Marianne Maddalena

The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) Director: Martin Weisz Producers: Marianne Maddalena, Wes Craven, Peter Locke Starring: Daniella Alonso , Jacob Vargas , Michael Bailey Smith A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert. Back To Movies

ABOUT Marianne Maddalena producer X The wavy brunette and elegant producer Marianne Maddalena has Italian origins, but she was born in Lansing, Michigan in early 60s. She attended Michigan State University, afterwards traveling to Europe to study and work in Italy and France. She entered in the world of cinema in early 1986, when she got a job from Warner Bros. on "Deadly Friend". She was the personal secretary for Wes Craven and they became very good friends. In late 1986, Craven called her to be his assistant on "The Serpent and the Rainbow": shooting started in February 1987 in Haiti and it was very difficult for all the crew and cast members. In 1988, when the film was released, Marianne wanted to start in production: Craven was developing "Shocker" for Alive Films and she was attached to produce it with Barin Kumar. The budget was limited but when the film was released, it took $16m at box office. After her first success, Marianne became an official co- producer for Wes Craven: in 1990 she was involved in the production of NBC TV movie "Night Visions" and two years later she worked again in TV on the series "Nightmare Cafe". Between those projects, she produced "The People Under the Stairs" and with "New Nightmare" (the first film that she produced alone) she was nominated at the Independent Spirit Awards. After executive production for the hit "Scream", she produced "Scream 2", "Music of the Heart" and "Scream 3". UNDER VIDEO

Dracula 2000 (2000) Director: Patrick Lussier Producers: Marianne Maddalena, W.K. Border, Joel Soisson Starring: Gerard Butler , Justine Waddell , Jonny Lee Miller A group of thieves break into a chamber expecting to find paintings, but instead they release the count himself, who travels to New Orleans to find his nemesis' daughter, Mary Van Helsing. Back To Movies

ABOUT Marianne Maddalena producer X An American film and television producer, Marianne Maddalena’s productions have taken her from the streets of Los Angeles to the stages of Carnegie Hall, from the woods of Vancouver to the farflung reaches of Haiti, Morocco and South Africa. Grossing over $1 billion worldwide, Marianne’s films have been at the center of the pop culture conversation for nearly three decades. Born in Lansing, Michigan, Marianne attended Michigan State University and then traveled to Europe, to study and work in Italy and France. She entered the world of cinema when she landed a job on DEADLY FRIEND as assistant to director Wes Craven. Their relationship would prove to be a fortuitous one. Working again as his assistant on his next project, THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW, Marianne travelled with Wes to Haiti in and the unique demands of this famously difficult production forged a professional bond between the two that would last for more than twenty years. It was this bond of trust that allowed Marianne to make the jump to full producing partner with Craven’s next two films for Shep Gordon’s Alive Films and Universal Pictures, SHOCKER and THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS. Branching out into television, the pair produced the NBC TV movie NIGHT VISIONS as well as the NBC series NIGHTMARE CAFE. With Craven still immersed in production on PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, Maddalena worked closely with director Phillip Noyce on the pilot of NIGHTMARE CAFE, though Craven eventually joined the roster of directors once the series was underway. Marianne then turned her attention back to producing Craven’s preSCREAM foray into postmodern horror, WES CRAVEN’S NEW NIGHTMARE. Marking Craven’s return to a series that helped to define the horror genre in the 1980s, NEW NIGHTMARE gave the series a fresh 90s spin deemed so original that it garnered Marianne an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Picture of 1994. A most unusual move for the group to venture into underrewarded horror territory, NEW NIGHTMARE found itself competing against the likes of Woody Allen’s BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, Ang Lee’s EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, Alan Rudolph’s MRS. PARKER & THE VICIOUS CIRCLE and the eventual winner, Quentin Tarantino’s PULP FICTION. Maddalena and Craven produced the Eddie Murphy vehicle VAMPIRE IN BROOKLYN (1995), and then segued immediately into the film that would redefine the horror genre for the 1990s, SCREAM. The film was an international blockbuster and would soon spawn three equally successful sequels that were all directed by Wes and produced by Marianne. Forming a production company together, CravenMaddalena Films, Marianne and Wes were able to capitalize on their newfound success by moving into territory outside the horror genre, like the Meryl Streep vehicle MUSIC OF THE HEART (1999), which garnered 2 Oscar nominations including one for Streep as Best Actress, and the highly successful 2005 thriller RED EYE, starring Rachel McAdams and Cillian Murphy. This success also spawned a cottage industry of films by other directors which were produced by Marianne, including 2006’s THE HILLS HAVE EYES directed by Alexandre Aja (which grossed $42 million domestic), its 2007 sequel, THE HILLS HAVE EYES II, and 2009’s THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT directed by Dennis Iliadis (which helped to launch the career of BREAKING BAD’S Aaron Paul). Marianne next had the opportunity to produce the omnibus indie NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU, with a collection of short films directed by such international icons as Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shekhar Kapur, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, and Natalie Portman, making her directorial debut. The success of that film has spawned an Israeli version currently in development, JERUSALEM, I LOVE YOU, featuring a promised roster of equally sterling international directors. With several films in development and stated for production in 2018, Marianne is currently producing SCREAM: THE TV SERIES, which is in its second season on MTV. Marianne is also a cosponsor of the COLCOA French Film Festival, a festival created and presented by the FrancoAmerican Cultural Fund designed to showcase the diversity of French film, now in its twentieth year. And in response to the criticism this year of the lack of diversity in film, she is also producing a series of public service announcements with former Academy president Hawk Koch, entitled IF YOU CAN SEE IT YOU CAN BE IT. which will showcase the talents of diverse members of the film community in hopes to educate students about all the many different job opportunities in the film business. Will Smith, Viola Davis, Russell Simmons, Kerry Washington and Vanessa Hudgens will be introducing the segments. The project was inspired by President Obama’s foundation MY BROTHER’S KEEPER. UNDER VIDEO

