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Synopsis and Poster Art Confirm Blumhouse’s ‘Fantasy Island’ is a Murder Mystery
We’ve been reporting for the better part of the year that Blumhouse and Sony Pictures’ reimagining of Fantasy Island is bringing the classic TV series back to life as a “horror-tinged” feature film, set for release early next year. The teaser trailer is now playing in theaters, and should be online Monday. In the meantime, you can check out the first poster below.
Bloody has also obtained the official synopsis that confirms the film is horror-themed and includes a murder mystery.
In Fantasy Island…
“The Enigmatic Mr. Roarke (played by Michael Peña) makes the secret dreams of his lucky guests come true at a luxurious but remote tropical resort. But when the fantasies turn into nightmares, the guests have to solve the island’s mystery in order to escape with their lives.”
This film sounds like the perfect Valentine’s Day date when it opens on February 14, 2020.
Lucy Hale (Truth or Dare) also stars with Michael Rooker, Charlotte McKinney, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Austin Stowell.
Truth or Dare’s Jeff Wadlow is directing from a script written by Wadlow and his Truth or Dare co-scribes Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs.
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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