[001] June 19th – Elysium Industry Presents The Los Angeles Sunset Strip Premiere & After Party
[005] August 25th – 18th Annual Fan Expo Canada – Day 3
[096] October 16th – Alex Cross Los Angeles Premiere
[006] October 16th – Alex Cross Los Angeles Premiere – After Party

Details on the project come from Bloody Disgusting, which has a summary dubbing Becoming a “dramatic supernatural thriller.” Bartha stars alongside Rachel Nichols as Alex and Lisa, respectively, a couple on a road-trip retracing family roots. While out in the middle of nowhere, they come into contact with an ancient evil entity that takes over Alex by replacing his identity one piece at a time. Alex may still look like the love of Lisa’s life, but deep down he’s harboring “dark and disturbing plans” for her and is ready to manipulate her using their mutual trust and love.

Clearly Bartha and Nichols are the highlights of this production. The plot is fine, but there’s no spark that makes it truly gripping. As it stands, describing it as a combination of the “naturalism of Blue Valentine” meets “the tension of The Shining” seems like it could be a stretch. Then there’s the issue of this rather silly teaser poster that looks more like straight-to-DVD artwork than a theater-worthy rendering. The team behind this one is going to want Bartha and Nichols front and center as much as possible, but I’d like to bet there’s a more aesthetically pleasing way to sell them along with the film’s road-trip-with-an-evil-entity plot.

Becoming is still without an IMDb page, making it tough to track, but apparently the Canadian production is in post so we could see some footage from the film soon. With G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Conan the Barbarian and Alex Cross, Nichols has been plagued with some subpar material lately and Bartha’s been living in the Hangover bubble – so it should be interesting to see what the duo can do with such different and possibly very character-driven material. Fingers crossed for a big step up from P2 (another Rachel Nichols misfire).

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The sidebar has been updated with all of Rachel’s current projects.

Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Conan the Destroyer) is in negotiations to join Justin Long in The Ten O’Clock People, an adaptation of Stephen King’s short story published in 1993 as part of his “Nightmares and Dreamscapes” collection.

King’s short was notable for being set in Boston, Massachusetts as opposed to his familiar Maine locale. The story follows Brandon Pearson, who in trying to kick his smoking habit uncovers a frightening aspect of reality he plans to extinguish through extreme measures.

Nichols would play a woman who can also see a horrible aspect of reality, hidden in plain sight.

Tom Holland will direct. He previously director King’s Thinner and The Langoliers and his credits also include Fright Night and Child’s Play.

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[312] Conan The Barbarian – Captures
[032] Battle Royal Engineering The Action

Quincy Pictures has joined Cosmic Toast Studios on horror project “Raze,” starring Zoe Bell and Rachel Nichols.

Film will be directed and produced by Josh C. Waller from a script by Robert Beaucage; production is set to begin in June. Bell will produce as well along with Andy Pagana and Kenny Gage, while Allene Quincy will exec produce.

Celluloid Nightmares, the partnership between XYZ Films and Celluloid Dreams, is handling international sales and will introduce the film at Cannes.

“Raze” focuses on two abducted women and 50 other women who are forced to fight each other using their bare hands, all for the sadistic enjoyment of an elite, voyeuristic society that follows one rule — “Fight or Die.”

Bell is repped by Kieran Maguire at the Arlook Group. Nichols is repped by UTA and Management 360. Waller is repped by Jairo Alvarado at 3 Arts Entertainment.

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Summit Entertainment has set an October 26, 2012 release date for Alex Cross. The film, previously going by the name “I, Alex Cross,” is directed by Rob Cohen and stars Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Edward Burns and Jean Reno.

Alex Cross follows the homicide detective/psychologist (Perry), from the worldwide best-selling novels by James Patterson, as he meets his match in a serial killer (Fox). The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.

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Added a photoshoot to the Gallery.