Exclusive: British director Justin Chadwick, who directed Alicia Vikander and Judi Dench in Tulip Fever, has been tapped to direct the mystery thriller Dead House, slated to being production later this year. Shannon Pestock penned the script, which is being produced by Daniel Wagner’s BiFrost Pictures, Jay Taylor of Electric Shadow, and Nate Adams for Grey Mountain Entertainment.
Set in 1885 Pennsylvania, the pic follows Annaliese Kruger who, after witnessing the brutal slaughter of her husband and children, finds employment in the confines of the town’s dead house, a morbid dwelling where bodies are kept for 48 hours to make certain they have passed. But any semblance of normalcy is shattered when Annaliese sleuths out the psychopath who killed her family. Driven to save other families from her fate, she will have to catch the killer herself… if she can stay alive.
The script, which was...
Set in 1885 Pennsylvania, the pic follows Annaliese Kruger who, after witnessing the brutal slaughter of her husband and children, finds employment in the confines of the town’s dead house, a morbid dwelling where bodies are kept for 48 hours to make certain they have passed. But any semblance of normalcy is shattered when Annaliese sleuths out the psychopath who killed her family. Driven to save other families from her fate, she will have to catch the killer herself… if she can stay alive.
The script, which was...
- 5/11/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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