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‘Ms. Marvel’ Actress Yasmeen Fletcher to Star in AI-Themed Sci-Fi Horror ‘Othermor’
Yasmeen Fletcher (“Ms. Marvel”) and Troy Baker (The Last of Us) will star in the AI-themed sci-fi horror film Othermor, Deadline reports.
Exploring themes of memory, identity, and artificial intelligence, the film is said to blend surreal and psychological horror with reflections on the human condition.
It revolves around a young woman suffering from amnesia, trapped in a mysterious Victorian-style chamber with an enigmatic AI caretaker. As she negotiates for the return of her memories, she encounters a haunting doppelganger who may hold the key to her escape.
Production is set to take place in Atlanta later this year with co-directors Justin Solaiman and Hudson King making their feature debut from a script by Solaiman.
“’Ms. Marvel’ was undoubtedly a dream, but I absolutely love indie cinema,” said Fletcher. “Othermor is a completely new kind of indie experience for me, and I’m elated to collaborate creatively with Hudson, Justin, and the entire team.”
“From the moment I read the script, I felt this story was special,” added Baker. “After meeting Justin and Hudson and hearing their vision firsthand, I knew they were committed to making something truly great. Mine is the sort of character an actor dreams of—the kind that makes you tremble with equal parts fear and excitement.”
The film marks the first development title of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment, which was launched last month by former Amazon MGM Studios exec Edoardo Bussi.
Solaiman and King will produce via their The Distorting Mirror alongside Madison Stenner and Carys Glynne. Baker, Bussi, and Tyler Condon executive produce.
“Othermor is a bold and visionary work of storytelling, exactly the kind of innovation the market needs to captivate and grow new audiences,” said Bussi. “As conversations around artificial intelligence continue to dominate the cultural landscape, Justin’s screenplay stands out for its emotional depth and narrative sophistication.”
Othermor will be introduced for global sales at the Cannes Film Festival’s Marché du Film.
Troy Baker in “The Last of Us”
It’s been eight years since Ari Aster came onto the scene and helped usher in a new wave of horror with Hereditary, one of the rare horror movies from the past ten years that still seems to come up in conversation every single week. And it’s back in the conversation this week, with Ari Aster revealing at an event that he’s already written a prequel to Hereditary!
Ari Aster was on hand at the American Cinematheque for Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair last week, a Los Angeles festival that screened all of Aster’s movies to date. The website Gold Derby reports that Aster revealed the Hereditary prequel script during a Q&A at the event, and you can watch the full Q&A conversation below for confirmation on the website’s report.
“I wrote a prequel to this,” Aster told the crowd, referring to Hereditary. “It never feels like the right time to do it. It’s a prequel, not a sequel so I don’t know where this goes.”
Would a potential Hereditary prequel dig deeper into the mythology of demon king Paimon? Unfortunately, Aster provides no further details on his prequel approach at this time.
Aster said of Hereditary during the same Q&A, “I was just trying to make a really good horror movie.” I think most horror fans would agree that he more than accomplished that goal, and the past eight years have proven that Hereditary is an enduring classic of its generation.
We celebrated the fifth anniversary of Hereditary here on BD back in 2023.
Ron Breton wrote, “Hereditary offers a similar emotional resonance to this new generation of horror – my generation of horror– as movie-goers in the seventies when they first saw Exorcist. Much like Aster’s film, we see the incomprehensible evil wear the face of a young girl; the victim of a raw deal she had no say in, as it tears a family to its core. Sure, both films offer so many terrifying visuals that can make the hair stand up on anyone’s neck – but it also depicts intense relationships and emotions that are tangible. Real. Familiar.”
“In that familiarity lies the uncanny, ready to rear its ugly head and force us to confront thoughts and horrors laying dormant and clawing at our psyche,” Breton continued his 5th anniversary celebration of Hereditary. “And it doesn’t matter if it’s been five or fifty years. These horrors are always there, as we become pawns in its horrible, hopeless machine.”
Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, and Milly Shapiro star in Hereditary. In the film, “A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.”
That’s putting it mildly, eh?!
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