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‘Quarantine,’ ‘Devil’ Directors Overthrow ‘The Coup’
We got exclusive word that John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle – the duo behind The Poughkeepsie Tapes, the REC redo, Quarantine, and M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil – are finally getting their overseas thriller The Coup off the ground (first mentioned back in July 2008). Bloody Disgusting learned that Lionsgate is producing the pic that will center on an American family that moves to Cambodia for work just as a rebel mob takes over and starts killing all Americans. The Dowdle brothers will both be directing the thriller from a screenplay penned by John. No word on when shooting gets underway, but word has it Lionsgate is working quickly.
A hospital stay grows more nerve-frazzling when memory loss distorts reality in our exclusive clip from This Tempting Madness, inspired by a true story.
The mind-bending psychological thriller will be released in select theaters and on demand on June 12 via Vertical.
Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Mia, who awakens from a coma, grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions and her perception of reality.
In This Tempting Madness, “Mia awakens from a coma grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions, and her perception of reality.”
Jennifer E. Montgomery makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with director of photography Andrew Davis, inspired by Montgomery’s first-hand experience with tragedy involving her best friend.
“Months before the incident, there were signals that her world was unraveling,” says Montgomery. “I could feel the pressure building, though I didn’t know what form it would take. I never could have known what violence would come, and I certainly never imagined making a film about it.”
Austin Stowell (“NCIS: Origins”), Suraj Sharma (Happy Death Day 2U), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence), Amol Shah (“For All Mankind”), and Zenobia Shroff (“Ms. Marvel”) round out the cast.
Smoke Jumper Films and Mango Monster Productions produce in association with Catchlight Studios (Heretic, The Blackening).
This Tempting Madness is rated R for “language, violence/bloody images, and brief sexuality.”