Dan Berk and Robert Olsen‘s darkly comedic thriller Villains was acquired by Gunpowder & Sky out of this past March’s SXSW Film Festival and will be released this coming summer.
The film, which Trace reviewed and called “cuckoo bananas“, features Bill Skarsgård (who starred as Pennywise in It) and Maika Monroe (It Follows, The Guest) who play amateur criminals who, after breaking into a suburban home, stumble upon a dark secret and two sadistic homeowners who will do anything to keep it from getting out.
Villains also stars Golden Globe and Emmy winner Kyra Sedgwick (The Possession, The Edge of Seventeen, “The Closer”) and Jeffrey Donovan (Shot Caller, LBJ), who are the presumed homeowners.
