Source: Variety

Chilean helmer Jorge Olguin is directing the Mayhem Project's horror pic CLOCK TOWER, based on the Japanese video game franchise, reports Variety.

Production is slated to begin this fall.

Penned by Jake Wade Wall ("When a Stranger Calls"), pic concerns a young woman who receives a disturbing phone call from her estranged mother warning her not to come home. When she investigates, she uncovers a terrible supernatural truth from her past.

Olguin made an impression on Mayhem when he presented the company with a set of animated storyboards for CLOCK TOWER, featuring Scissorhands -- the CLOCK TOWER villain -- as well as a trailer for the movie based on Wade Wall's script.

Launched in 1997 by Japanese vidgame studio Capcom, the CLOCK TOWER franchise has become one of the bestselling vidgames of all time. "Clock Tower 3" alone has sold over 2 million units. Capcom is also behind the vidgame franchises "Resident Evil," "Devil May Cry" and "Onimusha."