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2001 年《魔鬼屍餐》先創美國九月份開畫票房新高
2003 年《魔鬼屍餐 2 》再破美國史上勞動節開畫票房新紀錄

今年暑假壓軸驚嚇片王，影壇教父哥普拉親自監修

每隔 23 個春天，蝠魔獸就展開長達 23 天的獵食季節

活動休止前夕，第 22 日。玉米田上，捲起一陣風腥血淚，農夫泰格與兩名兒子如常在辛勞工作，幼子在弄稻草人時發現有異樣，迅雷不及掩耳間，已遭其中一個稻草人擒獲，成為了蝠魔獸之美食，泰格與長子傑克目瞪口呆，無助的看著親人慘遭撕殺。

第 23 日，蝠魔獸捕食的最後一天。載著一群高中年藍球隊的旅遊巴士，在曠無人煙的「東九公路」疾駛而行，車上的年輕男女卻不知道已踏進了冷酷祭典的陷阱。巴士車輪突然爆破，他們被逼滯留在酷熱的公路上，車內無線電通話器不停傳來怪聲，眾人手機失靈。其中健碩的籃球隊員們還不知好歹，脫去上衣享受日光浴，將美味肉體展覽在蝠魔獸眼前，血盤大口蓄勢待發。

異獸於第一輪攻勢中，先把老師及司機吃掉，再以怪爪將巴士鐵皮頂抓出大缺口，步入車廂內挑選點菜，原來魔屍貪婪著人類恐懼發出的氣味，誰最驚惶失惜，誰就最美味。於巴士內，眾人成為餐盤上的美食，被蝠魔獸指定的隊員一個一個給擒起來個大快朵頤，每一次突襲，僅把目標帶走。巴士內的學生見狀，開始內訌，逐分成兩幫人，一批為求自保，既然沒被選中決定逃生，另一幫則捨生取義，生死共存。

大限己至，當這群羔羊要面臨被宰殺之際，農夫泰格背負著仇恨心理，與長子帶同由農舍內工具改裝而成的武器，堅決為二子報仇雪恨，在公路上與蝠魔獸展開血戰，但蝠魔獸竟俱有不死之身，可以任意將血淋淋人類肢體拔去再組合納為已用，彌補自身殘缺部份，這幕人魔大戰，誰勝誰負，都要以鮮血洗禮。

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發行：		Panorama Entertainment Company Limited & Golden Scene Company Limited
上映日期：		2003 年 9 月 18 日
網址：		http://www.goldenscene.com

United Artists Pictures presents

An American Zoetrope/Myriad Pictures production

JEEPERS CREEPERS 2

Starring
RAY WISE
JONATHAN BRECK
NICKI AYCOX

Written and Directed by VICTOR SALVA

Produced by TOM LUSE

Executive Producers FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, BOBBY ROCK, KIRK D'AMICO, LUCAS FOSTER

Co-Executive Producer PHILIP VON ALVENSLEBEN

Executive in Charge of Production DEBORAH REISSMAN

JEEPERS CREEPERS 2

Every 23rd spring for 23 days, it gets to eat…

It is now the 22nd day in The Creeper's bizarre and ritualistic feeding for body parts. The ancient flesh-eating creature has one last day to feast before it disappears again, lying in wait for its next feeding season.

Taggart and his sons are working in his cornfields when the winged beast snatches the younger son, carrying him off in its talons to an unthinkably terrifying fate. Shocked into a grizzly state, Taggart and his remaining son grimly begin assembling various pieces of farm equipment, loading up the truck in silence, preparing for an impossible showdown. They listen to the shortwave radio for anything to indicate the creature's whereabouts.

Its now the 23rd day - On a deserted highway in the area, a school bus carries a varsity basketball team and its cheerleaders and coaches back from a triumphant state championship game. When the bus breaks down on a lonely stretch of road, the thrill of victory is quickly replaced with a sense of foreboding. Reports of the unspeakable horrors found in the newly discovered lair of The Creeper are trickling in on the radio. There is no help in sight, their cell phones are out of range, and their calls for assistance on the two-way radio are met with silence.

As the sun sets, The Creeper descends on the bus, taking the bus driver and the coaches as its first victims. The terrified teenagers are now left to their own devices to try to outsmart a predator whose appetite is as insatiable as it is horrific. One by one, The Creature picks off the athletes, sniffing out his next victim. The teens are now presented with a vicious dilemma: Should they stay on the bus together or should they desert those marked for death and make a run for it?

Finally, a response on the radio. It's Taggart. Consumed with revenge, he has been tracking The Creeper on its rampage, and he is on his way. But will he be any match for the unearthly beast who took his youngest son?

The follow up to the 2001 breakout box office hit, JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 is written and directed by Victor Salva (Powder, Rites of Passage) and produced by Tom Luse (Emmy-nominated What The Deaf Man Heard, Wayward Son). The sequel re-teams director of photography Don E. FauntLeRoy, editor Ed Marx, composer Bennett Salvay and special effects make-up artist Brian Penikas, who created The Creeper for the original film. Production designer is Peter Jamison with Jana Stern providing the costume design. Casting was done by Aaron Griffith and Linda Phillips-Palo.

Jonathan Breck returns to his original role as The Creeper, alongside new cast members Ray Wise (best known for his role as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks, Rising Sun, Dead End), Diane Delano (Bunny in The Ellen Show, The River Wild), and an ensemble of talented, rising young stars, consisting of Eric Nenninger (Malcolm In The Middle TV series), Garikayi "G.K." Mutambirwa (Bones), Nicki Aycox (Slap Her, She's French), Billy Aaron Brown (Boston Public), and Al Santos (Grosse Pointe TV series). Supporting cast includes Drew Tyler Bell, Kasan Butcher, Lena Cardwell, Marieh Delfino, Luke Edwards, Shaun Fleming, Josh Hammond, Thom Gossom, Jr., Travis Schiffner, Tom Tarantini, and Justin Long, who starred in the original, reprises his role as Darry in a cameo performance.

Financed by Myriad Pictures and MGM, Francis Ford Coppola is executive producer alongside his fellow American Zoetrope associate Bobby Rock. Kirk D'Amico and Lucas Foster -- president and president of production of Myriad, respectively also serve as executive producers. Co-executive producer is Philip von Alvensleben. Deborah Reissman, Myriad's director of production is the executive in charge of production. Myriad holds the foreign rights to the film with MGM set to release the movie in US theaters in 2003.

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

Victor Salva

Once committed to the idea of making a sequel, something I had promised myself I would never do, I suddenly wanted to find a way to make the film feel like something new and different.

Using some of my favorite films and books (Melville's Moby Dick and Hitchcock's THE BIRDS and LIFEBOAT) -as my templates, I started writing what I thought would be an intimate "confined spaces" thriller with the Creeper as the invading force. But as the story grew I realized the possibilities of combining elements that could create something I hadn't seen in a long while but had always wanted to try. Somewhat of a large scale action horror film.

One that could be very frightening but still remain a very fun ride.

JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 became the opportunity for me to make what I had wanted the original film to be. It also brought to me the largest ensemble of actors I had ever worked with. There are close to twenty speaking parts on the school bus that is at the center of the film. One of the great joys of making this film was working with this very large group of very talented young actors.

There was a wonderful camaraderie, chemistry and energy between all of them on and off the set and it translated to something wonderful on screen. A few of them had told me that our summer making JEEPERS 2 felt like summer camp -and in many respects I think this was true.

With more stunts, special effects, actors and special make-up effects than I have ever had to deal with before, my sequel proved to be the most challenging and physically demanding shoot of my short career.

Without a great crew which we were lucky to have, we could not have avoided disasters on a daily basis -which we did. Striving to create a completely new movie that could stand on its own without its predecessor, and still continued the strange legend of the enigmatic character of The Creeper -I can easily say became the greatest filmmaking adventure I have yet to experience.

