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Lena Headey Goes Blind For Magnet’s ‘The Unseen’
300, Laid to Rest and “Game of Thrones” actress Lena Headey will play the lead in Gary Sinyor‘s new thriller The Unseen, from Ripple World Pictures and Magnet Films, reports Screen Daily.
Headey, who is also set to appear in upcoming action Dredd, plays a grieving mother who starts to suffer attacks of blindness.
Dominic Wright produces alongside Jacqueline Kerrin, with both attending the EFM to finalise funding. The script was developed at Magnet Films with executive producers David Frost and Michael Rosenberg and is set to shoot in late spring 2012 in the Balearics.
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‘Drop’ – Violett Beane Joins the Cast of Christopher Landon’s New Thriller
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”