Shock Til You Drop has learned that Metropolis Pictures Entertainment has their own Edgar Allan Poe project in the works.

This makes three films in the works, based on the legendary horror writer (some more loosely than others), along with Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming ‘Poe’ and Jaime McTeigue’s ‘The Raven’.

This film, from director Francis Xavier, titled simply ‘Poe’ begins production in early January in Los Angeles.

The story centers on a Dr. Andrew Casey (David Fine) , a formerly aquitted and rehabilitated criminal, who relocates to Los Angeles uner the alias Jack Conway aka “The Chef”.

Conway and his butler, Mr. Peeples (Tony Todd) establish a respected soup kitchen/charity, “The Help Feeding Foundation”, which lures the likes of actresses and models under false pretense. The women are in fact obtained to satisfy Casey’s culinary tastes. Conway handpicks respected writer, Jonathan Poe (Stello Savante), descendant of famed writer, Edgar Allan Poe, to immortalize him in the form of an autobiography.

Poe is intrigued by Conway and his lucrative offer, and agrees to the assignment. Once at the house, Poe is forced to witness a manner of horrors without the ability to either escape or help the women who have been captured. Resigned to his fate, Poe takes up the task at hand and begins recording the autobiography of Casey and his cannibalistic spree.