Posted: Sun., Dec. 18, 2005, 9:00pm PT

Gold Circle puts scribe in loop on thrillers

Poppen picked for pic pair

A correction was made to this article on Jan. 4, 2006.

Gold Circle Films has tapped scribe Eric Poppen ("Borderland") for a pair of supernatural thrillers, "The Puritan" and "The Healer."

"The Puritan," which is going out to directors, centers on a psychiatrist and his family who are threatened by an evil spirit after the shrink begins treating a patient who claims her family has been haunted for many years.

Producers are Gold Circle topper Paul Brooks, Nicole Rocklin and Shane Taylor, with Wendy Rhoads co-producing. Scott Niemeyer and Norm Waitt exec produce.

"The Healer" revolves around an American doctor who journeys to Mexico find a mysterious healer able to cure terminally ill patients.

Brooks will produce with Rhoads, who has a first-look deal with Gold Circle. Niemeyer and Waitt exec producing.

Gold Circle's Brad Kessell will oversee both projects.


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