Oliver Park, the British director behind viral short Vicious (watch it below), will make his feature directorial debut on Abyzou, a horror story set in the Hasidic world that Millennium Media is taking to the Cannes virtual market, reports Screendaily.
Set in the Hasidic world, a family struggling with unresolved trauma finds themselves at the mercy of an ancient demon determined on destroying them from the inside. Tapping into Jewish mysticism, Abyzou aims to blend harrowing drama with an exciting twist on classic horror conventions.
Hank Hoffman wrote the screenplay from a story he co-wrote with Millennium co-president Jonathan Yunger.
Millennium plans to begin production on Abyzou in the final quarter of this year at the company’s Nu Boyana studios. The facility outside Sofia in Bulgaria reopened last month and Millennium has been working with authorities on a comprehensive set of hygiene and safety protocols, explains the site.
Jeffrey Greenstein, Les Weldon, Yunger and Yariv Lerner of Millennium Media are producing with Hoffman, and Millennium’s Sam Schulte is co-producer. Millennium’s Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and Tanner Mobley serve as executive producers.
Park directed the below 2015 short Vicious, about a young woman who returns home to find her front door unlocked.