JEEPERS CREEPERS 2

Long Synopsis

After a long day of working on his farm, Taggart (RAY WISE) gruffly sends Billy (SHAUN FLEMING), the younger of his two teenaged sons, back out to the cornfield to finish putting up scarecrows on posts, while he and the older son, Jack Jr. (LUKE EDWARDS) repair equipment in the barnyard. Moments later, a commotion. Taggart and Jack Jr. race out to the field only to watch helplessly with disbelief and horror as an ungodly creature, The Creeper (JONATHAN BRECK), flies away with Billy's lifeless body in its clutches.

The next day is day 23, the last day of The Creeper's feeding season. The mysterious beast is hellbent to sate its hideous appetite for flesh on the eve of its return to dormancy. Taggart's remote farm lies in an area where reports of the previous night's atrocities are only starting to trickle in. Taggart and Jack Jr. listen to a shortwave radio for any information on the creature and its whereabouts. With a grim determination, they have transformed their truck with farm equipment into makeshift weapons for a deadly confrontation.

On a deserted highway in the area, a school bus carries the Bannon High School varsity basketball team and its cheerleaders and coaches back from a triumphant state championship game. Amidst the lively fight songs and cheers, on court rivalries flare up on the bus, as hot-headed Scott Braddock (ERIC NENNINGER) and fellow team member Jake Spencer (JOSH HAMMOND) try to start something up with team captain Deaundre "Double D" Davis (GARIKAYI "G.K." MUTAMBIRWA) and his best friend Kimball "Big K" Ward (KASAN BUTCHER).

The rest of the team members would rather bask in their glory and settle in for the long bus ride home than get drawn into a battle with Scott's ego. Izzy Bohen (TRAVIS SCHIFFNER), the sports writer for the school paper, Andy "Bucky" Buck (BILLY AARON BROWN), the student team manager, and Jonny Young (DREW TYLER BELL), the youngest member of the team swap notes on the game, while Dante Belasco (AL SANTOS), the ladykiller of the team, flirts with the cheerleaders -- Minxie Hayes (NICKI AYCOX), Chelsea Farmer (LENA CARDWELL) and Rhonda Truitt (MARIEH DELFINO), Scott's girlfriend.

When the bus gets a flat tire, Coach Charlie Hanna (THOM GOSSOM, JR.), Coach Dwayne Barnes (TOM TARANTINI) and bus driver Betty Borman (DIANE DELANO) discover a strange star of carved bone, amid a warped mass of metal ….with a human tooth in it…lodged in the blown out tire.

While the adults are busy inspecting the damage, a special news bulletin comes over the radio on the bus. The kids listen closely to the reports of unimaginable carnage in the newly discovered lair of The Creeper, which they realize is not far from where they are currently stranded.

Unable to fix the tire without assistance, Betty tries the two-way radio without any luck, and the cell phones on the bus are not getting a signal. While they wait for help, the teens make the most of their idle time -- the boys sun themselves in the day's final rays of light while the girls catch up on gossip. One of them, Minxie, dozes off and is visited by an unsettling vision of a young man with a rose tattoo on his stomach (JUSTIN LONG) trying to tell her something. He is trying to warn her.

As the sun disappears from the sky, the coaches and the bus driver decide to try to make it to the nearest town on their remaining tires. When another tire blows out, it becomes all too obvious that they are not alone on the remote stretch of highway.

The Creeper attacks swiftly, snatching the coaches and the bus driver. The terrified teens witness the gore as The Creeper flies off with the adults one by one, leaving them to anticipate what grisly events lie in store for them on what promises to be a long night's journey into hell.

They await The Creeper's next move, but quickly learn that the bus offers no protection. The Creeper shears the roof of the vehicle with its razor-sharp talons and begins grabbing them from above. In the process, it sniffs out whom among them it craves, terrorizing the teens further by giving them an awful decision to make: should they abandon those marked for death or should they stick together?

Adolescent tempers flare, and the group splinters. Some cling to what remains of the bus for shelter, desperately trying to radio for help. The others run off into the dark fields surrounding the desolate stretch of road.

Finally, a lone voice responds on the radio. It is Taggart. Obsessed with avenging his son's death, he is on his way to wage battle against the seemingly invincible beast.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

With the success of Jeepers Creepers, writer/director Victor Salva had the good fortune of working with essentially the same producing team for its sequel -- United Artists and American Zoetrope, with Francis Ford Coppola, an early champion of Salva's work, and American Zoetrope's Bobby Rock on as executive producers. Myriad Pictures was soon on board, as well, with Myriad's Kirk D'Amico and Lucas Foster on as executive producers and Philip von Alvensleben as co-executive producer. Tom Luse, the producer of the original film, was on hand to produce the sequel.

One of 2001's biggest sleepers, Jeepers Creepers followed a brother and sister and the unusual characters they encounter as The Creeper begins terrorizing them. The relationship between Darry and his sister is humorous and touching. The rich characterization and the emotional resonance of that relationship heighten the dramatic impact of the impending horror, as The Creeper closes in on them.

Says producer Luse, "Victor is a very good storyteller. He tells stories not only with words, but also with his images in a very classic style of filmmaking that has genuine appeal in a time when there's a lot of flash and less substance in horror movies and other genre films. Jeepers Creepers stressed the values of good acting and storytelling. Unlike a lot of films that are aimed at the same audience, Victor tells a story that has a horror element to it, more than telling a horror story."

In writing the screenplay for the follow up, Salva sought to expand on the groundwork laid by the original film. Specifically, he wanted to broaden the focus of the sequel by creating a larger cast of characters and exploring the relationships among them. Says Salva, "I really wanted to make a sequel that felt like a brand new film. I wanted to make this a very different experience in the world of sequels - specifically, horror sequels. I wanted to create a totally new film with the same creature, but with a totally new cast of characters. The creature even has a few new tricks up his sleeve."

In an early draft of JEEPERS CREEPERS 2, Salva created the schoolbus and its riders as a subplot, but as he developed the story, he found himself more and more intrigued by the dynamics at play on the schoolbus. In exploring that possibility, Salva drew inspiration from two of his favorite Hitchcock films, The Birds and Lifeboat. Salva began to shape an ensemble piece where each character's relationships with the others add to the tension and the suspense of fighting for survival while trapped in a particular location.

Says Salva, "I wanted to see if I could I make a film like Lifeboat which has twelve characters trapped in one location and captures all the drama that goes on among them. In that film, the threat is just survival, because they don't know if they're going to die or not. In this film, however, we have kids trapped on a school bus with something outside that wants to destroy them. I wanted to see if I could make a movie that could sustain suspense with just a scattering of characters trapped in a long, thin tube, basically, which is what the schoolbus is."

In writing the scenes for the ensemble of kids on the bus, Salva employed his natural flair for characterization, incorporating the bravado of high school athletes, the intensity of adolescent rivalries as well as the unpredictability of teenagers when faced with a crisis to set the stage for the night's events. Then Salva gave The Creeper an added dimension of evil by way of a simple, but incendiary gesture: the beast indicates to the frightened teenagers whom among them it prefers. The tension explodes and the teenagers turn on each other in their desperate attempts to escape from The Creeper.

Upon completion of the script, Salva storyboarded the film while assembling much of the same production team from the first film. Make-up and creature effects specialist Brian Penikas, cinematographer Don E. FauntLeRoy and editor Ed Marx were all on board to bring the sequel to the big screen. Bennett Salvay, the composer on the first film, also made himself available to work on the sequel. New to the production was Peter Jamison, a production designer with experience with a wide range of genres.

