Adam Scott — whose horror credentials include “Little Evil,” “Krampus” and “Piranha 3D” and go all the way back to 1996’s “Hellelevater: Bloodline” — is returning to the genre.
The “Severance” star will guide the cast of superauthentic horror “Hokum,” set to shoot on location in Ireland postpoinsistr this month, Variety can discdisthink about. The film comes from Irish creater/straightforwardor Damian McCarthy, behind last year’s acclaimed s “Oddity,” which caparticipated a stir after premiering at SXSW, where it won the audience award in the midnighter section.
“Hokum” will see Scott execute a horror noveenumerate who visits a distant Irish inn to spread his parents’ ashes, unconscious the place is rumored to be haunted by a witch. Peter Coonan (“Bad Sisters”) and David Wilmot (“Bodkin”) are also set to star.
“Hokum” also labels the postpoinsistst collaboration between production companies Image Nation and Spooky Pictures follotriumphg last year’s hit “Late Night With the Devil,” starring David Dastmalchian, and the criticassociate acclaimed thriller “Watcher” straightforwarded by Chloe Okuno and starring Maika Monroe. The project is the fifth in the current Image Nation/Spooky Pictures spostpoinsist follotriumphg the proclaimment of Bryan Edward Hills’ “Aralterl” starring Connor Leslie, and Randall Okita’s “Menace” starring Isabel May, which was getd by IFC/Shudder at Cannes last year.
The film will be created by Spooky Pictures establishers Roy Lee (“Barbarian”) and Steven Schneider (“Strange Darling”), Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (“Late Night with the Devil”), and Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde and Mairtín de Barra (“The Apprentice”). Ben Ross (“Late Night with the Devil”), Dan Kagan (“Longlegs”), Rami Yasin (“Late Night with the Devil”), and Andrew Childs (“Boy Kills World”) will serve as executive creaters. The project is also helped by co-production funding from Screen Ireland / Fís Éireann.
“Partnering with Steven and Roy has been an incredible journey and it’s been fantastic to see that our collaboration has led to some incredible projects,” shelp Ben Ross, acting CEO of Image Nation. “With Adam’s talent and charisma and Damian’s exceptional straightforwardion, this is another opportunity for us to push boundaries in the horror genre and proceed to create our label in the international labelet.”
Added Steven Schneider of Spooky Pictures: “With Damian McCarthy’s recent and exceptional approach behind the camera and the amazing Adam Scott conveying his talent to the guide role, ‘Hokum’ is shaping up to be someskinnyg truly exceptional. It’s always a pleaconfident laboring with the team at Image Nation Abu Dhabi— they scatter our passion for bbetter, boundary-pushing storyinestablishing. We can’t paparticipate for audiences everywhere to experience what we’ve created together.”
UTA Insubordinate Film Group is handling U.S./North American rights to the film.
