EXCLUSIVE: Emma Roberts (American Horror Story) is ready to star in horror A Physique In The Woods, from producer Dave Caplan, whose credit embody Longlegs and The Monkey.
The challenge marks the debut movie from new U.S. gross sales agency Manifest Photos, led by Yvette Zhuang and Zach Glueck, with pre-sales getting underway at this week’s European Movie Market in Berlin.
Scream 4 and American Horror Story actress Roberts will play Alice Lincoln, “a girl on the flip of the century residing deep within the Marshall Woods, a spot long-plagued by legends of a menacing witch. When Alice is left alone at her distant cabin to maintain vigil over the physique of an unidentified mine employee, unsettling disturbances in the dead of night lead Alice to worry the corpse is probably not absolutely at relaxation. The looks of a silent lady on the fringe of the forest highway traps Alice in a waking nightmare between the rising evil inside and the anonymous terror ready past her door.”
The “nightmarish folklore story” is written and to be directed by Stephen Cognetti, tcreator of the Hell Home franchise. Manufacturing is ready to start in September and Caplan of C2 Movement Image Group will finance.
As we revealed final month, Manifest is the brand new gross sales agency from former Miramax and WME Unbiased execs Zhuang and Glueck. The corporate is backed by QC Leisure and Gramercy Park Media.
Stated: Caplan: “Stephen has persistently confirmed he can create terrifying, elevated immersive horror experiences. With Emma within the lead, A Physique within the Woods is an simple package deal.”
“Emma brings an intelligence and emotional fearlessness that elevates the whole lot she touches,” added writer-director Stephen Cognetti. “She understands horror on a mobile stage—find out how to steadiness vulnerability, energy, and terror. My purpose with A Physique within the Woods is to ship an elevated horror movie that exams the bounds of worry—not only for our lead character, however for the viewers sitting in the dead of night along with her. I would like folks to depart the theater unsettled, questioning what they noticed, and feeling like they survived one thing.”
Manifest commented: “We’re honored to be working with a producer that has the pedigree of Dave Caplan and a director with a constant monitor file of terrifying audiences all over the world.”
Roberts’ credit additionally embody Holidate, Scream Queens, and field workplace hit We’re the Millers. She is a co-producer on Hulu collection Inform Me Lies.
Roberts is repped by Sweeney Leisure; Cognetti is repped by Nameless Content material.
