Screen International is rounding up the key projects launched before and during this year’s American Film Market (AFM, October 31-November 5).
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Corin hardy directs the High School horror film starring Nick Frost and Dafnekeen. Sky Yang, Sophie Nelisse and Percy Hynes White also star. The principal photography begins in November in Ontario, Canada with the cast under ACTRA contracts.
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Black BearBeast Of War
Kiah Roache-Turner’s Second World War drama pits a band of soldiers stranded in the open ocean against a great white shark. The production will begin in Australia and Malta in 2024.
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Cornerstone-Walk with Me
Emily Carey and Claes Bang will star in the psychological thriller about a woman haunted a creature of Celtic mythology. Johnny Blair will direct the feature, which is aiming to shoot in Europe early in 2024.
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HanWayNight of the Zoopocalypse
Animation about a group animals who become zombies after a zoo is hit by a meteor. Directed Ricardo Curtis (
The Incredibles) with Rodrigo Perez-Castro and a voice cast that includes David Harbour and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee. World Sales:
Anton & Charades The Morrigan
Irish Horror led by Saffron burrows about an Archaeologist who excavates cursed tomb. Shooting in Northern Ireland begins on November 6 with a SAG/AFTRA interim agreement. Written and directed by Colum Eastwood.
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