Garret Dillahunt (“No Country for Old Men”), Michelle Hurd (“Star Trek: Picard”) and Henry Ian Cusick (“Lost”) are set to guide upcoming psychological thriller “Bloodwood.”
The movie marks the function directorial debut of Robert Menzies, who additionally wrote the unique screenplay primarily based on his novel. Important Movie Group is dealing with worldwide gross sales.
“Bloodwood” follows Jake (Dillahunt), a person working from his previous who journeys deep into the Amazon to hunt Vargas (Cusick), a trafficker answerable for the loss of life of his spouse. What begins as a calculated mission turns into a spiraling odyssey upriver alongside Ryan (Hurd), a guarded wildlife veterinarian with a previous of her personal. Because the jungle fractures reminiscence, time, and notion, Jake is pulled right into a hallucinatory confrontation with the alternatives that led him right here — and the lady he left behind.
Rounding out the solid are Johnny Sanchez, Hada Vanessa Hutchinson, and Joseph Jaquinto.
“Bloodwood” is supported by the Ayahuasca Basis and Camino Verde, and was developed with steerage knowledgeable by Shipibo traditions of the Amazon rainforest, with an emphasis on cultural respect and authenticity.
Menzies beforehand produced the directorial debuts of Osgood Perkins (“Longlegs”) with The Blackcoat’s Daughter and Jon Watts (“Spider-Man: Homecoming”) with Clown.
“I’m excited to make my own directorial debut with ‘Bloodwood,’” mentioned Menzies. “As I wrote it, I envisioned a modern ‘Heart of Darkness’ — a descent driven by a propulsive revenge story but ultimately rooted in spiritual reckoning. It asks a question older than sin: when a man goes into the wilderness hunting a monster, which one is supposed to come back?”
“Bloodwood” is produced by Menzies (“Fatman,” “House at the End of the Street”), Anjul Nigam (“Crown Vic,” “Growing Up Smith”), Jordan Gianneschi and Jacob Rice for his or her J2 Productions, Carmelo Chimera (“Unarmed”) in affiliation with Act One Media, and Lisanne Marks Canty (“Maserati: The Brothers”) from Harrington Legacy Media. Government producers embody James Norrie, Syed Ali Saeed, Sanchez, Brian Landever, and Jaquinto.
Dillahunt is represented by Impartial Artist Group (IAG) and D2 Administration. Hurd is repped by IAG and TMT Leisure. Cusick is a consumer of Buchwald and Luber Roklin Leisure.
