Skeet Ulrich and Alicia Witt are to star within the horror-comedy The Massive Kill.
The Scream actor, 55, and the Longlegs star, 50, have been forged in director Todd Berger’s upcoming satirical slasher film for Dwell Nation Studios, The Hollywood Reporter has stated.
The Massive Kill will characteristic an ensemble forged which additionally consists of Megan Suri, Pete Holmes, Jolene Black, Jon Heder, Natasha Leggero, Morgan Jay, Trevor Wallace and Steph Tolev.
In The Massive Kill, a gaggle of longtime buddies and their households collect at a distant cabin after a funeral.
When a killer begins to stalk them, the group is compelled to face the darkest elements of their shared previous.
The movie – which pays tribute to Era X and is about to widespread songs from the Nineties – was written by Each day Present scribe Daniel Radosh, whereas Ryan Kroft will function govt producer for Dwell Nation Studios.
Kroft stated in a press release: “Horror plus comedy set to ’90s music equals a powerful sure for Dwell Nation Studios.
“With this fan-favorite forged and phenomenal producing crew, The Massive Kill is destined to be a horror hit.”
In the meantime, Berger stated it was a “dream come true” for him to helm a horror-comedy about Gen Xers.
He gushed: “Once I noticed Scream within the theater as a youngster, it blew me away as a result of it was a slasher film stuffed with folks my very own age, speaking the best way we truly talked.
“However then, through the years, I observed one thing concerning the protagonists of slashers – they weren’t getting old like the remainder of us.
“So now, to get to make a horror comedy about fellow Gen Xers with youngsters and mortgages and ruminations on existential dread, and to do it with an extremely witty script and wonderful forged, is a dream come true.”
The Massive Kill shall be produced by Dwell Nation Studios and Mason Novik beneath the MXN Leisure banner.
Novick stated of the upcoming film: “Horror comedies are one of many hardest genres to land. It’s so vital to ship on each the laughs and scares.
“We’re so lucky to have a forged that’s each legacy horror actors and a bunch of actually humorous comedians, this fashion now we have each nice jokes and nice kills.”
Ulrich will subsequent be seen in 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2, the place he’ll reunite together with his Scream co-star Matthew Lillard.
Within the upcoming horror flick, Lillard shall be reprising his function because the evil William Afton, whereas Ulrich will painting Afton’s Fazbear Leisure enterprise companion – Henry Emily.
5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 picks up one 12 months after the occasions of the primary film, and follows former Fazbear Leisure safety guard Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson) as he tries to guard his younger sister Abby (Piper Rubio) from the terrifying reality of the pizzeria.
Nevertheless, after Abby sneaks out to reconnect along with her animatronic buddies Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Cunning, the pair quickly uncover the sinister origins of the pizzeria.
5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 will even star Elizabeth Lail as Vanessa Shelly, Freddy Carter as Jeremy Fitzgerald and Megan Fox as Toy Chica.
5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 director Emma Tammi stated reuniting Ulrich and Lillard for the horror flick felt like a “serendipitous taking place”.
She instructed Collider: “It wasn’t a coincidence, however it felt like, nonetheless, a serendipitous taking place.
“I’m, like, pinching myself even considering that that is what we’re speaking about. However Skeet’s identify was introduced up after we have been speaking about one of many new characters within the movie, and, in fact, we went to Matt straight away and requested how he felt about Skeet as a possible bud within the franchise.
“After all, he was simply gushing over him in each manner, personally, professionally, and likewise received very excited concerning the concept of this reunion of types.
“It simply labored. It labored out, and we’re so fortunate to have them, each of them.”