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‘October’ – Sophie Wilde & Chase Sui Wonders Join Jeremy Saulnier’s A24 Halloween Movie
Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room, Rebel Ridge) is back in the A24 business with the upcoming October, and Deadline reports today that Chase Sui Wonders (I Know What You Did Last Summer) and Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) have signed on to star in the movie.
Cory Michael Smith, who played “SNL” alum Chevy Chase in Jason Reitman’s based-on-true-events movie Saturday Night, will also star in the Halloween-set “horror action thriller.”
Deadline details, “No word on the role Smith will be playing in October. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but sources described the project as a fugitive thriller set during Halloween. Saulnier will direct from his own script, with A24 producing and financing.”
Producers for the film include Rich Peete, Eli Bush, and Jeremy Saulnier & Skei Saulnier, with Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Traci Carlson and Elliott Coley and Macon Blair.
Macon Blair, who previously starred in Saulnier’s films Murder Party, Blue Ruin and Green Room, directed upcoming reboot The Toxic Avenger, only in theaters on August 29, 2025.
Pictured: Chase Sui Wonders in ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ (2025)
Sunrise Films has announced the official North American release of William Bagley‘s horror comedy Hold the Fort, and it’s accompanied by an energetic new trailer.
Hold the Fort debuts on digital platforms on June 23.
In the film, “Lucas and Jenny think their life is finally coming together when the couple become homeowners. Little do they know that their new house comes with a big catch. Lucas and Jenny soon find themselves in a fight for their lives when they become trapped in a battle between their Homeowners Association and an onslaught of monsters from hell. The horror-comedy takes the timely concern of home-ownership and wraps this up in an entertaining action-packed thrill ride.“
Watch the new trailer below, which introduces one wild HOA gathering during an equinox. Things get bloody fast.
Chris Mayers (Adult Swim Yule Log), Haley Leary (“The Walking Dead”), Levi Burdick, and Julian Smith star.
William Bagley writes and directs, in addition to producing with Smith, Matt Dodd, Luke Williams, and Tim Reis (Adult Swim Yule Log).
Ahead of the release, Bagley said, “My goal with this film was to make a hilarious, fast-paced thrill ride while also telling a great story with heart. Hopefully, through all the blood, laughs, fights, and gags, you leave the film feeling inspired to tackle whatever life throws at you.“
Hold the Fort premiered at Fantasia last summer before going on to play FrightFest London, Toronto After Dark, and Beyond Fest.
I wrote in my review, “It’s an infectiously charming assemblage of jokes and monster vignettes bound together by a barebones plot with not much on its mind beyond delivering an entertaining time.”
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