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New Nightmare (1994) Director: Wes Craven Producers: Marianne Maddalena Starring: Heather Langenkamp , Robert Englund A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world? Back To Movies

x What Is the Spooky Real Life Origin of Scream’s Ghostface Mask? "Maddalena ended up not using that house but instead chose a neighboring house for the home of Tatum and Dewey Riley (Rose McGowan and David Arquette) in Scream. However, while at the first house, she discovered a striking mask hanging from a post..." Click To Read Full Article x 10 Successful Horror Movies Released in December "Scream was predicted to be DOA by Variety in the weeks leading up to its release. I don’t think people really knew what kind of box office juggernaut Scream would turn out to be. $103 million is impressive for any horror film, much less one that..." Click To Read Full Article x An Early Review of "Scream" "The pic’s chills are top-notch, but its underlying mockish tone won’t please die-hard fans. That adds up to no more than modest commercial returns and fast theatrical playoff..." Click To Read Full Article

"I'm Into Survival": The Complex Feminism of Wes Craven The King of Horror’s Secret Feminism How 'Scream' Changed The Way We See Women In Horror ... Over the course of his career, Craven evolved, first depicting women as one-dimensional victims, and finally allowing his female characters to... But Craven, who died Sunday from brain cancer at age 76, was one of horror filmmaking's most complex writer-directors, and among his celebrated... Twenty years ago, director Wes Craven made Scream and changed horror ... Since 1996, horror has actually become a feminist-friendly genre. Click For More Click For More Click For More Is the "Final Girl" in Horror Movies a Feminist Concept? Interview with Marianne Maddalena What The Final Girl In Wes Craven's New Nightmare Looks Like Today Now, as a huge fan of horror movies, especially slasher films (I have a very weird and confusing crush on Freddy Kruger), and a feminist who... I feel incredibly lucky to have had a chance to interview Marianne Maddalena, Producer of many of Wes Craven's most iconic films, including, of course, Scream (1995) which is highlighted in depth. She was Craven's closest and most frequent creative partner for over 20 years, and helped shape ... Langenkamp, like many of her colleagues, portrayed a fictionalized version of themselves in "New Nightmare." Convinced by the movie version of Craven, she reprises her iconic Final Girl role one last time to defeat the infamous slasher. Click For More Click For More Click For More Why New Nightmare Has No Opening Titles Why ‘The People Under the Stairs’ – And Wes Craven – Were Both Ahead of Their Time Wes Craven's Strongest Female Characters, Ranked Wes Craven's New Nightmare took the franchise on a different path, and for that, it had to get rid of its opening titles. Here's why. The underlying theme of “The People Under the Stairs” — say-no-evil, hear-no-evil, see-no-evil — was enforced on the kidnapped children in the film. It was also a cultural axiom specifically applied to people that want to preserve the evil of society by pretending it doesn’t exist. It’s a highly unusual message for a horror film. Between Scream's Sidney Prescott and A Nightmare on Elm Street's Nancy Thompson, who is the strongest female character in Wes Craven's... Click For More Click For More Click For More

