Through the banner Raimi Productions, Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi are set to produce an upcoming horror film titled Umma, which has Sandra Oh attached to star.
Deadline broke the news, reporting that Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films has acquired worldwide rights to the supernatural horror film from Raimi Productions and Starlight Media.
“Umma, which is the Korean word for “mother,” follows Amanda (Oh) and her daughter living a quiet life on an American farm, but when the remains of her estranged mother arrive from Korea, Amanda becomes haunted by the fear of turning into her own mother.”
Iris K. Shim wrote the script and will be directing the film. The cast also includes Fivel Stewart, Dermot Mulroney, Odeya Rush, MeeWha Alana Lee and Tom Yi.
André Øvredal (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) is on board to exec produce.
