Arquette on helming trip

Thesp steps up to 'The Tripper'

By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK

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David Arquette will make his directorial debut with horror pic "The Tripper" for Coquette Prods., the shingle he runs with wife Courteney Cox. Arquette penned the screenplay with Joe Harris.

Cox and Arquette will make cameo appearances in the horror ensembler, which will star Jamie King ("Sin City"), Thomas Jane, Jason Mewes ("Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"), Lukas Haas, Paul Reubens and Balthazar Getty.

Film, which is set to begin shooting this month in Santa Cruz, revolves around a group of friends who escape to a modern-day Woodstock concert for a weekend of debauchery, only to be stalked by a fanatical killer determined to finish what he started years earlier.

Along with Cox and Arquette, Evan Astrowsky and Neil Machlis are producers. Raw Entertainment's Steve and Jane Niles exec produce.

Voltage Pictures has acquired international rights to the project, which it will present to buyers at the European Film Market during the Berlin fest.