As evidenced by this year’s Get Out, Jason Blum has a knack for scooping up talented filmmakers and letting them do their thing. At a time when studios are ever-present in the creative process and movies are frequently made by committee, it sure is nice to see. There’s a reason the best and brightest come to Blum with their ideas, and Dee Rees is the latest to board that ship.
Tracking Board reports that the Emmy nominated Rees, who just made a splash with second feature Mudbound, will write and direct an untitled horror movie for Blumhouse. All we know at the moment is that it will center on the domestic lives of black lesbians in rural America. Presumably, the film will be akin to Get Out in that it will use the horror genre to start conversations about race relations in America that we ought to be having.
The low-budget horror movie will be set in one location with a tiny cast, and it’s inspired by Rees’ own experiences when she and her wife first moved into their new home in a small town.