EXCLUSIVE: Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones), Cameron Crovetti (The Boys), Sarah Bolger (Mayans MC.) and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix) are set to star in creature horror thriller CLAIR.
Producers Matthew R. Cooper and Anna Dragoo of Objectively Good Media (OGM), along with Sterling Beaumon and Thomas Mahoney, announced the upcoming horror feature on Monday ahead of an AFM sales launch.
Written by John Carlos Higgins, the feature explores the intersection of addiction and the supernatural in modern-day rural New Mexico with elements of The Babadook, The Relic and Hereditary.
Tracy Kleeman, whose short film Fear Filter was a viral hit, generating 10 million views, making her feature directorial debut on the film. The director is also a former longtime assistant to mentor James Wan (The Conjuring, Malignant), while her other short works include Housekeeping and Beneath the Skin.
Ritter plays Claire, a struggling single mother battling addiction, as well as a malevolent creature that feeds on despair and begins to terrorize her and her two sons. As her fight for sobriety deepens, the line between inner demons and real monsters blurs, culminating in a harrowing battle for survival and redemption.
The project is executive produced by Julie Kroll, Lior Haas, Lisa Wolofsky and Edoardo Bussi of Twenty-Nine Palms Entertainment, who is overseeing global sales and will be presenting the title to distributors at the AFM.
“As a staunch advocate for addiction and recovery stories, CLAIR brilliantly balances its creature feature/horror elements with the frustrating realities of living with an active addict. I couldn’t be prouder of Tracy, Krysten, Sarah, John and the entire team for shepherding this project to fruition” says producer Matthew R. Cooper (Damned If You Will, Honk for Jesus, Tankhouse).
Bussi, who launched a London-based international sales and production company earlier this year, will be leading sales discussions at the AFM.
“At Twenty-Nine Palms, our mission is to champion bold, visionary stories that transcend genre while maintaining commercial appeal,” he said.
“CLAIR is exactly that, an emotionally charged, terrifyingly original horror film that invites audiences everywhere to confront what haunts us most. We’re thrilled to bring this project to international distributors looking for a powerful and market-ready new title.”
Kleeman is represented by CAA and Redshift Management; Ritter by CAA, Industry Entertainment, Principal LA and Brecheen Feldman; Crovetti by Osbrink Talent Agency, Industry Entertainment as well as Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher; Sarah Bolger by Mosaic, IAG, Accelerate, Rick Genow at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher, and Carrie-Anne Moss by Elizabeth Hodgson, Hodgson Management Group, Robert Lange at Kleinberg, Lange, Cuddy & Carlo, Jennifer Allen at Viewpoint.
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