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Paramount’s ‘Eli’ Goes 50 Shades of Horror
Max Martini (50 Shades of Grey, Pacific Rim) has joined the cast of Eli, the debut feature from Paramount Players, reports THR.
Ciaran Foy (Sinister 2, Citadel) will direct the psychological horror that is set in a secluded clinic where an 11-year-old with a rare disease, Eli, is being treated. Soon, the clinic becomes a haunted prison with no way out.
Martini will play the Eli’s father, who moves to the isolated treatment facility with his wife after dealing with his sons mysterious illness for two years.
Captain Fantastic actor Charlie Shotwell will lead the cast that also includes Stranger Things actress Sadie Sink and Kelly Reilly.
Filming is currently underway on Eli, which will hit theaters on Jan. 4, 2019.
David Chirchirillo penned the 2015 Black List script, which was revised by Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing. Trevor Macy is producing via his Intrepid Pictures banner, along with Bellevue Productions’ John Zaozirny. Matt Alvarez will executive produce, with Melinda Nishioka co-producing for Intrepid and David O’Leary co-producing for Bellevue.
Filming is underway on The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell’s Wolf Man for Universal and Blumhouse, which will be howling its way into theaters on January 17, 2025.
Deadline reports that Matilda Firth (Disenchanted) is the latest actor to sign on, joining Christopher Abbott (Poor Things), Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel), and Sam Jaeger.
The project will mark Whannell’s second monster movie and fourth directing collaboration with Blumhouse Productions (The Invisible Man, Upgrade, Insidious: Chapter 3).
Wolf Man stars Christopher Abbott as a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator.
Writers include Whannell & Corbett Tuck as well as Lauren Schuker Blum & Rebecca Angelo.
Jason Blum is producing the film. Ryan Gosling, Ken Kao, Bea Sequeira, Mel Turner and Whannell are executive producers. Wolf Man is a Blumhouse and Motel Movies production.
In the wake of the failed Dark Universe, Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man has been the only real success story for the Universal Monsters brand, which has been struggling with recent box office flops including the comedic Renfield and period horror movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter. Giving him the keys to the castle once more seems like a wise idea, to say the least.
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