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EXCLUSIVE: Thai character ‘Mim’ Rattanawadee Wongthong, known for her breakout domiciled successful deed scary franchise Death Whisperer, has joined nan formed of upcoming supernatural scary movie Cher alongside actors Pae Arak and Weir Sukollawat.
Rattanawadee will play nan lead domiciled successful nan film, produced by Bangkok-based Fearfolks and Benetone Films, who are launching pre-sales connected nan task present successful Cannes.
Loosely based connected nan legends of nan Nang Mai, Thailand’s mythical wood nymphs, nan movie is scripted by Patrick Graham, nan writer down Netflix’s Indian scary bid Ghoul and Betaal, based connected a conception by Songsak Mongkolthong (Graveyard Horror), who is besides attached to direct.
Rattanawadee has cemented her domiciled arsenic 1 of nan rising shriek queens of Thailand aft appearing successful each 3 films successful nan blockbuster Death Whisperer trilogy, on pinch Thai scary movie Panor and upcoming Djinn’s Curse 2.
Her co-leads successful Cher, Pae Arak (The Stone) and Weir Sukollawat (Home For Rent), some precocious shared surface clip successful Thai action movie 4 Tigers, which classed among nan top-grossing Thai releases of 2025, earning complete much than $3.2M (THB102M) and holding nan apical spot astatine nan container agency for 4 consecutive weeks.
In Cher, Rattanawadee plays nan lead domiciled of nan aforesaid name, a vengeful tone retired to activity revenge from those who person wronged her successful nan past.
The communicative originates pinch nan find of a vine-covered corpse adjacent a distant mining camp, starring to rumors that a fearsome wood tone has awakened to enact vengeance. A constabulary serviceman is sent to analyse only to conflict pinch his estranged relative Joe, nan camp’s hard-edged information boss. As much miners move up dead, Cher, a pensive young female appears, seductive, ravenous and retired for blood.
Benetone Films co-founders Rachvin and Kulthep Narula said: “As producers pinch a beardown way grounds of launching awesome stories, we’ve been alert of Mim’s exceptional talent arsenic an character for galore years. We’re beyond fresh to bring Cher to life for audiences worldwide, pinch its thrilling screenplay and this unthinkable cast.”
Fearfolks CEO Hans Audric Estialbo added: “It was important that we recovered nan correct character for Cher as it not only is simply a challenging portion to play, but a one-of-kind cinematic characteristic that we foresee to spell beyond screens, but besides to immersive cinematic experiences successful nan future. We’re truthful excited to activity pinch Mim.”
Earlier this twelvemonth Benetone Films wrapped accumulation for Korean slasher-thriller Perfect Girl, from producers Badlands, Thunder Road, Cho and Desert Bloom, pinch Scott Strauss starring production. Fearfolks is besides group to administer nan movie successful Thailand.
Fearfolks is besides group to merchandise A24’s Mother Mary successful Thailand and India, and successful has 4 back-to-back scary releases successful Thailand: A24’s Backrooms from Kane Parsons, Hokum and Leviticus from Neon and Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man.
Cher is scheduled to commencement shooting successful nan first 4th of 2027 for merchandise successful 2028.
