The next project under the partnership between Longevity Pictures, indie genre label Spooky Pictures, and global studio Image Nation Studios, after Home Safety Hotline, is psychological horror-thriller Future Me, written and directed by filmmaking duo Joseph and Vanessa Winter (Deadstream, V/H/S/99).
Future Me is based on the viral Reddit short story by Daria Vasileva, originally published in the “NoSleep” subreddit, the online community dedicated to user-generated horror fiction. The story follows “a man who receives a deeply unsettling email from his past self via the ‘FutureMe’ website, a message that draws him down a terrifying and increasingly surreal rabbit hole.”
The film will be written and directed by husband and wife filmmaking duo Joseph and Vanessa Winter, whose critically acclaimed debut feature Deadstream premiered at SXSW before being acquired by Shudder. Their follow-up was the fan-favorite segment “To Hell and Back” in found footage horror anthology film V/H/S/99.
Their latest project is Amityville, a radical new imagining of the Amityville Horror franchise with Adam Hendricks & Greg Gilreath of Divide/Conquer and Raphael Margules & J.D. Lifshitz.
Future Me will be produced by Majd Nassif (MERCY, Locked) for Longevity Pictures, alongside Steven Schneider (The Long Walk, Strange Darling, Late Night with the Devil) and Roy Lee (Weapons, Barbarian, It) for Spooky Pictures. Image Nation Studios’ Ben Ross (Watcher, Late Night with the Devil) and Longevity Pictures’ Aysel Lyatifova (MERCY, Six Till Midnight) will executive produce.
Majd Nassif, President of Longevity Pictures, said “Spooky Pictures and Image Nation Studios have built an incredible track record for championing high-concept, creator-driven horror storytelling, so expanding our partnership felt like a natural next step, particularly at a time when there is a proven market appetite and openness for fresh concepts and emerging creative voices. After the success of Backrooms, the potential of internet lore as fertile ground for adaptation has become undeniable – so we’re excited to be bringing Future Me to life with a team which shares our passion for original and punchy genre projects. It’s a story that has already captured the imagination of audiences online, and Joseph and Vanessa are the ideal pair to take it to the big screen.”
“Longevity Pictures brings exactly the kind of creative flair and commercial instinct that we champion so we’re thrilled to be building a slate together that combines killer storytelling with strong commercial appeal. Horror filmmaking is firing on all cylinders right now, with both audiences and critics embracing fresh concepts and emerging creative voices, making this the ideal time to bring more genre films to audiences worldwide. Future Me is exactly the kind of project we’re looking to get behind – a chilling premise with a passionate existing fanbase, and with Joseph and Vanessa Winter on board, it has all the makings of a standout horror film,” added Spooky Pictures’ Steven Schneider and Image Nation Studios’ Ben Ross.
Stay tuned for more on Future Me and the upcoming slate in the partnership between Longevity, Spooky Pictures, and Image Nation as it arrives.
