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EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features is getting backmost into business pinch burgeoning scary auteur Curry Barker again pinch his caller accumulation Anything But Ghosts, which conscionable wrapped accumulation successful Vancouver, Canada. But that’s not astatine all, 3x Primetime Emmy victor Aaron Paul is starring successful nan task other nan filmmaker and Barker collaborator Cooper Tomlinson.
Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Spooky Pictures and Divide/Conquer are producing nan pic. The crippled is nether wraps. Barker directed Anything But Ghosts and co-wrote pinch Tomlinson. The news comes arsenic Barker’s Obsession is hitting search this greeting for a May 15 release; that pic acquired by Focus retired of TIFF Midnight Madness for $15M+, which Deadline first reported.
Barker and Tomlinson are longtime collaborators done their viral drama group That’s a Bad Idea, which has built millions of followers crossed Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. On an $800 budget, Barker wrote, directed, and starred alongside Tomlinson successful nan found-footage movie Milk & Serial, which was released for free connected YouTube, clocked northbound of 2M views and earned awesome captious recognition, including being named 1 of Variety’s Best Horror Films of 2024. Tomlinson besides stars successful Obsession.
Anything But Ghosts is produced by Jason Blum (Blumhouse), Roy Lee & Steven Schneider (Spooky Pictures), Adam Hendricks & Greg Gilreath (Divide/Conquer), successful relation pinch Image Nation and That’s a Bad Idea. Executive producers are Barker, Tomlinson, and Image Nation’s Ben Ross.
Obsession played SXSW past period taking its Rotten Tomatoes captious people up to 96% fresh. Blumhouse is aboard Obsession as an EP. Obsession besides stars Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter successful a communicative astir a hopeless romanticist who makes a wish that his long-time crush falls successful emotion pinch him. A sinister enchantment ensues. It was precocious announced that Barker is group to nonstop and constitute a caller characteristic return of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for A24.
Paul is simply a 3x Primetime Emmy victor for Breaking Bad in nan supporting character play bid category, playing Jesse Pinkman, nan partner successful crime of Bryan Cranston’s meth supplier lord, Walter White. Paul besides shared an Actors Award 2014 Drama Series ensemble grant for Breaking Bad and was nominated for a 2014 Golden Globe successful nan Supporting Actor Series, Miniseries and TV movie slot. Paul besides reprised his domiciled arsenic Jesse successful nan Netflix characteristic sequel to nan series, El Camino, arsenic good arsenic nan spinoff series, Better Call Saul. Paul besides starred successful 16 episodes of HBO’s Westworld successful summation to nan movies Central Intelligence with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, Triple 9, and Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings. The character is repped by UTA.
Barker is represented by Underground Management, United Talent Agency and Yorn Levine. Tomlinson is represented by Canopy Media Partners, Paradigm and Yorn Levine.
