Danny Huston is sharpening his teeth for 30 Days of Night, Columbia Pictures’ adaptation of the horror comic book. The story takes place in an Alaskan town where 30 days of continual winter darkness attracts a horde of hungry vampires. Josh Hartnett and Melissa George already are cast as a husband-and-wife sheriff team who try to save the town’s residents. Huston will play the leader of the vampires.
Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert are producing through their Ghost House banner. David Slade (Hard Candy) is directing from a script by Stuart Beattie and Brian Nelson. Shooting is scheduled to begin this month in New Zealand.