Bold Films and Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse, Sin City, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Faculty) are ramping up development of the Florida-set horror movie project Blood, Variety reports.
Bold Films is also financing. No directors or actors are yet attached, with no indication that Rodriguez will get behind the camera.
“The story centers on a recently engaged woman who becomes determined to find her birth family before she marries. But when she meets her unusual kin in the deep woods of Florida, she begins reliving horrifying suppressed memories that lead her to believe her newfound relatives may be hiding some dark secrets.”
The producers have brought on Jeff Buhler, whose credits include the recently wrapped Jacob’s Ladder remake, a rewrite of Paramount’s Pet Sematary and The Midnight Meat Train, to write the script. Misha Green (Sunflower) wrote the previous drafts.
Michel Litvak and Gary Michael Walters will produce for Bold Films. Lisa Zambri will executive produce.
Bold Films’ credits include Whiplash, Nightcrawler, Drive, The Neon Demon and the upcoming Boston Marathon bombing film Stronger, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.