Yay, Polanski! What an exciting connection. Thanks, Will. Remember when Marty stood up to celebrate his Best Director Oscar for The Pianist... I'm really aching to see Polanski's The Ninth Gate, anyone here seen it? Arnzilla, thanks. Yes I could see where the BOTD reminiscence comes from :)

Oh, okay, thank you arnzilla!

This thriller is a "good challenge for me," the filmmaker qualified, "because I think of movies (Roman) Polanski." Repulsion's tagline:"The nightmare world of a virgin's dreams becomes the screen's shocking reality!" :P Are we too early for a Shutter Island tagline thread?

Gabriel I'm really aching to see Polanski's The Ninth Gate, anyone here seen it Yes I've seen it. Got the DVD. With Johnny Depp, one of his best performances maybe. Kind of a believable, unreal film that kept you guessing until the end. Some strange unforgettable characters in it. Can see SI in that genre

Hi, Shinney, thanks. With Polanski "on board", we got Hitchcock in the bag as well...

Watched Ninth Gate again last night and really enjoyed it again. If SI follows that and a Hitchcock formula it would really hit the mark. Is there any reason the location for filming is listed as Seoul, South Korea on the IMDb Board http://us.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/ ??

Hi everybody! This thriller is a "good challenge for me," the filmmaker qualified, "because I think of movies (Roman) Polanski." I thought (hoped) Martin was referring to the old Polanski movies.I'm probably the only one here,but I didn't like The Nineth Gate:the first part was really good but the second one was just awful (ending included). "Knife in the water","The Tenant" and "Rosemary's baby"are masterpieces.So disturbing and creepy.I love the atmosphere (?) Polanski was able to create. I can't wait to see what our Marty will do with Shutter Island (the book is really good). Ps:sorry for my bad english! :D

Ilaria Welcome to the board :) Like you I'm not a fan of "Ninth Gate"...but....I am a fan of " Knife in the Water" and "Rosemary's Baby" . Shynney As to IMDB /SI locales....wonder where they got that info from...is that something that posters can just send in and someone thought they were being funny ???

Gabriel : Hello amigo... Donde eras ? Nice to see you've bought your ticket again... :-) Thanks for Fuller's flick picture... asylums corridors have always been cinematographic (= good meat for artists). Ilaria : Welcome on board !

Hi Illaria and welcome back :D I like the old Polanski horror movies too and I haven't seen the Ninth Gate so I don't have an opinion on that. When his name came up in connection with this my first though was "Tess" Spoiler because she stabs her lover to death

Hi Lou and Leela! Thank you very much! :D Leela I haven't seen "Tess" yet,but i definitely will.

I just saw at an unrelated casting place, that they list the film as "Untitled Martin Scorsese", so maybe they are indeed deciding between "Shutter Island" and "Ashecliff".

Will, the Grant Wilfley link you provided on another thread now says the following... Grant Wilfley Casting is opening a satellite office in Boston for an upcoming feature film titled ASHECLIFFE (aka Shutter Island) directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. "You act like insanity is catching" Teddy in SIShynney, is that actually in the book? I can't find it, but I like it a lot.