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‘Maleficent’ Director’s ‘Carnival’ Has a Really Cool Premise
The film is being billed as a noir thriller, but we’re loving this slasher-esque setup.
Variety is reporting that Academy Award-winning production designer Robert Stromberg, who helmed 2014’s Maleficent, has been brought on board to direct Carnival for Anonymous Content, Voltage Pictures, Peck Entertainment, and Bread & Circuses Entertainment.
The film, penned by Matias Caruso (Mayhem), centers on a knife-throwing master in a traveling circus, who uses his deadly skills to avenge the brutal murder of his sister. In hunting down the assailant, he enlists the help of the uniquely talented circus performers.
How cool does that sound?!
Casting is underway, with principal photography set to start in late fall.
Carnival will be produced by Bard Dorros, Craig Flores, Mitchell Peck and Nicolas Chartier. Kristin Overn will executive produce the project.
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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