Pre-Production of the 40 millions euros-budgeted Christophe Gans ("Brotherhood of the Wolf") film based on the French cave man comic "Rahan" began last November and 'Antoine' drops in all sorts of details on the project:
Shooting begins Fall 2004 (probably October) in Canada and is aiming for the first 2006 quarter release. Mark Dacascos is Rahan. The screenplay is by Jean-François Henry and Christophe Gans and storyboards by Pascal Morelli and Thierry Ségur.
The story takes place 25,000 years ago. The first part of the movie deals with Rahan's childhood. Then he is rejected by his tribe. Then a quest for his identity begins. The film is close to the storyline of the comic book. Only one female character has been invented for the pic.
The script is a mix of adventure, mythology, emotion, and a love story. This will be a wild and "organic" movie, visually close to a documentary. The film will be shot in a documentary type style, where the hand held camera follows the actors, sneaks glimpses of their world. Yet it will be a Saturday night movie with amazing sequences. The two main references of the film are:
- "Ultimo mondo cannibale" directed by Ruggero Deodato (This movie has a gritty realism that makes it play almost like a documentary)
- "A Man Called Horse" directed by Elliot Silverstein (A man lives with Indians and begins to understand/accept their lifestyles. Eventually he is accepted as part of the tribe and becomes their leader).
In "Rahan", the characters use their own proto-language invented for the film. No dubbing, no subtitles. The movie will be VISUALLY told.
The main CGI SFX sequences are:
- A short sequence with dinosaurs
- An attack of tigers (Rahan's parents death)
- A mammoth hunt (when Rahan is 15 years old)
- A volcanic eruption Christophe Gans has already chosen to adapt the videogame "Silent Hill" into a live action feature for his next project after "Rahan". "Silent Hill" is still being written". Thanks again to 'Antoine'
