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‘The Eyes of My Mother’ Director Wraps Production On Thriller ‘Piercing’
Mia Wasikowska will star in the upcoming film.
One of the horror movies that made most year-end best of lists for 2016 was director Nicolas Pesce’s The Eyes of My Mother, which was impressively Pesce’s feature debut. My personal thoughts on the film aside, there’s no denying that Pesce is a filmmaker looking to do some very interesting things; and if you dug The Eyes of My Mother, you’ll be happy to know he’s got another horror film soon headed our way.
Variety reports that Pesce has just wrapped production on Piercing, a psychological thriller that stars Mia Wasikowska, Christoper Abbott, Laia Costa, Maria Dizza, Wendell Pierce, and Martin Ireland. The film is based on Ryu Murakami’s (Audition) 1994 novel of the same name.
Abbott plays a man who kisses his wife and baby goodbye, seemingly headed away on business, with a plan to check into a hotel, call an escort service and kill an unsuspecting prostitute. His plan is thwarted by the alluring and mysterious call girl (Wasikowska) who arrives at his room, leading to a pulsating game of cat-and-mouse.
Memento Films International will launch sales at the Berlin Film Festival.
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.”
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