In the screenplay, Salva wrote more scenes involving The Creeper, involving more complex interactions between the voracious creature and its prey. He also envisioned an unprecedented athleticism for his action in the film. The filmmakers turned to stunt coordinator Monty L. Simons to bring The Creeper to life. Salva worked closely with Simons to heighten the threat of the beast through the stunt work by making the creature's physical presence as well as its movements imposing and realistic, in spite of its fantastic appearance and unearthly actions.

Says Simons, "One of the first things Victor said to me was that we wanted to do this in camera as much as we can. On other pictures, The Creeper would have totally been computer generated, but what Victor wanted The Creeper to be as real as possible. It was a challenge to pull all this stuff together to do on the set and not rely entirely on the CGI department."

Although the filmmakers wanted to create a realistic vision of The Creeper, they also wanted to take advantage of the latest technology to enhance its visual impact. While writing the script and storyboarding the film, the writer with a director's eye had a keen insight on the possibilities that digital effects would afford the production, visualizing more intricate movements for the camera, in capturing the beast in action. Says Salva, "The realm of digital effects has literally opened the door on people's imaginations. The new technology, I think, has made it just incredibly easy to tell a story. It's really wonderful what you can do now, breathtaking. It really lets you write whatever you want to write."

The filmmakers approached visual effects supervisor Jonathan Rothbart and were delighted when he was able to commit the resources of his company The Orphanage. Salva and Luse began working closely with Simons and Rothbart to determine which aspects of the creature would be done physically and which digitally. The team used Salva's storyboards and Rothbart's animatics to plan the shots involving The Creeper carefully to the finest detail.

Says Luse, "Victor makes a photo-realistic film. He's not interested in having a story of that is a comic book in any way. We're very excited about [working with] Jonathan Rothbart, on our digital effects. Victor has endeavored to make the digital effects organic to the show. In other words, he doesn't want to draw any attention to the fact that it's a digital effect. We want it to feel like that everything that's happening to the audience is real before their eyes, and that is the great art, I think, of quality digital effects."

The filmmakers began selecting the actors and actresses to bring the script to life. They were thrilled when actor Jonathan Breck, the actor who created The Creeper for the first film, was able to commit to the production.

Says Breck, "It frees you up a great deal to work with a director you've worked with before, and one that you trust, one that you have so much confidence in. If the story doesn't work, the best the movie can ever be is marginal. They can throw effects on there, they can shoot it nicely, they can throw great costumes on there, but if the backbone of the film -- the script -- is not good, you're never going to have a great movie. And that's the strength of the first Jeepers Creepers and even more the case with this one. Victor's such a talented writer. He doesn't just write a horror movie. He writes a smart horror movie."

Once Breck was able to commit to the film, stunt coordinator Simons began working with him and stunt double Darrin Prescott to insure a seamless transition between their individual performances. The trio worked closely to define the vocabulary of The Creeper's body language and movements. Simons explains, "I got Darrin together with Jonathan probably two months before filming. First, they just talked about the character over dinner one night. Jonathan spent time with Darrin, going over how The Creeper would stand and how he would fly and so on."

Simons also arranged for a two-day rehearsal with Prescott a couple of weeks prior to the start of production, with Salva, Luse and Breck all in attendance. Says Simons, "We ratcheted Darrin over and over and over, [exploring] different body positions and different ways of flying and different ways he held his body as he was flying through the air just to see what we liked, what we didn't like, what worked, what didn't work, etc. Not only did we find body positions we liked, but we also found out what worked [in terms of] wardrobe as he's flying through the air -- what kind of coats and what kind of fabrics flew behind him in a way that looked scary."

As the actor and stunt double collaborated, they began their transformation into character with the help of make-up effects specialist Brian Penikas. Penikas created the Creeper outfits for both the actor and the stunt double. He also put together a seven person crew to work on set to help manage the various make-up effects and to help outfit Breck and Prescott each time they performed, a laborious process which could take up to four and a half hours. Because very little time had elapsed since Breck had been fitted for the first film, Penikas was able to make use of four of the body suits made for Jeepers Creepers as well as the original production molds. In addition, Penikas made five new suits and over thirty prosthetic appliances for the sequel. He also designed and sculpted new feet for the creature.

Says Penikas, "In the first movie, The Creeper was always wearing motorcycle boots until the last scene, so you never saw the feet. In the new film, The Creeper spent a lot of time flying, and he uses his feet as talons -- he's flying around grabbing people with his feet as well as his hands -- so we designed a practical talon-type foot that he could use for that purpose."

While Breck prepared to reprise his role as The Creeper, the filmmakers continued to cast the supporting roles and were delighted to add Diane Delano, Thom Gossom Jr. and Tom Tarantini to the cast in supporting roles. They also had the extreme pleasure of casting Ray Wise as Taggart, The Creeper's rival in the film. Wise was drawn to the script and the opportunity to play such an active role in a thrilling project.

Comments Wise, "It was non-stop action, non-stop horror and my character would be participating in all of it, a hard-working, sincere man on a collision course with the Creeper who is determined almost to the point of obsession. A great portion of the story is very dramatic...very heartfelt. It's a modern horror story with real characters, good people that you can recognize and identify with, and so you share the story with them."

In contrast to casting the adult characters, however, finding the right actors and actresses to play the teenagers riding the ill-fated bus required far more deliberation. Casting those roles involved an exhaustive search for young, up-and-coming talent. The filmmakers worked closely with casting director Aaron Griffith, handpicking the actors and actresses who would represent Bannon High's State Championship team, its cheerleaders and student staff.

Says Griffith, "Having worked with Victor before, I knew that he would want a wide choice of actors for the roles (and there were many high school-aged roles to cast!). We saw close to 2000 actors; it was quite a large casting assignment. I worked extensively with all of the agents and managers in town to find our ensemble, and pulled from my voluminous files/databases of young actors. I am quite pleased with the ensemble that we ended up with."

Says Salva, "I don't like to see videotapes of people because at a first audition, it's not just how the actor reads. I like to meet him or her and interact with them and figure out what kind of a person this is...I assemble my film family, both cast and crew, very carefully, with an eye on personality, because we all have to become a family for [the next three or four months]. I was amazed at the quality of performers we got coming in to read for the film."

Luse adds, "We did not limit ourselves to the standard choices. We really worked hard to look at new faces; we really tried to create an opportunity to be exposed to new talent. We never stopped casting from when we started prep until we started shooting. A key reason we decided to shoot in L.A. was to take advantage of the tremendous amount of young talent that's drawn to this place. We think all of them are terrific."

Over the course of three months, the ensemble began to take shape. The young actors assembled to portray the basketball players included Eric Nenninger, Garikayi "G.K." Mutambirwa, Al Santos, Josh Hammond, Drew Tyler Bell and Kasan Butcher. Travis Schiffner and Billy Aaron Brown were cast as the non-players who also ride the bus. Of the young actors cast, several are making their feature debuts with JEEPERS CREEPERS 2.

Each of the actors prepared for the film in his own way. Knowing that the shoot would often require reacting to a mark with the predator added after the fact, some of the actors watched the original film again several times to hone in on the real menace of the creature as it appears on screen. Says Hammond, "I thought that the two lead actors of the first film did such a good job of showing the fear through their reactions by the intonations and stuff like that, their speech patterns - that's what scared me the most. Victor has a really cool, twisted mind in the ways that he tells stories. He's a cool artist."

Adds Schiffner, "I watched the first one a bunch of times just to get a feel for who The Creeper was and how scary he actually was. I think what's great about the first film, and what is going to be great about this one, is the element of fear is more important than the actual blood and guts. It's like the old school monster movies. Victor makes it more about fright and suspense, which really comes across in the first one. There's hardly any blood and guts, and it's really scary."

