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Trapped in a Laundry Room with a Serial Killer
Barcelona’s Roxbury Pics, Colombia’s Dynamo Capital and Antena 3 Films will produce Callejon (Blind Alley), the feature film debut of Spanish screenwriter Antonio Trashorras. Spain-based Cuban actress Ana de Armas (The Boarding School, Sex, Party and Lies) will take the lead role, playing a young woman, Rosa, who — trapped in a laundry during a long and hellish night — attempts to escape from a serial murderer. Trashorras co-wrote the script of Guillermo del Toro’s chiller The Devil’s Backbone. He recently penned the Roxbury-produced Agnosia, Eugenio Mira’s period psychological thriller, which Filmax Intl. has sold worldwide save for the U.S., Japan and Brazil. Spanish-language Callejon, which rolls early 2011 in Spain and at Colombian studios, is “an action thriller that finishes up as a horror film, a lowish-budget film with a twist,” Faura told Variety. The project is in the vein of Gallic horror standouts High Tension or Them.
Brendan Fraser is back for the upcoming fourth installment in The Mummy franchise from directors Radio Silence, and Michael Johnston (Obsession) is now in talks to join him.
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know tonight that Michael Johnston is in “early talks” to join The Mummy 4, which will release in theaters on October 15, 2027 via Universal.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah will reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie.
Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream 5-6) are directing from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill).
Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time, but the brand new sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Rachel Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet teases. Bettinelli-Olpin adds that the film “has all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie that took an action-adventure approach, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $417 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.