Exclusive: Isabella Gomez is set to star in the indie horror film The Mannequin, from writer-director John Berardo (Initiation).
The project falls under the SAG-AFTRA Ultra Low Budget Agreement and was just added to the list of projects receiving an interim agreement from the guild. Production will begin in Los Angeles next week.
John Berardo
The Mannequin follows Liana Rojas (Gomez), a creatively starved stylist assistant who discovers the historical downtown Los Angeles building where her sister mysteriously died is haunted by a serial killer who brutally murdered and dismembered his victims there half a century earlier. This forces Liana and her friends to find a way to free themselves and escape the sinister ghost before they lose their own body parts.
Rounding out the cast is Lindsay Lavanchy playing Hazel Miller, a nurturing leader and friend of Liana; Shireen Lai playing Nadine Yang,...
The project falls under the SAG-AFTRA Ultra Low Budget Agreement and was just added to the list of projects receiving an interim agreement from the guild. Production will begin in Los Angeles next week.
John Berardo
The Mannequin follows Liana Rojas (Gomez), a creatively starved stylist assistant who discovers the historical downtown Los Angeles building where her sister mysteriously died is haunted by a serial killer who brutally murdered and dismembered his victims there half a century earlier. This forces Liana and her friends to find a way to free themselves and escape the sinister ghost before they lose their own body parts.
Rounding out the cast is Lindsay Lavanchy playing Hazel Miller, a nurturing leader and friend of Liana; Shireen Lai playing Nadine Yang,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Don’t underestimate the second weekend of Paramount’s horror movie Smile. The Parker Finn directed and written title, which has provided many in town that horror remains a bankable genre for the big screen after a 22.6M opening, has a shot of possibly upsetting Sony’s family movie Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile and 20th Century Studios/New Regency/Disney’s upscale David O. Russell comedy Amsterdam for No. 1 with around an 11M+ take.
Smile, from left: Sosie Bacon, Jack Sochet, 2022. © Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Smile had a very good Monday grossing 2.2M for a running 4-day total of 24.8M. By comparison, Blumhouse/Universal’s Black Phone rang up 3M in its first Monday back in June, so pretty good.
Sony is betting that Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile based on the classic kids 1965 Bernard Waber book comes in between 11M-12M at 4,300 locations. Rivals are forecasting much higher (15M-18M) as...
Smile, from left: Sosie Bacon, Jack Sochet, 2022. © Paramount Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection
Smile had a very good Monday grossing 2.2M for a running 4-day total of 24.8M. By comparison, Blumhouse/Universal’s Black Phone rang up 3M in its first Monday back in June, so pretty good.
Sony is betting that Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile based on the classic kids 1965 Bernard Waber book comes in between 11M-12M at 4,300 locations. Rivals are forecasting much higher (15M-18M) as...
- 10/4/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
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[The following story contains spoilers for Smile.]
Smile may have been a nightmare for Sosie Bacon’s character, but the experience has been a dream come true for the actor.
The Parker Finn-directed horror film was not only Bacon’s first time atop the call sheet, but it was also her first number-one film at the domestic box office, grossing 22.6 million this past weekend. In Smile, Paramount’s sixth box office victor of 2022, Bacon’s character, Dr. Rose Cotter, inherits a supernatural curse from a patient who committed suicide in front of her, all while smiling in the most maniacal and disturbing manner.
Ultimately, Rose would not become a “final girl” per the genre’s convention, and Bacon is more than content with the outcome.
“I would’ve been more bummed out if this movie had a happy ending,” Bacon tells The Hollywood Reporter.
In a recent spoiler conversation with THR,...
[The following story contains spoilers for Smile.]
Smile may have been a nightmare for Sosie Bacon’s character, but the experience has been a dream come true for the actor.
The Parker Finn-directed horror film was not only Bacon’s first time atop the call sheet, but it was also her first number-one film at the domestic box office, grossing 22.6 million this past weekend. In Smile, Paramount’s sixth box office victor of 2022, Bacon’s character, Dr. Rose Cotter, inherits a supernatural curse from a patient who committed suicide in front of her, all while smiling in the most maniacal and disturbing manner.
Ultimately, Rose would not become a “final girl” per the genre’s convention, and Bacon is more than content with the outcome.
“I would’ve been more bummed out if this movie had a happy ending,” Bacon tells The Hollywood Reporter.
In a recent spoiler conversation with THR,...
- 10/3/2022
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Caitlin Stasey in a Paramount Pictures Presents, in Association with Paramount Players, A Temple Hill Production “Smile.” Courtesy of Paramount Pictures
October is the perfect month for scary movies, and horror fans can get their fix with Smile, a creepy tale in the style of haunting “contagion” horror flicks like The Ring. While the horror film Smile might make scary-movie audiences happy, seeing this particularly sinister smile is not a happy thing for the unfortunate characters in this new horror genre offering.
This horror film is getting some buzz among horror fans, and Smile deserves credit for a being fresh scare and not just another horror-movie sequel. But to be clear, this near-October release is basic entertainment, not a high-concept chiller like Hereditary but Smile does offer some good jolts although it breaks no new horror ground.
Now, full disclosure, this reviewer is not a fan of the modern horror genre,...
October is the perfect month for scary movies, and horror fans can get their fix with Smile, a creepy tale in the style of haunting “contagion” horror flicks like The Ring. While the horror film Smile might make scary-movie audiences happy, seeing this particularly sinister smile is not a happy thing for the unfortunate characters in this new horror genre offering.
This horror film is getting some buzz among horror fans, and Smile deserves credit for a being fresh scare and not just another horror-movie sequel. But to be clear, this near-October release is basic entertainment, not a high-concept chiller like Hereditary but Smile does offer some good jolts although it breaks no new horror ground.
Now, full disclosure, this reviewer is not a fan of the modern horror genre,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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