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Amusement Star Toplines FX Vet’s ‘Choose’
Writer-producers Brandon Camp and Mike Thompson are producing their screenplay Choose, along with Allen Bain and Jesse Scolaro’s shingle the 7th Floor. It will mark the feature directing debut of Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Robert Legato (James Cameron’s Avatar). Katheryn Winnick (Amusement) stars as a journalism grad student who attempts to track down a vengeful killer (Nicholas Tucci) with the help of her detective father (Kevin Pollak (Otis, Tortured)) and a shrink (Bruce Dern). Talia Balsam, Cady Huffman and Richard Short are among the cast now filming in New York.
Pictured: Katheryn Winnick
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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