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Ti West Tells Tale of Haunted Hotel in ‘The Innkeepers’
Horror helmer Ti West (The Roost) is prepping The Innkeepers, about the last two staffers of a haunted hotel that’s going out of business. West said he intends for Innkeepers to be “a truly terrifying” follow-up to his 2009 pic The House of the Devil. Lensing is set to commence in Connecticut this spring. MPI Media Group’s Dark Sky Films will finance and produce along with Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix. Derek Curl, Fessenden and Peter Phok produce. West directed Lionsgate’s Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, which bows on DVD next montn. He had been attached to Gold Circle’s The Haunting in Georgia (but isn’t anymore).
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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