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‘Gran Torino’ Star Bee Vang Joins Nicholas Brendon in Holiday Horror-Comedy ‘Dark Christmas’
Actor Bee Vang, who played Thao alongside Clint Eastwood in 2008’s Gran Torino, has joined the cast of the upcoming horror-comedy Dark Christmas, Deadline reports today.
Vang will star alongside Nicholas Brendon (“Buffy”) and Corey Sevier (Immortals).
“Dark Christmas is a horror-comedy that follows Jack (Vang) and feisty stripper Ava, who are trapped inside a storage facility with a sorceress, a mage knight and a psychopath on Christmas Eve. They must save the world against a mythic demon that has been released from one of the storage units.”
Deadline notes, “Brendon plays Larry, a disgruntled co-worker of the storage facility while Sevier will step into the role of Bathazar, the handsome and powerful partner of the sorceress.”
Daric Loo wrote the script and will also be directing the film.
“I’m excited to be starring in the first Asian American horror comedy feature Dark Christmas and working with rising director Daric Loo,” Vang said in a statement. ”Jack Chang is the first Hmong leading role created in cinematic history, and I look forward to inhabit Jack who treads between horror and comedy.”
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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