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Massive Casting Update For Karyn Kusama’s ‘Destroyer’

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30WEST announced today that Beau Knapp (pictured above; Death Wish, Super 8, The Nice Guys, Southpaw), Jade Pettyjohn (“School of Rock”), Zach Villa (“Dan Is Dead,” Honeyglue), Toby Huss (“Halt and Catch Fire,” upcoming Labyrinth), and James Jordan (Wind River, The Endless) have joined the cast of Karyn Kusama’s Destroyer, Bloody Disgusting learned.

The film stars Academy Award and Emmy Award Winner Nicole Kidman, Emmy Award Winner Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan, two-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Nominee Bradley Whitford, Toby Kebbell, and Scoot McNairy.

Destroyer follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell who, as a young cop, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.”

The modern Los Angeles crime thriller will be directed by Kusama from an original screenplay by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi.

Principal photography begins today in Los Angeles.

30WEST is fully financing the film. Academy Award Nominee Fred Berger of Automatik is producing alongside Hay and Manfredi, who also wrote and produced Kusama’s critically acclaimed film The Invitation. ROCKET SCIENCE is handling international sales, which began at the American Film Market, where Bliss Media acquired the distribution rights to Destroyer in China. ICM Partners and CAA are representing the North American rights.

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‘Drop’ – Violett Beane Joins the Cast of Christopher Landon’s New Thriller

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Pictured: Violett Beane in 'Death and Other Details' (2024)

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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