John Carpenter checks into THE WARD which carries a whole new Heard of woman!
John Carpenter revolved his legendary horror movie HALLOWEEN on the book shy, girl next door, rather nerdy Laure Strode (as played by Jamie Lee Curtis) and setup a genre stereotype of "final girl"which flooded three decades of the slasher genre. But now times have changed. The horror genre has moved on and has now become accustomed to accommodating extraordinarily hot women as their leads. Girls like Mary Elizabeth Winstead for FINAL DESTINATION 3 and Amber Heard in ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE. Sarah Michelle Gellar for THE GRUDGE. Naomi Watts for THE RING. And now Carpenter has realised it too. He has hired Mandy Lane herself, Amber Heard to lead his long awaited return to horror... 
She will star in THE WARD, an intense psychological thriller set in a mental institution where a young woman, Kristen (played by Heard) is haunted by a mysterious and deadly ghost. As danger creeps closer, she comes to realize that this ghost might be darker than she could have imagined. Carpenter will direct based on a script by rookie scribes Michael and Shawn Rasmussen at Echo Lake Entertainment and A Bigger Boat according to Bloody Disgusting...
The Ward is the kind of script that Ive been looking for: a complex, visceral story, full of suspense and scares, said Carpenter. I am especially pleased to be working with Amber because I know she will create a powerful central performance.Production will begin in May and now looks to have replaced his Nicolas Cage prison movie RIOT as his next picture. RIOT (previously titled SCARED STRAIGHT) has never really gotten going and unless it films in the next three months, THE WARD will be Carpenter's next and his first since 2001's GHOSTS OF MARS. The horror genre needs Carpenter back. From Ray's review of THE UNBORN, these kids today need some horror schooling!