EXCLUSIVE: Talk To Me and Babygirl actress Sophie Wilde is set to star in sci-fi thriller Soon You Will Be Gone And Possibly Eaten, which Anton is launching ahead of next week’s European Film Market.
Egor Abramenko, the filmmaker behind A24’s upcoming horror film Altar and Russian sci-fi Sputnik, will direct from a script by Luke Piotrowski and Ben Collins, the writing team behind Hulu’s Hellraiser and Searchlight and Anton’s The Night House.
The script is based on the short story by Nick Antosca, creator-showrunner of Apple TV’s upcoming Cape Fear series starring Javier Bardem and Amy Adams.
The movie will follow “Rob and Sabile, a young engaged couple, who head to a secluded mountain resort to take their vows and step into the new chapter of their shared lives. What was planned as a joyous wedding attended by family members takes a different turn when unexpected guests crash the ceremony”. Additional casting is in process.
Anton is financing the film and handling world rights. Domestic sales are being handled by Anton, Anonymous Content and WME Independent. Production is earmarked for this spring.
Fast-rising Australian actress Wilde has become something of a muse for A24 after starring in box office breakouts Talk To Me and Babygirl. The BAFTA Rising Star nominee is also in post on the studio’s Arkasha Stevenson horror and Jeremy Saulnier’s Halloween-themed pic October. She will be seen later this year in Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Warner Bros’ Digger, while previous TV projects include Boy Swallows Universe, Everything Now and Tom Jones.
Pic is produced by Sébastien Raybaud (Greenland 2) for Anton, Nick Antosca and Alex Hedlund for Eat the Cat (Murdaugh: A Death in the Family), Greg Gilreath and Adam Hendricks for Divide/Conquer (M3GAN) and Dawn Olmstead and Nick Shumaker for Anonymous Content. Anonymous Content’s David Levine (Nickel Boys) and Garrett Kemble are exec producers.
Production design comes from Masha Slavina who previously collaborated with Abramenko on Altar and Sputnik; alien design comes from Monkey Rave.
Egor Abramenko said: “I was blown away by Nick Antosca’s short story. From the get-go, it was a very fresh take on the alien genre, which is a really rare thing.”
Wilde is repped by B-Side Management, CAA and Independent Management Company; Abramenko is repped by UTA and XYZ Films.
