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EXCLUSIVE: Lili Reinhart, Riverdale and Forbidden Fruits star, has joined Oscar victor Melissa Leo (The Fighter) successful thriller The Mannequin, nan adjacent movie from Dangerous Animals head Sean Byrne.
Heralding from Studiocanal’s genre explanation Sixth Dimension, and owed into accumulation this summer, crippled specifications person mostly been kept nether wraps. However, we cognize nan movie is mostly a two-hander and Byrne has described it arsenic a “twisted, intense, and propulsive serial slayer procedural”.
Studiocanal is handling worldwide income astatine nan Cannes marketplace and will merchandise theatrically successful their ain territories of nan UK, France, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Australia and New Zealand. Elevation Pictures has taken Canada.
Written and directed by Byrne, whose past movie launched astatine Cannes successful Directors’ Fortnight and was picked up by IFC Films, nan movie is being produced by William Woods, Maddy Falle for Page 12 Pictures Inc. and Kristian Moliere for Triptych Pictures.
Executive producers are Steven Schneider, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Charlie Kemball and Jed Benedict for Sixth Dimension, Lili Reinhart and Catherine Hagedorn of Small Victory Productions, and Melissa Leo. Head Gear Films packaged nan task pinch Steven Schneider’s Room 101.
Sean Byrne commented “Lili has specified a grounded, authentic surface beingness that’s a captivating substance of vulnerability, independence, intelligence, and courage. I honestly can’t deliberation of a much committed and immersive surface pairing than Lili and nan arsenic fearless Melissa Leo to return connected a serial slayer for illustration nary other.”
Reinhart was precocious nominated for a 2026 Gotham TV Award for “Outstanding Lead Performance successful a Limited aliases Anthology Series” for her capacity successful Cooper Raiff’s Hal & Harper, other Raiff and Mark Ruffalo, which she besides executive produced. She will adjacent beryllium seen successful Amazon MGM’s The Love Hypothesis other Tom Bateman, and will prima successful Tony-winner Brian Swibel’s directorial debut, The Very Best People.
Reinhart is represented by UTA, Anonymous Content, and Peikoff Mahan.
