Two Projects on Marcus Nispel’s Plate

Say what you will about his movies, Marcus Nispel (‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, ‘Pathfinder’, and the upcoming ‘Friday the 13th’) is one hard working filmmaker. Â  The German-born director recently sat down with Shock Till You Drop to discuss his next two project, both of which are original.

“There’s a movie that I’m interested in. A great movie about cloning, it’s called ‘Immaculate Conception’,”  Nispel told Ryan Rotten, the managing editor of the site. “A girl gets pregnant, doesn’t know why. You think it goes like ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ but it’s not a horror movie, though. You find out that she’s part of an experiment. A splinter group of the church found a rusty old nail in the hills of Golgotha and they’ve harvested the DNA they believe is from Jesus Christ. It’s like ‘Marathon Man’ or ‘Coma’.”

Also on Nispel’s plate is a film he’s been toying with for awhile now. Â  The film’s tentative title is ‘Pod’. Â  “It’s dealing with a huge fascination of mine – the seven sub-levels under Manhattan. When they dig deep they find something they shouldn’t have.”

Sounds like it has the potential of being a pretty decent monster movie. Â  Kind of like ‘The Descent’ under Manhattan.

You can next see Nispel’s directing prowess on display with the proverbial date movie just in time for Valentine’s Day, ‘Friday the 13th’.

Source: Shock Till You Drop