Filming starts on SKELETON KEY

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Friday, May 28, 2004
Source: Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures issued a press release stating that filming has begun on THE SKELETON KEY, the studio's new supernatural thriller starring Kate Hudson, Peter Sarsgaard, Gena Rowlands, John Hurt and Joy Bryant. Iain Softley (K-PAX) directs from a script by Ehren Kruger (THE RING).

Hudson plays Caroline, a live-in nurse caring for the elderly husband (Hurt) of a New Orleans couple. Intrigued by the husband and wife's old Gothic mansion in the Lousiana delta, Caroline explores the dark rooms using a skeleton key that can unlock every door in the house. When she discovers a hidden attic room, she accidentally unlocks a deadly secret.

Universal has also provided us with additional crew names for the project. Joining Softley are director of photography Dan Mindel (SPY GAME), editor Joe Hutshing (SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE), production designer John Beard (THUNDERBIRDS), costume designer Louise Frogley (MAN ON FIRE) and executive producer Clayton Townsend (BAD COMPANY).




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