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EXCLUSIVE: Maggie Grace (Taken franchise) and Steve Howey (Off Campus) are group to topline Fiona, a caller scary movie from Capstone Studios (Obsession, Don’t Move), based connected nan cult podcast Knifepoint Horror.
Adapted from an original communicative by Knifepoint‘s writer, creator, and narrator Soren Narnia, Fiona follows a lonely, divided expert who falls successful emotion pinch a mysterious female successful agrarian America, only to observe she is channeling nan earthy forces of Mother Nature toward an apocalyptic purpose. He must past determine whether to prevention nan female he loves aliases nan world she intends to destroy.
“There’s thing in Fiona that speaks to a corporate exhaustion pinch each other, pinch nan authorities of nan world, pinch nan harm humanity continues to inflict connected itself and nan environment. The movie channels that worry into scary that feels primal, emotional, and strangely cathartic,” said Kearie Peak, who’s producing done her Peak Pictures alongside Capstone.
Directing from a book by Justin Yoffe and Evan Hart, Nicholas McCarthy (The Prodigy) told us, “As a lifelong instrumentality of scary movies, I’ve ever wanted to make a movie astir a witch — and with Fiona, I yet recovered nan cleanable project. I emotion Soren Narnia’s Knifepoint Horror universe and can’t hold to bring it to life.”
Production on Fiona kicks disconnected successful Toronto connected May 28. Cast by Seth Yanklewitz, CSA, and Ben Pollack, nan movie will merchandise successful theaters via Aura Entertainment earlier streaming connected MGM+.
Since launching successful 2010, Narnia’s anthology podcast Knifepoint Horror has amassed much than 10 cardinal downloads crossed platforms. Fiona marks nan 2nd characteristic to travel retired of this universe, following Lockbox, based connected nan fan-favorite section “The Lockbox,” which is slated for merchandise pinch Aura Entertainment and MGM+ this summer.
Best known for her roles successful the Taken franchise, Lost and Fear nan Walking Dead, Maggie Grace has precocious been seen starring in Suits LA on NBC. She is represented by Gersh.
Steve Howey plays antagonist Phil Graham successful Amazon’s deed romanticist drama Off Campus, based connected nan books by Elle Kennedy. He besides stars other Kaitlyn Olson in High Potential for ABC/Hulu and is repped by IAG Talent.
Best known for supernatural scary films The Prodigy and The Pact, Nicholas McCarthy is repped by Writ Large and Yorn, Levine, Barnes.
Recent films from Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Pictures see Curry Barker’s scary phenomenon Obsession, which has grossed complete $84M worldwide connected a fund of little than a million, arsenic good arsenic nan Dave Bautista actioner Trap House and Netflix scary thriller Don’t Move.
