'Sea' wind makes pair feel Chile
Exec producer Varela will star opposite Cabrera
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Varela also will star opposite Chilean thesp Santiago Cabrera, whose credits include ABC mini-skein "Empire." Pic will be in English and Spanish.
Varela plays a Latina marine biologist in New England who travels to a mysterious island where legends of creatures and ghost ships abound.
Fantasy/horror feature is the third from Chilean helmer Jorge Olguin, whose last pic, "Sangre Eterna," became a cult hit and one of the highest grossing Latin American horror films.
Principal photography begins in September on the island of Chiloe off the coast of southern Chile.
At a budget of $2 million, "The Call of the Sea" will be one of the most expensive pics from Chile, where features are generally made for between $500,000 and $1 million.
Olguin plans to combine the elements of magic and fantasy with Chiloe as a key backdrop. Pic will make use of CGI, models and special effects makeup, quite unprecedented in Chilean cinema.
"At Chiloe, we'll be shooting on location at Chepu, a forest in the middle of the sea," said Olguin.
