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Sam Neill to go with director Jonathon King 'Under the Mountain'

by Andrew Mack, September 10, 2008 7:33 AM

Some good news regarding the next project from Kiwi director Jonathon King who brought us last year's Midnight Madness treat the were-sheep film, Black Sheep. There has been a cast announcement and our friends over at BloodyDisgusting broke the news today.

Sam Neill (Jurassic Park, In the Mouth of Madness, The Omen III, Event Horizon), Sophie McBride, Tom Cameron, Leon Wadham and Oliver Driver (Black Sheep) have both be signed to topline in Jonathan King's Under the Mountain, which is currently in production. When teenage twins investigate the creepy old house next door, they discover shape-shifting creatures that lurk beneath a ring of extinct volcanoes in a subterranean world.

Under the Mountain will be an adaptation of teen fantasy by the same name by author Maurice Gee.