Breeda Wool and Natasha Halevi are set to guide Sander Gusinow’s female-driven thriller “Cottontail.”
Wool stars as Gwynnie Vail, described as a “cunning escaped convict hiding out in a remote cabin near the Idaho–Oregon border.” Per the official logline, “When sisters Autumn (Halevi) and Summer (Leah Shannon) arrive after crossing state lines in search of abortion medication, Gwynnie entangles them in a brutal psychological game that tests loyalty, survival and control.”
“I’ve always wanted to inhabit a character like Gwynnie Vail – feral, untethered and operating outside society’s rules,” stated Wool. “’Cottontail” honors the slasher custom whereas subverting it.”
To Halevi, the movie is “a sharp, multifaceted exploration of survival and sisterhood in a world that isn’t built for women.”
Wool has had a variety of prior on-screen credit, together with “Mr. Mercedes,” “National Treasure: Edge of History” and “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.” She additionally lately guested on “NCIS.” Halevi has beforehand appeared in “Peacemaker,” “Superman” and “The Buildout.”
Additionally co-starring are Shannon (“Ouiji: A New Beginning”) and Lee Arenberg (“Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Once Upon a Time”). Arenberg will play the sisters’ domineering father.
“Cottontail” is Gusinow’s function directorial debut. His script “Big Sisters” was the 2022 Screencraft Function Competitors grand prize winner, and he holds a grasp’s diploma in playwriting and screenwriting from Columbia College.
Gusinow advised Selection that he wrote the movie’s script in response to “a cultural moment that feels increasingly unmoored, where people are pushed to extremes just to cope.”
Wool is repped by Modern Artists; Halevi by Unique Artists Company; Shannon by Large Fish Expertise; and Arenberg is managed by David Guc at Vanguard Administration Group.
“Cottontail” is produced by Mikyla Bordner, Morgan Raymond, Jason Wilkinson and Gusinow.