For his part, Mutambirwa, who was recently seen in Clockstoppers sporting short braids, opted to get his hair cut in a style more befitting a captain of a high school basketball team, a responsible young man who leads the Bantams to victory. Nenninger, who makes his feature debut as Scott Braddock, drew from his own experience as a basketball player in high school to prepare himself for the role of Scott Braddock, the alpha male of the team. Says Nenninger, "Unfortunately, a lot of [Scott] is how I was when I was a senior. Before you start making mistakes in your life, you think you're right about everything. He's very cocky, sarcastic and blunt…but he's not a malicious guy. It's just the way he reacts to the situations he finds himself in."

Marieh Delfino, Nicki Aycox and Lena Cardwell were cast as the Bannon High Bantam cheerleaders. Of the three young actresses cast, only Delfino had any real life experience as a cheerleader. Her experience as a member of her high school's team, however, was more a hilarious lesson in protest than overall peppiness.

Of her cheerleading days, Delfino chuckles, "It's really very funny, but when I was in high school, I went through a very feminist stage. I didn't wear any make-up, and I didn't brush my hair. My mother made me become a cheerleader. She told me you have a choice: either you're a cheerleader so you have something for your college transcripts at school or you're grounded for the summer. I was good at gymnastics, so my mom knew that I wouldn't not get picked because our school had a terrible cheerleading squad. When I made it, I hemmed my skirt up in the back so it was long in the front and all the way up to here in the back, and I did this [dance] move which is really unattractive and unsexy and uncheerleader-like, so they kicked me off for having a general bad attitude and lack of spirit."

In preparation for the shoot, the filmmakers enlisted the help of John Gray of Reelistic FX Inc. to manage the special effects for the production. Gray dissected and plotted out the special effect events in the film, assembling a four-man crew to take with him to the set to execute them. Whether choreographing the implosion of the bus as The Creeper slams into it, or rigging Taggart's truck to be dragged and then flipped over by the ungodly creature, Gray worked closely with the other departments to create effects that would catch the lens as well as they capture the thrill in the events being depicted.

In order to maximize the filming possibilities of the special effects, the art department, using forced perspective, recreated the lonely country road as a set as well as the meadow surrounding it, bringing literally tons of dirt and vegetation, even laying down asphalt in the middle of an airplane factory in Long Beach.

Principal photography for JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 began on June 4, 2002. The film was shot over the course of forty-seven days in and around Los Angeles, using such locations as Ventura Farms in Westlake, Tejon Ranch, as well as the hangar in Long Beach.

The lively cast performed very demanding action and made the most of what could be, at times, a physically taxing shoot. Says Wise, "It's fun. I did as many [stunts] as I could get away with -- jumping on trucks and running through cornfields and shooting off shotguns and that sort of thing and more. Of course, the really dangerous stunts are left to the professional stunt people but I enjoyed the physicality of the role, especially since I have stayed in fairly good shape for my age."

The young actors and actresses had their share of the action, as well, whether trying to outrun The Creeper or being hoisted on a low speed winch to simulate being yanked out of the roof of the bus. Says Hammond, "For a few days, we were running like wild banshees from The Creeper, for about twenty hours or so, combined over days. It's probably the roughest terrain I have ever laid foot on! It's very difficult, but it's fun…It's kind of like summer camp."

Of the cast members, however, the most physically challenging role was played, in tandem, by Breck and Prescott. Being outfitted with The Creeper's full body suits was almost as difficult as performing in them. Says Breck of the transformation, "It's a layering process. By the time they're done, I feel like somebody else --I am somebody else -- so it's a lot easier for me to get into that character, because when I look in the mirror, the only thing I see of myself is my eyes."

Marvels Penikas, "Darrin and Jonathan are two of the most patient people we've ever worked with. It would take anywhere from two-and-a-half to four-and-a-half hours to get them into complete outfits, and then they would work for another twelve hours after that. You've really got to hand it to them - they really put up with a lot."

The young members of the ensemble relished the opportunity to become a part of the Jeepers Creepers experience. Says Tyler Bell, "When I got the call for the audition, I thought it would be really cool to do. I loved the first film, loved its simplicity. With sequels, you don't want to disappoint the original film's fans. This one is really different as far as the script goes, but I think it holds its character throughout."

The cast also savored watching the reactions of the people they encountered on location, as well. Says Aycox, "It was very funny, but at the hotel where we were staying for the shoot, a little boy came up and told us he loved Jeepers Creepers. He said, 'Oh, The Creeper is so cool,' but then one of the guys turned around and said, 'Well, he's staying here, you know.' When the little kid found out The Creeper was staying in the same hotel with him, it wasn't so cool anymore… I don't think people necessarily love to be scared, but I think they like to be scared by something that's not real, you know."

The cast enjoyed an animated camaraderie on location. Santos comments, with a chuckle, "My fellow actors -- they're definitely entertaining. Basically, we just hung out and ripped on each other. We had a lot of practical jokesters, everybody was a lot of fun, and it's nice because there was a great diversity in the characters and on the shoot, which you would get if you were in a high school."

The relaxed atmosphere on location owed no small part to Salva's hands-on attitude toward building the ensemble around personality as well as talent. More importantly, his directorial style put the actors completely at ease. Says Brown, "Victor is a cool director. I think a director should really make the actors feel comfortable, and from the very beginning -- even the audition process -- I was completely relaxed. He's that nice. I'm not afraid to ask him questions, because he knows what he's doing, and he just makes us all feel really comfortable and makes us kind of feel like a family. I hope to work with him again."

Delfino agrees, "Victor is really, really great. He's so patient, and he really gets a good performance out of the actors. He really works on it and he really knows how to talk to actors. He speaks the language. Also, we have a great cast. They don't, I guess, talk the language. I don't know what it is, but he really knows how to communicate with an actor. He's a very good director."

Aycox adds, "I really love the way Victor works with his actors. He works with them individually. Not only did he knew how to work with me, but I also noticed how well he works with the other actors, based on how to get the best out of them. I think it takes a very intelligent director to take twelve young actors and be able to work with each on his or her own terms."

In the end, Salva's level of care and his ability to communicate his vision to fledgling and seasoned actors alike, paid off with performances as natural as they are compelling. Says Salva, "Amazingly enough, most of the first-timers in this movie are so good that it's hard to believe it's their first film. They have an energy and a force of will that sometimes you don't get in actors who [have more experience]. Finding new talent is so exciting. I always like to put in one or two folks that we haven't seen too much. It's exciting to bring someone new on board and kind of watch them become who they are."

ABOUT THE CAST

RAY WISE plays Taggart, the farmer whose need for revenge leads him on a collision course with the seemingly invincible Creeper.

Ray Wise is probably best known for his portrayal of Laura Palmer's murderous father in David Lynch's cult series Twin Peaks. However, Wise's impressive career dates back more than twenty years when he first became a hit sensation on the daytime drama Love of Life. His television credits include regular roles on Dallas, Knot's Landing, The Colbys and most recently the WB's flagship series, Savannah and the highly regarded Showtime series, Resurrection Blvd. Wise also starred as Mike Todd in the NBC mini-series presentation of Destiny: The Elizabeth Taylor Story, as well as many other mini-series and movies of the week.

Wise's feature debut was as the scientist who created the creature in Wes Craven's The Swamp Thing. Other feature credits include a comedic turn as spin doctor Chet MacGregor in Tim Robbins' hit, Bob Roberts, the dubious Senator (Morton) in Philip Kaufman's Rising Sun with Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes, and Natty's father in The Journey of Natty Gann with John Cusack, as well as Robocop and The Chase with Charlie Sheen. In 1983, Ray won the coveted OBIE Award for Outstanding Performance By An Actor for his role as "Hoss" in Sam Shepard's Tooth of Crime.

JONATHAN BRECK plays The Creeper, a mysterious flesh-eating creature whose hideous appetite is reawakened every twenty-three years.

