Brie Larson To Star In Creature Horror ‘Fail-Secure’ For J.J. Abrams
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner and Captain Marvel actress Brie Larson (Room) is about to star in creature horror movie Fail-Secure, with J.J. Abrams producing and FilmNation, WME and CAA launching the recent challenge on the Cannes market.
JT Mollner (Unusual Darling) is about to direct the film, which is described as “a contemporary tackle the creature horror movie advised from the angle of a younger boy who slowly begins to find that his beloved dad and mom are hiding a disturbing secret about his mom’s true nature.”
Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You), who’s presently directing Whalefall for twentieth Century and Think about, wrote the screenplay based mostly on a brief story by Philip Fracassi.
Misplaced creator and Star Wars and Star Trek director Abrams stated: “With Fail-Secure, Brian Duffield has written an absolute powerhouse of a script. It’s a horror movie that’s as candy and transferring as it’s terrifying. To have JT Mollner within the director’s chair — his Unusual Darling blew me away — is a dream come true. Lastly, having the limitlessly gifted Brie Larson as our star units up Fail-Secure to be that uncommon horror movie that makes you snicker, really feel, and care, earlier than taking you on a completely wild experience.”
The film heralds from FilmNation Leisure’s manufacturing label Infrared, J.J. Abrams’ Unhealthy Robotic Productions, and Assemble Media. Drew Simon, J.J. Abrams and Jon Cohen, and Jack Heller are producers. Assemble’s Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen and Brian Duffield are executive-producing, as is Larson.
Infrared is financing. Arrival, Conclave and Anora outfit FilmNation is dealing with worldwide gross sales and can co-rep home rights with CAA Media Finance and WME Impartial.
“I’m past excited to see Brie tackle this position – it’s horrifying, emotionally charged, and so totally different from something she’s performed earlier than,” stated producer Drew Simon, Infrared President of Manufacturing.
“The depth and depth this character calls for is immense, and I do know Brie’s going to convey one thing unforgettable to the display.”
Larson received the Oscar for 2016 film Room. Previous credit embrace the titular position in Captain Marvel which broke field workplace data, and its sequel, The Marvels, along with Quick X, Kong: Cranium Island, and Brief Time period 12. In 2023, she executive-produced and starred in Apple TV+’s Classes in Chemistry, incomes Display Actors Guild, Critics Alternative, and Golden Globe nominations.
Infrared’s first characteristic Novocaine, a thriller directed by Robert Olsen and Dan Berk and starring Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder, was launched by Paramount in March. Mollner’s 2023 horror-thriller Unusual Darling amassed a cult following and a few robust crucial notices.
Larson is repped by WME and Sloan Supply. Mollner is repped by UTA, World Builder Leisure, and Jackoway Austen. Duffield is repped by UTA, Circle Administration, and Behr Abramson.
