A new film adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic short story “Children of the Corn” is currently in production in Australia, the film shoot managing to keep working throughout the coronavirus epidemic.
THR reports that the film’s Lucas Foster (“Ford v Ferrari”) and director Kurt Wimmer (“Equilibrium,” “Ultraviolet”) have been continuing to work on the film on the outskirts of Sydney – even with lockdown measures imposed across Australia since March 23rd.
A combination of outdoor locations, local cast and crew, and status as an independent production have meant it was not subject to studio-based furloughs and shutdowns. The shoot also worked closely with state film board Screen NSW and regional health-and-safety body Safework NSW to design the production’s protocols.
The project “significantly reduced its cast and crew size and is implementing health and safety protocols in line with government restrictions for workplaces… and is keeping local police informed on their operation.”
The original 1977 story, collected in “Night Shift,” follows a bickering married couple on a road trip who pass through a small Nebraskan town – they soon discover all the adults there are dead, the children having sacrificed them to a God named ‘He Who Walks Behind The Rows’ that keeps the cornfields growing.
The property was previously adapted into a film in 1984 with the franchise launching nine often famously terrible follow-ups.