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Jonathan Breck decided to pursue his dream of acting after a successful albeit brief career in medical sales. The Baylor University business graduate gave up his home and comfortable living and moved to Hollywood several years ago.

Having created the role in the original, Breck reprises his performance as The Creeper in JEEPERS CREEPERS 2. The dapper actor won the producers over in his first meeting with them by shaving his head to add intensity to his look. Breck was offered the part immediately. Breck also had a cameo in the film as a police officer, an experience he found particularly amusing.

Breck's other credits include the UPN movie-of-the-week I Married A Monster, his first professional credit. He has also guest-starred in Star Trek Voyager, V.I.P. and JAG. Several years ago he produced and starred in the Los Angeles production of Streamers at the Hudson Theater, which received critical acclaim. He maintains his love for the theater as a performer with the Circle West Theater Company.

The busy actor's upcoming projects include the films Good Advice with Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards and Beat Boys, Beat Girls. In the latter he portrays the second coming of Christ as a beat poet.

Breck enjoys a wide array of activities from scuba diving to sailing, sea kayaking, snow skiing and water skiing. He recently completed his first screenplay.

ERIC NENNIGER plays Scott Braddock, the hot-tempered basketball player whose rivalry with team captain Double D is a constant source of tension both on the court and off.

Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Eric Nenninger moved to Los Angeles in 1997 to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating, Nenninger worked with local theater companies such as A Noise Within and began his career in film and television with guest spots on E.R. and The X Files. After landing a recurring role on the Fox sitcom Malcolm in the Middle, Nenninger went to England to study classical theater at the British American Drama Academy.

Nenninger has done several commercial spots directed by Joe Pytka and worked with area theaters such as the Will Geer Theatre. He is now a series regular on Malcolm in the Middle.

JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 marks his debut in a feature film.

GARIKAYI "G.K." MUTAMBIRWA plays Deaundre "Double D." Davis, the good-natured captain of Bannon High's basketball team.

Although originally from New Jersey, the son of Zimbabwean and Jamaican parents grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where his family relocated when he was six years old. Upon reaching his teens, Mutambirwa returned to the States to pursue a career as an actor, studying at the Theatre of Arts and Film Conservatory at S.U.N.Y. Purchase College. During the course of his studies, he performed in regional theater productions of American Buffalo, Tartuffe, Waiting For Godot, Death of a Salesman.

Mutambirwa quickly made the transition from theater to television and has appeared in numerous commercials as well as such shows as Dawson's Creek, Bull, Raising Kate, Get Real, Angel and Another World.

Now the young actor is making the move to film, having appeared recently in Clockstoppers. Mutambirwa also appeared opposite Snoop Doggy Dogg in Bones. Other film credits include Focus and Mister Jealousy.

The young actor is fluent in English, French and Shona (Zimbabwe) and enjoys sports such as basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, skiing and swimming. He also enjoys a good game of chess from time to time.

NICKI AYCOX plays Minxie Hayes, the sweet-natured cheerleader whose troubled visions hint at the horror to come.

An avid performer, Nicki Aycox began acting in high school and continued throughout her college years at the University of Oklahoma. Upon relocating to the West Coast to pursue her career as an actor, Aycox performed in the Seattle Repertory's production of L'Azure de Femme, as well as The Dumb Waiter and Biloxi Blues at Cal State Long Beach.

Aycox quickly made the transition to television. A series regular on Providence, she has appeared on such popular television shows as C.S.I., Dark Angel, The X Files, Family Law, Ally McBeal, Boy Meets World and 3rd Rock From The Sun. Other television credits include The Opposite Sex, L.A. Heat, HBO's Double Tap, Cruel Justice, as well as NBC's Significant Others, a movie of the week.

Her film credits are rapidly growing as well. So far, Aycox has appeared in such films as Momentum, The Dogwalker and Defying Gravity. She performed in a modern adaptation of Macbeth set in the rave subculture Rave MacBeth, as well as a film loosely based on Dostoyevsky's classic, Crime and Punishment in Suburbia, which was nominated for a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance in 2000 and went on to be released by MGM/UA.

Aycox will soon be seen in the comedy Slap Her, She's French, directed by Melanie Mayron.

DREW TYLER BELL plays Jonny Young, the youngest first stringer for the Bannon High Bantams.

Actor Drew Tyler Bell first discovered his passion for acting while spending his formative years in Wooster, Ohio. He performed in a handful of high school dramas and musicals, as well as regional theater productions.

After graduating, Bell relocated to Los Angeles. His first film was Adam Rifkin's independent Without Charlie.

BILLY AARON BROWN plays Andy "Buck" Buck, the student team manager and Izzy Bohen's friend.

Originally from Iowa, Billy Aaron Brown has appeared in numerous television shows and theater productions. On television, Brown appeared in recurring roles on Boston Public as well as MTV's Undressed. He has also guest starred on First Monday and co-starred with John Ritter on 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter.

Brown played lead roles in two Olsen twin video projects, playing opposite Mary-Kate and Ashley Getting There and Holiday In The Sun. JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 is his debut in a film for theatrical release.

Brown has also performed extensively with the Cardinal Theatre, in their productions of such pieces as The Diviners, Endangered Species, Tartuffe, Frankenstein, My Fair Lady, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Boys Next Door and Anything Goes.

Brown enjoys most sports, swing dancing, rollerblading and ping pong. He also plays guitar and trumpet.

KASAN BUTCHER plays Kimball "Big K" Ward, a member of the basketball team and team captain Double D's best friend.

Kasan Butcher has worked mostly in television up to this point, with co-lead roles in The Disney Channel's television movie Up, Up and Away with Robert Townsend, as well as shows including Malcolm in the Middle, Boston Public, Law & Order, MTV's Undressed, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Any Day Now and Parent Hood.

However, he is beginning to work in film and has appeared in Tapped Out with Coolio, Drive In and Show and Prove.

The winner of Best Actor In A Short Film at the New Orleans Urban Film Festival, Butcher enjoys most sports, including football, basketball, baseball, volleyball and tennis, but he also enjoys painting and cooking in his free time.

LENA CARDWELL plays Chelsea Farmer, a lively young woman who is a cheerleader for the Bannon High Bantams.

Lena Cardwell began preparing for the entertainment field by singing on the streets of Detroit, Michigan and in New York at a very early age. Cardwell wanted to be a singer and a gymnast, but her affinity for acting soon became her main focus. At the tender age of eight, she landed theater roles in Joe Turner Come and Gone and Hello Dolly.

She has successfully made the transition into television work, appearing in such series as New York Undercover, The Steve Harvey Show, Passions and more recently, The Nightmare Room and Power Rangers Wild Force. On the big screen, she has performed in Nicholas Hytner's Object of My Affection, alongside Paul Rudd and Jennifer Anniston.

Cardwell has not left her passion for music behind. She continues her musical endeavors alongside her dramatic ones, and recently served as executive producer on her album Black Barbee which was released on MP3.com and Bump It Productions. Cardwell wrote many of the songs on the album.

Rapidly becoming known for her hard work and dedication, Cardwell is also making a name for herself as a public speaker. She enjoys making public appearances at schools and charities, encouraging other young individuals to believe in themselves and to pursue their dreams. She recently finished the Broadway Lion King Workshop.

MARIEH DELFINO plays Rhonda Truitt, the tough but sweet cheerleader who is Scott Braddock's girlfriend.

Born in Caracas, Venezuela, and raised in Miami, Florida, Delfino went to high school at the elite Miss Halls in Massachusetts. Upon graduating, Delfino moved to Los Angeles in 1998 where she studied psychology at UCLA.

