Anya Taylor-Joy, who plays the title role in Fox’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Morgan and broke out with A24’s The Witch, has joined the cast of Marrowbone, a psychological thriller that marks the directing debut of writer Sergio G. Sanchez. It centers on four children who hide from the world after their mother’s death on a farm that holds a terrible secret.”
The pic is being executive produced by J.A. Bayona, who directed Sanchez’s script The Orphanage and The Impossible which Sanchez co-wrote, Deadline reports.
Marrowbone follows a 20-year-old who, with his three younger siblings, is plagued by a sinister presence in the manor where they live. To stay together, they have kept secret the death of their beloved mother.
Belen Atienza, working with Bayona on the upcoming A Monster Calls, is producing. Mia Goth, George Mackay and Charlie Heaton co-star. Lionsgate International was selling the new thriller as part of its Cannes slate earlier this spring.
