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WWE Superstar Liv Morgan Joins the Cast of Dark Comedy Thriller ‘The Kill Room’
Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson are leading the cast of dark comedy thriller The Kill Room, and Deadline reports this week that WWE superstar Liv Morgan has signed on.
Liv Morgan, a horror fan who dressed up like Chucky on WWE programming last year, will be making her feature film debut in The Kill Room. No word yet on Morgan’s role in the film.
Maya Hawke (“Stranger Things”) recently joined the cast as well.
Nicol Paone is directing The Kill Room, written by Jonathan Jacobson.
In The Kill Room…
“A hitman (Joe Manganiello), his boss (Jackson), and an art dealer (Thurman) whose money laundering scheme accidentally turns the hitman into an overnight avant-garde sensation force Thurman’s character to play the art world against the underworld.”
Producers include Jordan Yale Levine, Jordan Beckerman, and Jon Keeyes for Yale Productions, alongside Anne Clements of Idiot Savant Pictures, Paone, Thurman, Dannielle Thomas and Jason Weinberg from Untitled Entertainment, and William Rosenfeld of Such Content.
Executive producers include Robert Kapp, Scott Levenson, Jason Kringstein, Richard Switzer, Ian Niles, Philip W. Shaltz, Bradley Pilz, Michael Rothstein, Jesse Korman, and Jeffrey Tusi.
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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