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Adam Wingard Heads Into ‘The Woods’
Some exciting news via THR as Adam Wingard – director of A Horrible Way to Die, V/H/S, You’re Next and The Guest – has signed to helm The Woods for Lionsgate.
The project is written by his longtime collaborator Simon Barrett and while many of the details are being kept submerged, it does “involve a group of college students on a camping trip who discover they are not alone.”
Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Keith Calder and Jessica Wu are the producers.
The team is looking to move fast on this, planning a spring shoot and looking to cast mostly unknowns with the hope of giving the movie maximum scares.
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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