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AFM ’11: ‘Cold Sweat’ Director’s Kids Meet ‘The Devil’
MPI Media Group today announced that it will co-produce with Salto de Fe Films Here Comes the Devil, a thriller to be directed by Adrian Garcia Bogliano, creator of the international horror sensations Penumbra and Cold Sweat.
Casting in underway on the movie, which will center on a couple’s children who go missing in the caves of Tijuana. Shooting will take place on locations in the Mexican city and its environs, including ominous caves that figure prominently in the story.
“With ‘Here Comes the Devil’, he moves into a supernatural realm: A married couple loses their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.“
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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