Kevin Bacon is about to star in Summoner, an Amazon MGM horror thriller on which Jeremy Slater, the longtime style author behind Mortal Kombat II and Umbrella Academy, will make his directorial debut.
Horror filmmaker Andy Muschietti in addition to Barbara Muschietti, and Russell Ackerman will produce through their Nocturna banner. Nocturna was behind horror film They Will Kill You that was launched by Warner Bros. in March
The script, written by Slater, follows an exorcist names Jefferson Haddock (Bacon), who is known as into an remoted witness safety property to cope with a terrifying demon, unintentionally unleashing a drive that threatens to finish him and every thing round him.
Dan Kagan, one of many producers of horror hit Longlegs, is govt producing. The characteristic will shoot this fall.
Slater is likely one of the bold-faced screenwriter names in relation to geeky style materials in each films and TV. One of many writers of the Josh Trank Incredible 4, Slater earned creator credit on Marvel Studios’ Moon Knight and Fox’s The Exorcist in addition to Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire. He was a co-creator on Netflix’s long-running tremendous hero collection Umbrella Academy, primarily based on the Darkish Horse comedian, and labored on Kombat II, which opened in Could.
Summoner is a uncommon starring characteristic flip for Bacon who, for the final a number of years, has made it a behavior of stealing roles and steadying films together with his presence. He appeared in status mini-series Sirens and toplined the Amazon Prime Video collection The Bondsman. He and spouse Kyra Sedgwick just lately directed and starred within the horror-comedy undertaking Household Film alongside their youngsters, Travis Bacon and Sosie Bacon.
Bacon is repped by MGMT and Johnson Shapiro. Slater is repped by UTA, Kaplan/Perrone, and McKuin Frankel.
