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First Stills from Indie Creature Feature ‘Nail Biter’
Bloody Disgusting’s John Marrone caught up with director/producer Patrick Rea (THE EMPTY ACRE), who dropped a few new stills from his upcoming feature film Nail Biter, which has just about wrapped up photography. NAIL BITER, written by Rea and Kendal Sinn, is about a mother and her three daughters caught in a Kansas tornado – which instigates an encounter with some rather frightening creatures.“We have two more weeks of shooting that will happen in the late spring in Lawrence, KS. Right now what we shot over the 5 weeks in the summer is cut together and looking great. And our lead, Erin McGrane – who plays Janet (the mother of the three daughters in the film) is currently being featured in the George Clooney film UP IN THE AIR.”
He also announced a new feature film going into production. “We are planning our next feature, a scifi suspense film called THE MIRROR WATCHER, which we will start pre-production on in the fall. Aside from these, we’re also in post on our new short GET OFF MY PORCH (scored by Henry Manfredini) and in April we’re shooting a new short film titled RHINO, a drama/thriller about a drug dealer in a college town.”
Two-time BAFTA winning filmmaker Joe Wright (Hanna, “Black Mirror“) is set to direct the feature adaptation of post-apocalyptic thriller novel, Juice, Deadline reports today.
Emmy winner Abi Morgan (Shame, “Eric”) will adapt Tim Winton‘s novel for Working Title Films.
In Juice, “A young husband and father is recruited into a top-secret resistance organization, to join the ranks of militia men tasked with targeting the isolated and wealthy culprits responsible for this global catastrophe. When a mission goes wrong, he finds himself on the run, having to fight to the end to survive in this hostile world.”
It’s set in a world ravaged by climate-change disaster.
“I couldn’t be more thrilled that Tim Winton has entrusted us with his extraordinary epic,” Wright told Deadline. “The story is both a thrilling modern family saga and an urgent call to action. I cannot wait for audiences to experience it on the big screen.”
Winton added, “I’m pleased to know a filmmaker of Joe Wright’s calibre has chosen to adapt Juice for the screen. His capacity to portray the turmoil and the turning points of nations and peoples as well as private individuals distinguishes his work as a director and I’m confident that Juice is in good hands.”
Juice was initially published in October 2024 and longlisted for The Climate Fiction Prize 2026.
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