After an extremely successful collaboration at Hulu’s Pam & TommySebastian Stan and Lily James will team up again Let evil go westa psychological horror thriller from director Christian Tafdrup (Don’t say anything bad).
North.five.six. is representing the film’s international rights and will present it to buyers at Cannes, while CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group arranged financing and will handle domestic sales.
Let evil go west is about a railroad worker who stumbles upon a fortune under extremely disturbing circumstances. When terrible visions and manifestations drive him mad, his wife becomes convinced that an evil presence has taken hold in their family.
Xc Vs wrote the script. Tim and Trevor White (King Richard, fair play) are producing under their Star Thrower Entertainment banner along with Mark Fasano and Nathan Klingher for Gramercy Park Media, which is also financing the film, and Allan Mandelbaum. Stan and James will join Joshua Harris and Ford Corbett of Gramercy Park and Michael Rothstein and Samuel Hall of North.Five.six. also serve as executive producers.
Playing the role of Tommy Lee alongside James’ Pamela Anderson in the award-winning Hulu series Pam & TommyStan will next be seen in the lead role An other man, which won him the Silver Bear of Berlin after its world premiere at Sundance 2024 caused a stir. A24 will publish the image in September. Ali Abbassi is also being discussed as an actor The Apprenticea highly anticipated title in which he plays a young Donald Trump and which will premiere in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.
Last seen in A24 The Iron Claw and the Italian drama Finally, DawnJames’ upcoming projects include the crime comedy Lionsgate. Greedy people, out in May; David Mackenzies relay, also with Riz Ahmed; an upcoming film inspired by the founder of dating app Bumble for 20th Century Studios and Ethea Entertainment, shooting later this year; Philip Noyces Cowboy Bob; and Pablo Trapero’s Studiocanal thriller The Paris Trap.
Tafdrup is best known as the director of the Danish psychological thriller Don’t say anything bad, which is getting a US remake in which he will be involved as an EP. As an actor, he is known for roles in various Danish productions including After the wedding, The castle And I come runningas well as Parents And A terrible womanwhich he wrote and directed.
Star Thrower is currently being produced by David Freyne eternity with A24 with Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen and Callum Turner as well as Chad Hartigans The threesome with Zoey Deutch, Jonah-Hauer King and Ruby Cruz.
Stan is represented by CAA, Brookside Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; James of Tavistock Wood Management, David Weber and Shelby Weiser; Tafdrup from WME; and Vs from CAA, Kaplan/Perone and Lev Ginsburg.