One of Kevin Bacon‘s earliest roles is a seminal example of an actor who became a huge star after getting their start in a low-budget horror movie. Bacon’s character in Friday the 13th might not have lasted until the credits rolled, though even with minimal screen time, he impressed audiences with his on-screen charm.
Since that slasher’s release, Bacon is also one of the rare talents who stayed firmly entrenched in the horror genre. He subsequently starred in everything from Tremors to Flatliners to Stir of Echoes to Hollow Man, with his recent efforts including You Should Have Left, They/Them, and MaXXXine.
Bacon’s next movie is Summoner, with Deadline revealing that Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Stephanie Beatriz and The Gentlemen‘s Daniel Ings have joined the project. The roles they will be playing have not yet been revealed, though the outlet says the movie “follows Jefferson Haddock (Bacon), who is called into an isolated witness protection property to deal with a terrifying demon, unleashing a force that threatens to end him and everything around him.”
Jeremy Slater, who wrote Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, The Exorcist TV series, and most recently Mortal Kombat II, wrote Summoner and will be making his directorial debut. Throughout his career, Slater has slowly but surely become a go-to name in the world of genre fare, especially when it comes to putting his stamp on beloved franchises.
Arguably Slater’s biggest success is his adaptation of The Exorcist, especially given how hard it has been for creators to find ways to tell new stories in that beloved saga. The debut season of the series focused on a possession case, like in other The Exorcist stories, with the biggest delight being the reveal deep into the season that this wasn’t a random incident, as it was in fact a sequel to the original movie, with Geena Davis playing Regan MacNeil. Season 2 pivoted away from Regan to follow the priests who performed the exorcism on a new case.
Also on the small screen, Slater worked on Netflix‘s The Umbrella Academy and also the Disney+ series Moon Knight, in which Oscar Isaac played the titular hero. Additionally, he worked on this year’s Coyote vs. Acme, which was released to massive praise after Warner Bros. attempted to bury the project entirely.
For as exciting as it is to know that Kevin Bacon has a new horror movie, we’re even more excited to see what Slater has in store for audiences.
Summoner doesn’t yet have a release date.
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