Sophia Lillis, who broke out as Beverly Marsh in the Stephen King adaptation It, will star in Gretel and Hansel, a reimagining of the brothers Grimm fairy tale from Orion Pictures, says THR.
Osgood Perkins, who wrote and directed the awesome The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Netflix’s I Am the Pretty Thing that Lives in the House, is getting behind the camera for what’s being called a “spooky thriller” co-written by Rob Hayes.
The story is described as being set a long time ago in a distant fairytale countryside, telling the tale of a young girl who leads her little brother into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.
Orion is prepping a shoot in Ireland in the fall.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Sinister, Upgrade) and Fred Berger (La La Land, Autopsy of Jane Doe), partners at Automatik Entertainment, will produce. Sandra Yee Ling will executive produce.
Dan Kagan will oversee the project on behalf of Orion Pictures.
