‘The Boys’ Actor Emma Elle Paterson To Star & Produce Thriller ‘Candy’

EXCLUSIVE: Emma Elle Paterson, a caller summation to nan formed of Amazon’s The Boys, has signed connected to lead and nutrient a characteristic titled Candy from filmmaker Jessica Michael Davis. 

The characteristic has been described arsenic an “elevated genre-bending thriller”. Davis stars alongside her directing duties. Also attached to prima successful nan movie is Darius Jordan Lee (Dexter: Resurrection). 

Based connected a short communicative by Mindy McGinnis, who co-wrote nan screenplay pinch Davis, Candy is said to travel a young female who reclaims autonomy done a extremist bodily transformation, yet arsenic she adopts nan persona of “Candy,” empowerment becomes a seductive descent into vengeance and civilized ambiguity.

Jeffrey Weber (Snare) is nan executive producer, and accumulation is group to statesman this summer. 

Davis made her characteristic debut pinch Escaping Ohio (2023). Paterson besides featured successful that film. Davis described Candy arsenic a “dark, wildly nosy and unapologetic—a femme fatale communicative driven by female agency alternatively than antheral fantasy.”

Paterson is repped by Canopy Media Partners and Play Management. Davis is repped by Vision Entertainment. Lee is repped by Stride Management and Nicolosi & Co. McGinnis is repped by Folio Literary Management.

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