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Chris Edwards to Direct Thriller ‘Unsound’
We’ve got an update for PalmStar Entertainment’s long-gestured project that once had Brad Anderson (Transsiberian, The Machinist, Session 9, The Vanishing on 7th Street) attached to direct (we’re told he still may produce).
Chris Edwards is now attached to direct Unsound from a screenplay he co-wrote with Matthew Ross.
Jonathan Shukat and Kevin Frakes also produce.
The $10 million horror thriller features an “all in a never-before-seen original screenplay” and follows “A lonely, part-deaf, female deputy takes the first bold steps of her life by journeying through the underbelly of the Upper Midwest sex economy, on a personal quest to find a teenage sex-trafficking victim. Trusting a down-and-out ex pimp as her guide, she comes dangerously close to the edge, isolating everyone in her life, while uncovering a number of disquieting truths about herself, and the failed system she represents.”
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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