Possession - Kim Basinger, Colin Firth, Ayden Christensen

Possession

	Titolo originale : Possession.
	Regia : Stuart Baird (Executive Decision, U.S. Marshals, Star Trek: Nemesis).
	Genere : Thriller soprannaturale.
	Cast : Kim Basinger (Alex Hightower), Ayden Christensen (Fabian Hightower), Colin Firth.
	Distribuzione : Il film è prodotto dalla Spice Factory - Ministry of Vision - Transfilm - Movision Entertainment e distribuito dalla Darclight Film/Arclight Film. I produttori sono: Jason Piette e Michael Cowan. Il film è una co-produzione tra Canada e UK.
	La storia : The story about a mother (Alex) of a boy (Fabian) who tragically died in a car crash, who starts having some rather freakish psychic experiences. She seeks the help of a medium, but they refuse to continue, terrified of something - but unwilling to say of what. By this stage, the dead son is more and more present, pleading "Help me, Mother". Alex comes to the grasp that she has to dig up her son’s past and find out what it could be that he’s referring to.

When divorcee Alex Hightower's 20-year-old son Fabian is killed in an auto accident, strange things begin to happen, and Alex comes to believe the boy is trying to make contact with her. Thoroughly shaken, she does some investigating and learns that Fabian was not the charming adolescent she had believed him to be. In fact, he may have murdered an ex-girlfriend. A seance with a psychic only confirms Alex's fears that Fabian's angry spirit wants to return, with her help. Events build to an explosion of violence and death, but just when Alex feels free, there is a final horrifying development.

News : Alcune news:

	JOBLO: Basinger Possession? MovieHole seems to have been tipped off about the possible casting of Kim Basinger in the lead role of Darclight Film's POSSESSION. She joins the already rumored Hayden Christensen and Colin Firth for the film based on Peter James' novel of the same name. The plot follows the life of a women that must deal with the tragic loss of her son in an auto accident. The fact that he continues to visit her isn't helping. Due to her constant visions and psychic experiences, she decides to search her son's past so that she can answer his plea to help him. The movie will be directed by Stuart Baird, best known for helming EXECUTIVE DECISION, U.S. MARSHALS, and STAR TREK: NEMESIS. Basinger wouldn't be a newcomer to the horror/thriller genre having already starred in 2000's BLESS THE CHILD and the upcoming CELLULAR with Jessica Biel. She also has DOOR IN THE FLOOR with Jeff Bridges and ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING, about a slew of Elvis impersonator murders, due soon. Sounds like this could be the ticket for the former Bond girl/ Batman loving/ Oscar winning/ trailer park mom to get back in the spotlight.
	MOVIEHOLE: Kim Basinger encounters Possession - Comeback queen Kim Basinger is tipped for the lead role in “Possession”, a new supernatural thriller to be directed by Stuart Baird [“U.S Marshals”]. In the film, Basinger – next in the film “Cellular” – would play Alex, the attractive mother of a boy who tragically dies in a car crash. After his bereavement, she starts to have some rather freakish psychic experiences. Unable to call on anyone else, Alex seeks the help of a medium, but they refuse to continue, terrified of something - but unwilling to say of what. By this stage, the dead son is more and more present, pleading “Help me, Mother”. Alex comes to the grasp that she has to dig up her son’s past and find out what it could be that he’s referring to. The film is based on a book of the same name by author Peter James. It’s believed Hayden Christensen is in talks for the role of the dead son, Fabian Hightower, and Colin Firth has also been contacted about playing a role. “It’s an excellent script – I believe the actors that have been contacted about it are strongly considering it”, says scooper, Richard. “They hope to have it shooting Before Christmas”. The film is from Darclight Films, a genre extension of Arclight Films. The label’s other films in production include “Lord of War” starring Nicolas Cage and Ethan Hawke, and Richard Sheppard’s “The Matador”.
	THE Z REVIEW - Stuart Baird has been signed up by Arclight Films to direct Possession. The movie will be based on the novel by Peter James. James has also written the screenplay for the movie the will follow a young man who, after being killed in an auto crash, reappears to his mother to reveal a dark secret. The film is financed by Movision Entertainment and produced by Jason Piette and Michael Cowan's Spice Factory, Ministry of Vision and Transfilm as a U.K. and Canadian co-production.

Curiosità : Il film è basato sull'omonimo romanzo di Peter James, il quale ne ha anche curato la sceneggiatura.

Uscita : Le riprese del film inizieranno prima di Natale 2004.