EXCLUSIVE: Lucy Hale (Truth Or Dare), Jack Whitehall (Jungle Cruise) and Oscar winner Anjelica Huston (The Addams Family) have been set to star in the upcoming horror film Legacy, which is currently in production in the UK.
Genre veteran David Slade (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) is directing the original screenplay from emerging writer Thomas Bilotta.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project is described as “a harrowing 24 hours surrounding two siblings and the passing of their estranged father”.
Chris Abernathy and Eric B. Fleischman’s Wonder Company is producing. Executive producers include Hale, Amanda Massetti, Jo Henriquez, Jan McAdoo, Stephen Braun, Ross Putman, James Harris, Mark Lane and Bishal Dutta. Jess Varley and Bri Hennessey will co-ep. UTA Independent Film Group is representing domestic rights.
Said Slade: “I’m excited to be bringing this project to life and am loving working with Lucy, Jack and Anjelica. The underlying universal themes of fatherhood and family bonds spoke to me and my own experience directly. The question of ‘what would you do for your family?’ always intrigues me as a question to pose to audiences.”
“We’ve been long-admirers of David’s work and style, so this collaboration has been a very special process for us. David’s ability to craft commercial genre films that garner massive fanbases is a rarity and we look forward to audiences experiencing the nightmares he’s captured on film out here in the English countryside”, added Fleischman and Abernathy.
Slade is best known for directing movies Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, 30 Days Of Night, and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse as well as episodes of hit shows Black Mirror, Breaking Bad, and American Gods.
Hale is repped by CAA and Reel Talent Management. Whitehall is repped by CAA and Independent Talent Group. Huston is repped by WME and Jaclyn Bashoff. Slade is rep’d by UTA, 42, and Casarotto.
