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Wheelchair of Death in ‘FDR: American Badass’!
Bloody Disgusting learned that actor Garrett Brawith will be making his directorial debut with FDR: American Badass, which follows Franklin D. Roosevelt as a badass werewolf hunter tracking down the like of Adolf Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito in his customized wheelchair of death. This isn’t the FDR you know, this guy’s got lip, and will punch you in yours. Penned by lowbrow comedy writer Ross Patterson, shooting is scheduled to begin this December in Los Angeles. This feels like an attempt to cash in on the recent popularity of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Color me skeptical.
Shudder has acquired Nightborn, the new dark fable from Hatching filmmaker Hanna Bergholm, THR reports this morning.
Nightborn will make its premiere at Fantasia on July 22 before debuting on Shudder on July 31.
In Nightborn, “With dreams of starting a perfect family, Saga and her British husband Jon move to the isolated house where she spent much of her childhood, deep in the Finnish forest. But as soon as their baby is born, despite the reassurance of all around her, Saga knows there’s something terribly wrong with her son. As their marriage starts to crack, Jon struggles to support his wife, but only Saga suspects the terrible truth about her newborn.”
Seidi Haarla (Compartment No. 6) and Rupert Grint (Knock at the Cabin, “Servant”) star in the film described as ” a visceral, gripping and terrifying dark fable about motherhood and unconditional maternal love.”
The cast also includes Pamela Tola, Pirkko Saisio, Rebecca Lacey and John Thomson.
“Hanna Bergholm’s audacious sophomore follow up to Hatching delivers tension and shocking moments surrounding parenthood and self discovery — with a touch of humor,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and production at Shudder. “We are thrilled to share Nightborn with audiences.”
Bergholm previously explored the darker aspects of motherhood with her horror fairy tale debut, Hatching, a coming-of-age creature feature about a girl who hatches a mysterious egg found in the woods.