Gavin Polone is directing the horror/thriller and manufacturing begins in early spring.
Collider is worked up to disclose that Andrew Kevin Walker‘s Psycho Killer has discovered a house with New Regency. The firm has greenlit the Se7en scribe’s movie with Constantin Film set to co-finance the challenge and Emmy nominee Gavin Polone directing from Walker’s script. BAFTA Award-winning actress Georgina Campbell, who just lately took the lead in Zach Cregger‘s horror hit Barbarian, will headline the movie which begins manufacturing in early spring.
Billed as a horror-thriller in the same vein to Walker’s landmark work, Psycho Killer facilities on a police officer (Campbell) who’s on the path of a vicious serial killer after her freeway patrolman husband turns into one among their newest victims. Although it hasn’t acquired a ton of consideration, the challenge has been quietly within the works for a while. Walker’s unique script, described by those that’ve seen it as stuffed with really insane twists, has been handed round for years, at one level touchdown with Eli Roth and Eric Newman who had been set to provide. Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst was even in line to direct initially till Roth, Newman, and Polone entered the image. THR beforehand revealed that the Germany-based banner K5 can be financing the challenge in 2015, although every part went quiet from there. With a star now set and manufacturing starting quickly, this hopefully means the script will lastly see the sunshine of day.
Walker has struck gold each time teaming up with director David Fincher, not solely penning the Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Se7en, but in addition writing his celebrated episode of Love, Death, and Robots, “Bad Traveling.” The two are set to crew up once more on November 10 on Netflix with The Killer based mostly on Alexis Nolent‘s graphic novel. His work away from Fincher, nonetheless, has additionally earned loads of reward as properly. Charlie McDowell‘s Windfall additionally has his fingerprints on it, as does Tim Burton‘s 1999 Oscar winner Sleepy Hollow. Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Ziffren Brittenham are his representatives.
Walker Has a Stellar Creative Team Making Psycho Killer a Reality
New Regency is producing Psycho Killer with Walker alongside Roy Lee, Miri Yoon, and Matt Berenson. The movie marks Polone’s characteristic directorial debut, however he is earned loads of plaudits for his producing duties. He has 9 Emmy nominations to his identify, the vast majority of which come as a part of the crew behind Curb Your Enthusiasm. Polone’s big-screen manufacturing expertise is robust too, notably together with each Zombieland movies. He’s represented by Leigh Brecheen and Richard Thompson at Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson.
Walker, Polone, and New Regency have an skilled crew general. Campbell is a well-recognized face at New Regency after main Barbarian, although her skills lengthen past that. She notably received a BAFTA Award for Murdered By My Boyfriend in 2014 and has credit in Suspicion, All My Friends Hate Me, His Dark Materials, and Black Mirror. She rejoins Lee who produced Barbarian and beforehand received a BAFTA Children’s Award for The Lego Movie with Christopher Miller and Phil Lord. Yoon and Berenson spherical out the group with credit on Don’t Worry Darling and The Place Beyond the Pines amongst others. Campbell is represented by UTA, Independent Talent Group, Range Media Partners, and Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, Abramson, McGinnis and Ryan whereas Lee is represented by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
We’ll have extra right here at Collider as manufacturing on Psycho Killer will get underway at New Regency this spring. In the meantime, try a earlier interview with Campbell, Cregger, and Justin Long on Barbarian under.