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Infected Woman Trapped in ‘Isolation’ Room
Are you ready for a new spin on the “zombie” genre? After 28 Days Later everyone has tried, most have failed, but can the director of “The Shield” and Boogeyman find a way to make it work? I’d bet against him after seeing Boogeyman but I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt (this once). Matty Beckerman’s finance and production shingle Natural Selection (The Experiment) has set helmer Stephen T. Kay to direct horror pic Isolation, reports Variety. The pic, which began lensing Jan. 25, stars Eva Amurri (Californication) and David Harbour (Revolutionary Road). Amurri plays a medical student who awakens in a hospital isolation room having been exposed to an unknown disease, desperately ill and with no recollection of how she got there. Chris Billett has penned the screenplay. Kay also directed Cell 213 and is on to direct the 3D thriller The Ushers.
Pictured: Eva Amurri
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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