After making her television debut as a series regular on the NBC Saturday morning series, All About Us, Delfino landed a recurring role on FOX-TV's Boston Public. She will soon be seen co-starring in ABC and Touchstone Television's upcoming two-hour pilot, Nancy Drew, a modern, edgy take on the teenage detective and her adventures. Delfino plays a feisty Latin debutante from Texas who joins Nancy and her friends in solving mysteries. The pilot will air as a telefilm and is expected to make ABC's fall series lineup.

The busy actress can also be seen in director Paul Schrader's upcoming Auto Focus, a dark biopic about actor and comedian Bob Crane (played by Greg Kinnear) of Hogan's Heroes fame, whose racy lifestyle led to his murder in 1978. Sony Pictures Classics will release Auto Focus, which also stars Willem Dafoe, in the third quarter 2002.

JOSH HAMMOND plays Jake Spencer, a team member and Braddock's best friend.

Josh Hammond was born in Boise, Idaho. Although he started his career as a model, he soon demonstrated a passion for acting.

Upon his arrival in Los Angeles, Hammond booked a gig on Mad TV on Fox. His other television credits include City Guy, Pacific Blue, Boston Public, Yes, Dear, the pilot Damaged Goods and a movie of the week The Last Dance. Hammond also has recurring roles on MTV's Undressed and the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless.

His film credits include Time Cop II, Black Cadillac, Scorcher, Dead Above Ground, Knight Club, The Brotherhood, Alien Arsenal, Microscopic Boy and The Woman Chaser.

AL SANTOS plays Dante Belasco, the handsome, flirtacious basketball team player.

Al Santos studied drama, diction and theater at Hunter College. He has studied with Penny Templeton, Marnie Cooper and Warren Eisenberg. Having appeared in several television commercials, he is quickly becoming a familiar face to American audiences as a series regular on WB's television series Grosse Point. He has also guest starred on CBS' That's Life.

JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 marks Santos' feature film debut.

TRAVIS SCHIFFNER plays Izzy Bohen, the student sports writer for the high school paper.

Travis Schiffner is a relative newcomer to acting. Having studied with Playhouse West, Bobbie Chance and Warner Laughlin, he enjoys performing in regional theater and has appeared on MTV's Spring Break and in Universal Soldier II, as well as the independent film A Prairie Tale, written and directed by Gedde Watanabe.

Shiffner has earned two 2nd degree black belts in karate and is also quite good at knife throwing and juggling. He enjoys boxing, kickboxing, water skiing and tennis.

DIANE DELANO plays Bus Driver Betty Borman, on the ill-fated trip back from the state championship game.

Diane Delano, a native Southern Californian, began her acting career writing, directing, producing and starring in her own productions while in elementary school.

Delano was a series regular on Popular, the Disney television series for the WB network, playing four different members of the Glass family during the 2000-2001 seasons, and most recently was a recurring guest star on The Ellen Show.

A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, she appeared in numerous theatrical productions including The Wizard Of Oz, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, Dames At Sea, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Three Penny Opera, Bye Bye Birdie, The Taming Of The Shrew and Twelfth Night.

Delano has many feature film credits, including Addams Family Reunion, The River Wild, Heart Like A Wheel and Miracle Mile. Television starring credits include Northern Exposure, L.A. Law, The Single Guy, thirtysomething, Matlock, Cop Rock, Major Dad, Doogie Howser, M.D., Who's The Boss?, Quantum Leap, Days Of Our Lives, Married With Children and St. Elsewhere, among many others.

Delano worked as a stuntwoman for six years playing the wild and crazy Ma Hopper in the Wild West Stunt Show at Universal Studios Tour in Hollywood where on a daily basis she got to beat up four guys and get paid for it.

JUSTIN LONG reprises his role as Darry from the original Jeepers Creepers, a young victim of The Creeper who appears in Minxie's dream.

After the breakout success of Jeepers Creepers, Justin Long went on to become a series regular on the breakout television hit Ed for NBC and is rapidly rising as one of Hollywood's most sought-after young talents.

Long is currently shooting his third season of the critically acclaimed series Ed, where he plays the lovable quirky character of "Warren Cheswick." A runaway hit for NBC, the episodic won the Peoples Choice Award for Best New Comedy series and was adored by critics and television viewers alike.

Long was recently seen starring with Britney Spears in the Paramount Pictures hit Crossroads, where he delivered the pop icons first onscreen kiss. He can also be seen this summer starring opposite James King, Brad Renfro and Dominique Swain in the upcoming Daniel Waters' satirical comedy Happy Campers. His other film credits include DreamWorks SKG's Galaxy Quest and the independent features Boygazm and Time Writer.

A veteran of the stage, Long has appeared in several New York Theatre productions including, The Hot L Baltimore directed by Joe Montello and starring Sam Rockwell, The Shadowbox, Final Exam, and Barefoot in Athens for the Maxwell Anderson Playwriting Series.

While attending Vassar College, Long was a two-year member of the highly acclaimed sketch comedy group "Laughingstock" and currently resides in New York City.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

WRITER/DIRECTOR - Victor Salva

Victor Salva was born in Martinez, California, twenty miles outside San Francisco. An avid filmmaker from the age of thirteen, he had written and directed over twenty short films and one feature length film (all on Super 8) before he graduated from high school in 1976.

Often holding down two jobs to finance his weekend filmmaking, in the late eighties Salva's 37-minute short Something in the Basement took first place in the fiction category at the Sony/AFI Home Video Competition. A horror allegory, it told the eerie story of a young boy awaiting his brother's return from a bloody war and the evil presence in the basement who claims the young soldier is already dead. This highly acclaimed short went on to win several national awards, including a Bronze Plaque at the Chicago International Film festival, and brought Salva to the attention of Francis Ford Coppola, who was one of the judges at the Sony/AFI Contest.

Coppola then produced Salva's first theatrical feature, Clownhouse, which Salva again wrote and directed. Using the talented cast of his award-winning short, Salva called the film "a campfire story." It was a low-budget thriller about the fear of clowns, one that relied on suspense and character and downplayed blood and gore.

His next film brought him to Los Angeles. Written and directed by Salva, The Nature of the Beast starred Lance Henriksen and Eric Roberts and quickly became New Line's biggest direct-to-video title of that year.

The following year Salva made his first studio picture: Powder. Salva's screenplay and film followed the story of an albino boy with strange powers that make him an outcast in a small Texas town. The film starred Sean Patrick Flanery, Jeff Goldblum, and Mary Steenburgen. Powder received much critical acclaim and made several top ten lists for the year.

The filmmaker describes Rites of Passage, released in 1999, as his most personal film, a unique, coming-of-age thriller starring Jason Behr (Roswell), Dean Stockwell and James Remar.

In 2001, Salva wrote and directed Jeepers Creepers which was one of the year's break out hits. JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 is Salva's sixth feature film, all of which he has written and directed. He enjoys working with Coppola and American Zoetrope, who first championed him.

PRODUCER - Tom Luse

Tom Luse started out popping popcorn and selling tickets in the late 1970's at a tiny art house movie theatre in Atlanta as a graduate student. His growing fascination with films inspired him to change graduate schools, in order to study motion picture production. In 1982 he wrote, produced and directed the first film accepted by Georgia State University as a Master's Thesis. The film, Who's Killing The Cities?, was shown on public television, and after the film was screened at the American Film Institute, Luse was given a directing internship, which he accepted under the tutelage of Martha Coolidge.

Returning to Atlanta, Luse produced commercials and location managed several features and worked as a technician. He began working in feature production management in 1988 on Glory, and has been a UPM on numerous films including Paris Trout (DGA Award), Fluke, To Dance With The White Dog, Remember The Titans and Drumline.

By the mid-nineties, Luse had begun producing films and television projects as well, including What The Deaf Man Heard (Emmy Nomination), Wayward Son, Durango, the pilots for Profiler and The Client, among many other projects. He most recently produced the independent feature, Lost Junction.

