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During the more productive years here in Champaign County<\/strong>, the arrival of summer means that teams of media-makers will be out in the field realizing their dreams. It may involve setting up a scene in a literal field such as, not surprisingly, one filled with miles\u2019 worth of corn stalks that might be hiding nefarious truths. This is the general scenario of the upcoming horror-thriller CORN<\/strong> from Dreamscape Cinema<\/span><\/strong> of Champaign<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, who recently announced a casting and crew call to staff the shoot that will take place between July 25<\/strong> and August 14<\/strong> in central Illinois<\/strong>. The studio is needing 18-years-and-older actors for all roles, the breakdowns for which can be found at this brand-new Facebook<\/strong> page<\/span><\/a>, while paid positions behind the scenes in the camera, lighting, wardrobe, art, and makeup effects departments are detailed in this notice at the Champaign Movie Makers<\/strong> group<\/a><\/span> on Facebook. Interest and headshots should be directed to robin [at] dreamscape [dot] la<\/strong> about CORN<\/strong>, said to be \u201ca scary take on isolation \u2026 similar to HOSTEL, HOUSE OF WAX<\/strong>, and CHILDREN OF THE CORN<\/strong>,\u201d as well as their next project, a \u201choliday movie\u201d set in Fargo, North Dakota<\/strong>, that will be cast in July and filmed at the end of 2019. Dreamscape head Robin Christian<\/strong> tells C-U Blogfidential<\/span><\/strong> that BELOW<\/strong>, the bull shark attack flick they made last summer, is approaching picture lock and will be pitched to distributors in the next few months.<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n Also spinning those storytelling gears is John Isberg<\/strong> of Swede Films<\/strong> in Urbana<\/strong><\/a><\/span> \u2013 look for his educational Web series MAGNETIC FIELDS<\/strong><\/a><\/span> to be unveiled on-line shortly \u2013 as he prepares for his debut in the full-length narrative format. A post to the Champaign Casting Call<\/strong> group<\/span><\/a> on Facebook describes his venture as \u201chorror [in the] haunted house genre in the vein of POLTERGEIST, THE INNKEEPERS<\/strong>, [and] THE AMITYVILLE HORROR<\/strong>\u201d that will be filmed from July 7<\/strong> to 15<\/strong> in our immediate area. Swede Films is looking primarily for preteen-to-teenage actors in the main roles and is aiming to cast all talent from central Illinois. Hopefuls should forward their headshots to john [at] swedefilms [dot] com<\/strong> as soon as possible so they may be in the running for auditions to be held soon at Shatterglass Studios<\/strong> in Champaign. A brief skim through the timelines of the groups linked above will reveal bonus opportunities from DeShawn Hill<\/strong> of HD Productions Media<\/strong> and numerous point people behind this year\u2019s armada of Pens to Lens<\/strong> films. Get involved in our film scene, friends!<\/p>\n ~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n p.s.<\/em> For those with deep-cut knowledge of the CUBlog<\/span><\/strong> milieu, we want to clarify that CORN<\/strong> is completely separate from an earlier attempt to harvest horror from our crops. Dreamscape Cinema lent production gear and good cheer in August 2004 to the makers of a proof-of-concept alternately titled STALKED<\/strong> and STALKED IN THE CORN<\/strong>. The brainchild of Ryan E. Heppe,<\/strong> a voice actor and former executive at the David Foster Company<\/strong> whose credits include COLLATERAL DAMAGE<\/strong> and THE CORE<\/strong>, the short was photographed on his parents\u2019 farmland in his hometown of Homer<\/strong> with the help of several moonlighting technicians from WILL-TV<\/strong> and myriad contributors from the Chicago<\/strong> area. STALKED<\/strong> never took root as a feature and evidence of this version is hard to come by<\/span><\/a>, but your humble editor did<\/em> escape the set with a handful of snaps that have never been seen before. The portrait below of Heppe\u2019s scarecrow fiend is one of them. You will also find mention of STALKED<\/strong> in C-U Confidential<\/span> #10<\/strong> if you look closely!<\/p>\n ~~~~~<\/p>\n Three upcoming film productions between Dreamscape Cinema of Champaign, IL, and Swede Films of Urbana, IL, are in need of acting talent to fill roles. 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