Barbie Ferreira, one of many breakouts from HBO’s Euphoria, and Stranger Issues actor Dacre Montgomery are set to star in Faces of Loss of life, a reimagining of the 1978 cult horror film being made by Legendary.
Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber, the workforce behind the 2018 psychological thriller Cam and The right way to Blow Up a Pipeline, are writing and directing, respectively, the reimagining.
Made simply as residence video was taking off, Faces had the vanity of a pathologist exploring grotesque methods to die by way of footage purportedly culled from around the globe. In actuality, a lot of the demise scenes have been staged, however the movie had the precise impact its producers desired: outrage, revulsion, banning (though not in 52 international locations, as hyped by the movie’s makers) and, after all, minting cash.
The primary film was launched theatrically, but it surely was actually within the Eighties when it hit the house video market by way of VHS that its cult standing unfold, in copies that have been surreptitiously rented, handed round and worn down from being rewatched. MPI, an Illinois-based firm, has saved the unique movie in circulation.
The filmmakers are hoping to re-create the insanity by way of a twenty first century lens.
“Faces of Loss of life was one of many first viral video tapes, and we’re so fortunate to have the ability to use it as a leaping off level for this exploration of cycles of violence and the best way they perpetuate themselves on-line,” mentioned Mazzei and Goldhaber in an announcement.
Don Murphy and Susan Montford of Indignant Movies are producing with Divide/Conquer’s Adam Hendricks and Greg Gilreath.
Rick Benattar is govt producing, whereas Cory Kaplan co-produces.
Ferreira performed excessive schooler Kat Hernandez on HBO’s acclaimed and envelope-pushing drama Euphoria for 2 seasons earlier than stepping away from the present. Amongst her characteristic credit are HBO’s highway journey film Unpregnant and Jordan Peele’s horror movie Nope. She is coming off of taking pictures Home of Spoils, a thriller from Amazon’s Prime Video and Blumhouse.
Montgomery grew to become a family title for a sure age bracket due to taking part in Billy Hargrove, the step-brother to Sadie Sink’s character Max Mayfield, in two seasons of Stranger Issues. He additionally portrayed TV producer Steve Binder in Baz Lurhmann’s Elvis.
Ferreira is repped by Aperture Expertise, Genuine Expertise and Literary Administration, and Felker Toczek. Montgomery is repped by CAA and Sloane Provide.