Although his career has taken him to New Zealand, Europe and to all ends of the North American continent, Luse continues to live in Atlanta, and is the father of four lovely children ages 5 to 14. He is currently developing a short story series, Stories From Here, modeled on his successful PBS film, The Cracker Man.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola is one of the most respected talents in the entertainment business. Best known as a five-time OscarR-winning director, writer and producer, he won his first OscarR in 1971 for the screenplay for Patton, which he co-wrote with Edmund H. North. His impressive body of work includes directorial credits for 20 films - including epic films such as The Godfather trilogy and Apocalypse Now - and most recently Bram Stoker's Dracula and John Grisham's The Rainmaker. Coppola, who won the Palmes d'Or at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival for The Conversation and Apocalypse Now, presided as president of the jury for the 1996 festival. Throughout his career, Coppola has always searched for better tools for filmmakers and is considered the pioneer of electronic cinema. Many of the techniques he developed have become the industry standard. His San Francisco-based film company, American Zoetrope, develops and produces film projects for both the large and small screen.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Bobby Rock

Prior to joining Amercian Zoetrope in 1999 as Vice President of Production and Acquisitions at Amercian Zoetrope, Bobby Rock worked at Trimark Pictures as Vice President of Acquisitions. At Trimark, Rock bought for theatrical, video as well as television. During his four-year term, Rock was responsible for the acquisition of such films as Eve's Bayou, Kama Sutra, Phoenix (HBO), Lolita (Showtime) and Skipped Parts.

Rock began his career in entertainment by working as a production coordinator on Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre for Showtime. He made the transition to acquisitions and worked his way up to Senior Vice President at Atlantic Releasing, where he served from 1985 to 1990. While at Atlantic, Rock bought Wish You Were Here and Stormy Monday.

After leaving Atlantic, Rock went on to become Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Production at Triton Pictures, where he was responsible for Hearts Of Darkness, Toto Le Heros and A Brief History Of Time.

Upon his departure from Triton, Rock served as the Los Angeles consultant for New York-based October Films before making the move to Trimark.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Kirk D'Amico

A seasoned film production and distribution executive, Kirk D'Amico is President of Los Angeles based Myriad Pictures. D'Amico recently served as Executive Producer on a diverse slate of feature films including: The Good Girl starring Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, and directed by Miguel Arteta; People I Know starring Al Pacino, Kim Basinger, and Tea Leoni, produced by Myriad Pictures and Southfork Pictures, a division of Robert Redford's Wildwood Entertainment; and Van Wilder: Party Liasion starring Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid, co-produced with Tapestry Films.

D'Amico is currently acting as Executive Producer on Imagining Argentina, written and directed by Christopher Hampton, with Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson starring. Imagining Argentina filmed in Spain and Argentina and is currently in post production. D'Amico is also a producer on My Dark Places, adapted by Jan Oxenberg from the autobiographical novel by James Ellroy, which will be directed by Robert Greenwald, and will star David Duchovny. My Dark Places goes into production later this year.

Prior to founding Myriad Pictures, D'Amico served as Executive Vice President at Village Roadshow Pictures where he was responsible for the worldwide sales and co-productions of all theatrical and television product. As Vice President of International at the Samuel Goldwyn Company from 1994 to 1996, D'Amico was responsible for international theatrical, video and television sales.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Lucas Foster

Lucas Foster currently serves as President of Production at Myriad Pictures where he has executive produced such films as National Lampoon's Van Wilder, starring Ryan Reynolds and Tara Reid, and Imagining Argentina, starring Emma Thompson and Antonio Banderas and directed by Christopher Hampton.

Foster began his film career working on films for boutique companies such as Concorde (Roger Corman) and Empire (Charlie Band). Foster moved into motion picture development and production by becoming Executive Assistant to Frank Yablans when he was Vice-Chairman of MGM/UA, working on such films as Lisa and Flatliners.

He went on to work for other producers, including Scott Rudin and Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. With Rudin, Foster worked on Executive Decision, Rules of Engagement. He also helped find, acquire and develop John Grisham's then unpublished manuscript, The Firm, which went on to become a bestseller and ultimately, a film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Tom Cruise. With Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, Foster was involved with the development of such projects as The Rock, Enemy of The State, The Ref, Dangerous Minds, Crimson Tide and Bad Boys.

Foster then joined Turner Pictures as Executive Vice-President of Production, where he helped acquire and develop Michael starring John Travolta, William Hurt and Andie MacDowell as well as Fallen, starring Denzel Washington.

In 1996, Foster started his own company, Warp Films, with an exclusive production deal at Columbia Pictures. Foster developed a wide variety of projects at Columbia with talents like Ron Bass, John McTiernan, Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Josephson, Martin Lawrence, and Brian Henson. Foster was heavily involved in the pre-production process of the Mandalay feature, Wild Things, before he was selected to serve as a consultant and producer on the Amblin/Tri-Star adventure The Mask of Zorro starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

In 1998, Foster entered into partnership with director Jan De Bont. Foster is currently in Post-Production on Equilibrium, which he produced for Dimension films, starring Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Sean Bean William Fichtner and Angus MacFadyen.

CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Philip von Alvensleben

One of Germany's most experienced distribution and production executives, von Alvensleben previously served as President of Tele Munchen Group and Co-President of Myriad Pictures. Von Alvensleben is currently heading up Alive Entertainment, which developed, financed and produced quality television series and feature films, with a first-look deal with Alliance Atlantis. Television projects with Alliance Atlantis included the ABC miniseries Me and My Shadows (starring Judy Davis) about the legendary Judy Garland and her daughter. The show was nominated for 13 Emmys and Judy Davis won for best actress. Other TV projects include Pensacola - Wings of Gold starring James Brolin and 18 Wheels of Justice. Feature films include Harlem Aria starring Gabriel Casseus, Damon Wayans, Christian Camargo and Paul Sorvino and 7-Teen Sips starring Leo Fitzpatrick and Heather Bergdahl.

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - Don E. FauntLeRoy

Don E. FauntLeRoy has served as director of photography on numerous feature films, including Lying in Wait, Seven Girlfriends, Rites of Passage (also for Victor Salva), The Only Thrill and Felony. He has also shot extensively for television, lending his eye to such projects as The Perfect Wife, The Soul Collector, Lily Dale, Prince for a Day, An Element of Truth.

FauntLeRoy began his career during the early 70s, as assistant camera on the many popular television shows during that era, such as The Bob Newhart Show, Rhoda, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Vega$ and The Dukes of Hazzard. He quickly moved on to camera assisting countless hits for the big screen, including The Turning Point, Convoy, Raging Bull, Stir Crazy, S.O.B., The Woman In Red, among countless others, before making the transition into cinematography.

PRODUCTION DESIGNER - Peter Jamison

Production designer Peter Jamison has worked extensively in film. Over the past two decades, he has worked with a diverse group of today's finest filmmakers, including Antoine Fuqua (on Bait), Penelope Spheeris (Black Sheep, The Beverly Hillbillies), Garry Marshall (Exit To Eden), Abel Ferrara (Body Snatchers), Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break), Barry Levinson (Tin Men), Jonathan Demme (Swing Shift), Michael Apted (Contintental Divide) and Robert Zemeckis (Used Cars). He art directed for Sam Fuller on The Big Red One. Other film credits include The Rage: Carrie 2, Empire Records, Robocop 2, Weekend At Bernie's, At Close Range and Halloween III: Season Of The Witch.

