John Carpenter heads back to the big screen finally with his latest project titled "The Ward". The Ward, written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen, is an intense psychological thriller set in a mental institution (Myers fans you read that right) where a young woman, Kristen (played by Amber Heard), is haunted by a mysterious and deadly ghost. As danger creeps closer, she comes to realize that this ghost might be darker than she could have imagined....

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Production on this project started last May and news and new images are starting to trickle out as we get closer and closer to the finished product. If you head over to John Carpenter's official website (CLICK HERE) you'll find the first of possibly many production diaries. We don't have the official trailer for this yet but stay tuned as production wraps up.

Below is an exert from the press release...

"The Ward is the kind of script that I’ve been looking for: a complex, visceral story, full of suspense and scares,” said Carpenter. “I am especially pleased to be working with Amber Heard because I know she will create a powerful central performance.”

The Ward is being produced by Doug Mankoff, Mike Marcus and Andy Spaulding of Echo Lake Entertainment, which recently wrapped production on The Joneses, co-starring Heard. Financing and producing alongside Echo Lake will be Peter Block and his recently launched company A Bigger Boat. “Working with John Carpenter on The Ward is a dream come true; fans everywhere, me included, have been waiting for just this kind of thriller from him. It’s great to be able to tackle it with the Echo Lake gang whose work I’ve also admired for years,” said Block.