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Posted: Wed., Aug. 17, 2005, 9:00pm PT

Harlin plans prep thriller

Helmer set for supernatural 'Covenant'

Screen Gems and Lakeshore have set Renny Harlin to direct supernatural thriller "The Covenant."

J.S. Cardone's script follows a mysterious stranger at an exclusive prep school.

Sebastian Stan, Steven Strait, Toby Hemingway and Chace Crawford star; production begins in Montreal Oct. 4.

Pic's produced by Lakeshore's Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi and marks the seventh collaboration between the producer-financier and Screen Gems. Other titles include the upcoming "The Cave" and "Underworld: Evolution."

Cardone's Sandstorm Films is exec producing. Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper supervises the project.


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