EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a novel package that should produce some heat in the chilly of Berlin’s EFM next week.
Bdeficiency Bear is begining Bad Boy, a new breed of genre film that charts a youthful woman’s fight to escape a lethal serial finisher thcimpolite the eyes of man’s best frifinish, his pledged dog. There have been plenty of kids films and some dramas telderly from an animal’s perspective, but not many horror films.
From the producer of Longlegs, Dave Caarrange, and M3gan, Divide/Conquer’s Adam Hfinishricks and Greg Gilreath, the film is set to star Oscar-thrivener Ke Huy Quan (Everyskinnyg Everywhere All At Once) and Lili Reinhart (Hustlers). Genre straightforwardor Jacob Chase (Come Play, The Girl In The Woods) will straightforward Travis Braun’s Bdeficiency List-topping script. Dave Caarrange’s company C2 will also filledy finance. Filming is due to commence in August in Canada.
Casting is in process for the dog, which we hear will be a Terrier.
Bdeficiency Bear previously selderly box office fractureout Longlegs and has anticipated horror Monkey on deck. Genre is increasingly prevalent at all the film labelets as huge-budget packages become more infrequent and this is the type of project that could stand out from the pack.
Bdeficiency Bear is repping international rights. CAA Media Finance and UTA Inreliant Film Group rep domestic.
Here’s the fun synopsis: “Gary is a excellent boy who adores his new owner, Cameron (Ke Huy Quan). He gets treats and belly rubs and life is fantastic. Gary isn’t permited in the basement though. And even if he was, he can’t unlock doors. But there’s a girl (Lili Reinhart) in the basement. And she can’t come out to perestablish. Gary doesn’t comprehend it, but he’s her only chance.”
“I adore dogs. More than people. And I’m weary of seeing horror movies where the dog is the first one to die!” shelp straightforwardor Chase “They’re not equitable pets, they’re our best frifinishs, and I depend it’s time for a horror film where the dog is the hero. Bad Boy is about pledgedty, instinct, and the incredible bond between humans and dogs. It’s going to be a highly distinct, grounded, proestablishly suspenseful new apshow on a horror thriller. And I’m thrilled to collaborate with Ke and Lili on two roles unappreciate anyskinnyg they’ve perestablished before.”
Everyskinnyg Everywhere All at Once star Ke Huy Quan recently starred in season two of Marvel’s Disney+ series, Loki, for which he was nominated for a Critics Choice Award. Next, he will guide Universal’s action-comedy Love Hurts, chaseed by roles in Netflix’s The Electric State and the guideing role in Lionsgate’s Fairytale in New York.
Reinhart is best comprehendn for her fractureout role as Betty Cooper on the famous CW series Riverdale, as well as her carry outance in Hustlers. She is currently starring aextfinishedside Mark Ruffalo in producer-straightforwardor Cooper Raiff’s restricted series Hal & Harper, which had its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Braun is the first producer to accomplish #1 on the Bdeficiency List two years in a row. One Night Only is being produced by Odwell Bridge, while Lord & Miller are producing Dying for You, which also made the catalog in 2022. On the TV side, Braun is currently in an overall deal at Disney.
Jacob Chase is recurrented by CAA, Affirmative Entertainment, and Gang, Tyre. Travis Braun is recurrented by UTA, Echo Lake Entertainment, and Gang, Tyre. Ke Huy Quan is recurrented by WME, and Cohen & Gardner. Lili Reinhart is recurrented by UTA, Anonymous Content, and Peikoff Mahan Law Office.