Don't Look Down (1998 TV Movie) Director: Larry Shaw Producers: Marianne Maddalena, Richard Fischoff , Randy Sutter Starring: Megan Ward , Billy Burke , Angela Moore A woman tries to get over the death of her sister by taking an Acrophobiac group. The the group starts to get killed one by one Back To Television

The People Under The Stairs (1991) Director: Wes Craven Producers: Marianne Maddalena Starring: Ving Rhames , Everett McGill , Wendy Robie Two adults and a juvenile burglar break into a house occupied by a brother and sister and their stolen children and become trapped. Back To Movies

They Shoot Divas, Don't They? (2002 TV Movie) Director: Jonathan Craven Producers: Marianne Maddalena, Jordan Roberts, Randy Sutter Starring: Jennifer Beals, Keri Lynn Pratt, Molly Hagan A rock diva with a lengthy and often turbulent career hires a new assistant whose sweet, helpful demeanor masks ulterior motives. Back To Television

NEWS Scream Star Melissa Barrera Warns Fans 'Ain't Ready' After Seeing Final Cut Scream 5 Co-Director Defends Divisive Title | Screen Rant Scream 5 Star On Honoring Wes Craven And Becoming Friends With The Original Cast Scream (2022) star Melissa Barrera has seen the final cut of the slasher flick and has a warning for audiences. Scream co-director Tyler Gillett explains the reasoning behind naming the 2022 movie after the original slasher flick, saying it was intentional... The franchise's original director, Wes Craven, passed away back in 2015, making the set of a Scream movie different than ever before. Click For More Scream (2022) Gets Ghostface Twitter Emoji Ahead Of Trailer Release The hype for Scream 2022's trailer builds as the film receives its own emoji on Twitter resembling the iconic masked killer known as Ghostface. Click For More Why Scream 2022 Isn't Scream 5 (Is It A Reboot?) Scream 2022 (aka Scream 5) isn't a reboot in the most literal sense, as it doesn't erase the prior films, and is technically a follow-up to the... Click For More Everything We Know About Scream (2022) Paramount officially titles the film Scream, announces a January 14, 2022 release date, and unveils new photos and a title treatment. Click For More Click For More Ahead Of Scream 5, Fans Can Stay In Stu’s House… Complete With David Arquette Woodsboro will be back on the big screen in the winter, horror fans can live the full fantasy in a recreated house that’ll be available on Airbnb. What’s more, David Arquette aka Sheriff Dewey Riley, will serve as your host. Click For More 'Scream' Star Melissa Barrera Says New Movie Will Honor Wes Craven “[Directors] Matt [Bettinelli-Olpin] and Tyler [Gillett] bring their freshness to it, but we're honoring Wes,” Barrera said on the red carpet at... Click For More 'Scream' Cast, 25 Years Later - Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox And DAVID ARQUETTE Ghostface made his big screen debut for the first time twenty-five years ago. That's right, it's been a full quarter century since Scream premiered, and yet it remains one of the most iconic and influential... Click For More Click For More Scream Creator Reveals His Role In The New 2022 Movie After creating the Scream horror franchise and writing three of its five entries, Kevin Williamson reveals that he has a role in the new Scream film. Click For More ‘SCREAM’ Has Completely Finished Production The final cut of Scream 5, officially titled SCREAM, is complete. In an Instagram post Monday night, co-director Tyler Gillett revealed that the sequel to the beloved... Click For More Scream 2021 Writer Says Working With Kevin Williamson Was Wonderful The fifth installment in the popular teen slasher franchise is set to arrive in January of 2022, and so far, fans have had very few clues as... Click For More Previous Page 1 2 3