Joe Bird (Talk to Me), Catherine Laga’aia (Moana), and newcomer Evelyn Sims will star in the “Gen Z satirical thriller” Crashout, Variety has learned.
The Australian production follows three high school graduates who become stranded on a remote stretch of highway after a fatal car accident. In a desperate bid to conceal their unintentional crime, they fabricate a found footage film.
19-year-old writer-director Nick Annas makes his feature debut on the project, which explores themes of self-preservation and narrative control through a contemporary youth perspective.
Helen Tuck & Enzo Tedeschi of Deadhouse Films produce. Executive producers are Deanne Weir of WeirAnderson Films and Bobby Romia & Tianna Roberts of the newly formed Atypical Originals.
Crashout is slated to begin production later this month. Blue Finch Films is handling worldwide sales rights, excluding Australia and New Zealand.
Bird can next be seen in the supernatural horror film Leviticus, in theaters June 19 via Neon.