SPECIAL EFFECTS COORDINATOR - John Gray

John Gray supervised the mechanical aspects of the spectacular events in JEEPERS CREEPERS 2, including the implosion of the bus, the dragging of Taggart's truck and the thrilling crash of the getaway truck. Owner of Reelistic FX Inc., Gray has worked on numerous films and television shows. Most recently, Gray worked on Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, Tomcats and The Insider. Other film credits include Being John Malkovich, The Rock, Barb Wire, White Man's Burden, Crimson Tide, D2: The Mighty Ducks and Death Becomes Her. Gray's expertise was also called upon for high-speed miniatures shots in Armageddon and Con Air.

For television, Gray has worked on series such as Birds of Prey, Strong Medicine, Profiler, Kindred: The Embraced as well as television movies and mini-series including The Lake, Bella Mafia, The Return of Hunter, Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills, Man Against The Mob: The Chinatown Murders and Breaking Point, among others.

STUNT COORDINATOR - Monty L. Simons

Monty L. Simons has been a professional stuntman since 1981 and has over 350 credits as a 2nd unit director, stunt coordinator, performer and rigger. He has coordinated stunts for countless commercials, in addition to his work on films and television projects. His work will soon be seen in Revolution Studios' upcoming Hell Boy and New Line Cinema's Freddy vs. Jason.

Other film credits include Blade 2 (stunt rigging coordinator), Rush Hour 2, The Scorpion King, Swordfish, Monkey Bone, Jingle All The Way, Beverly Hills Ninja, Liar Liar, Independence Day, The Nutty Professor, Strange Days, The Last Action Hero, True Lies, No Way Out, Stand By Me, Tales From The Hood and Above the Rim, to name a few.

For television, he has worked on The Ellen Show, Get Real, E.R., Family Matters, The Young And The Restless, The Nanny, as well as multiple episodes of City of Angels, Lois and Clark, MacGyver and Brisco County Jr.

Simons has over two years of combined location work in America, but also has

extensive overseas location work, as well, including Europe, The Philippines, Canada, Mexico and Central America.

His specialties include -- but are not limited to -- stunt designing and rigging, horse work (he is a professional rodeo cowboy), extensive water work, boats, water skiing, snow skiing, motorcycles, cars, rock climbing and rappelling.

CREEPER STUNT DOUBLE - Darrin Prescott

After seeing the movie Hooper as a child, stuntman Darrin Prescott knew what he wanted to do when he grew up. Since then, Prescott has been honing his skills as a stuntman, an expert in rigging as well as the high falls, burns, motorcycles, fights, rappelling and driving that come with the field. In addition, Prescott is an all around waterman with expertise in surfing, advanced scuba and jet skiing. He has trained with Rick Scaman's Driving School and possesses a commercial driver's license as well. Prescott has studied kickboxing for ten years and is an experienced snowboarder and sandboarder.

Film credits include Jackass, Matrix 2 & 3, Panic Room, Swordfish, Bedazzled, Being John Malkovich, Monkey Bone, Wild Wild West, The Postman, Batman and Robin, Independence Day, The Game, Fight Club, Jingle All The Way, Barb Wire, G.I. Jane, Word Of Honor, Mars Attacks and Blade.

His television credits include such shows as The Agency, The Tick, Angel, V.I.P., The Nanny, Married With Children, From The Earth To The Moon, Team Knight Rider, Lois and Clark, World's Most Dangerous Magic, Deep Space 9 and Get Real.

VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR - JONATHAN ROTHBART

Visual effects supervisor Jonathan Rothbart managed the application of digital effects to enhance The Creeper's attributes and actions. President and co-founder of The Orphanage, Rothbart left Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) with fellow visual effects artists Stu Maschwitz and Scott Stewart to form the independent film and production company in 1999.

At ILM, the team was responsible for the wildly innovative Rebel Unit, where they created custom programs to accelerate the already rapid advancement of digital effects in film, working on such pivotal films as Sleepy Hollow, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Men In Black and Star Trek: First Contact. Rothbart and his partners continue to advance the creative application of technology with their pioneering spirit and their artistic vision at The Orphanage. Headquartered in San Francisco, The Orphanage has offices in Los Angeles, as well.

Recently, Rothbart served as visual effect supervisor on the upcoming Mike Nichols' film Angels In America, which stars Al Pacino, Emma Thompson and Meryl Streep. Other recent credits include Yimou Zhang's Ying Xiong (Hero), which features action stars Jet Li, Maggie Cheung, Tony Leung, Donnie Yen and Ziyi Zhang. Other credits include The Last Birthday Card, as well as The Upgrade, which he also executive produced.

Rothbart began his career as an animatic artist on Dragonheart and the special edition of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

CASTING DIRECTORS - Aaron Griffith and Linda Phillips-Palo

Aaron Griffith has cast roughly 50 independent feature films. Several of those films have competed in film festivals, including George B., starring David Morse and Nina Siemaszko which played in competition at the Sundance Film Festival; Rites of Passage, for writer/director Victor Salva, starring Dean Stockwell and Jason Behr which competed at the Palm Springs International Film Festival and Speedway Junky for executive producer Gus Van Sant, starring Jesse Bradford, Daryl Hannah and Jonathan Taylor Thomas, which competed in the Berlin Film Festival and the L.A. Independent Film Festival.

For television, Griffith cast the Ultraman pilot and 12 episodes of the show. He has also cast seven television movies, including two high-profile ratings winners: Her Married Lover, starring Stefanie Powers & Margot Kidder for Lifetime and The Mary Kay Letourneau Story: All-American Girl, starring Penelope Ann Miller for USA. Additionally, he cast his first studio feature Pavilion Of Women, starring Willem Dafoe for Universal Pictures, based on the Pearl S. Buck novel.

He recently completed casting Cover Story for Aladdin Entertainment, starring Elizabeth Berkley and Jason Priestley; Swindle for Faulkner Productions, starring Tom Sizemore and Sherilyn Fenn and Watchtower for Alliance Communications, starring Tom Berenger.

The first job Linda Phillips-Palo had in the film industry was working for Francis Ford Coppola in San Francisco at Zoetrope Studios. They were looking for a secretary with a master's degree. They found one.

When Zoetrope Studios moved its office to Los Angeles, Phillips-Palo joined the casting department and worked under the expert tutelage of Jennifer Shull and Fred Roos. She later worked with Jane Jenkins and Janet Hirshenson of the Casting Company, casting the feature film The Secret Garden. As an independent casting director, Phillips-Palo recently cast Shetan, The Young Black Stallion for Buena Vista Pictures and The Virgin Suicides which won an Artios for Phillips-Palo and her then-partner Robert McGee. With McGee, she cast The Idol, Connecting Dots, Ritual and the television movies of the week Sharing The Secret, Audrey Hepburn, Growing Up Brady and Our Guys. She has also cast The Rainmaker, Jack and Heaven's Prisoners.

Recently, Phillips-Palo directed and produced a show, a half-hour television pilot Justice For Y'all with her husband Paul Palo.

COMPOSER - Bennett Salvay

Bennett Salvay has served as composer on feature films including Love Stinks, Victor Salva's Rites Of Passage and The Nature of the Beast, as well as Sandtrap. He has also worked as an arranger and/or producer on records by artists as such as The Wallflowers, Brian Setzer, Motley Crüe, Everclear, Fastball and Rob Zombie.

Salvay has composed music and written songs for television, as well. His television credits include PBS' I'll Fly Away...Then and Now, the ABC movie Burning Bridges, NBC's Roe V. Wade and Winnie, and several series, including Providence, Early Edition, Family Matters, Full House and Sisters, among many others.

EDITOR - Ed Marx

Ed Marx edited television commercials for fifteen years in Chicago before relocating to southern California. Since then, he has edited numerous videos, trailers, as well as several feature films, including Temptation, Urbania, Sordid Lives, Kiss & Tell, Lewis & Clark & George and It's All True: An Unfinished Film by Orson Welles. He has also served as music editor on some of the films he's edited, including Seven Girlfriends and Swimming with Sharks.

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