career,” Farley said. “I am proud to help my friend bring his vision to life. Bill says I’m his Dick Smith and he’s my Hal Holbrook. We laugh, but that really is the level of illusion we’re aiming for.” Smith’s prosthetics for Holbrook’s Mark Twain Tonight broke new SFX ground in 1967. For his part, Oberst says he’s “ecstatic” about what Farley (whose resume stretches from Babylon 5, Wolf and Demolition Man to Quarry, Pod and Imitation Girl) is creating. “Jeff is a bit of a recluse and he’s very selective,” said Oberst “so

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 31, 2018