Danny and Michael Philippou, the breakout administrators of final yr’s field workplace horror hit “Discuss to Me,” are re-teaming with A24 on their subsequent horror movie, a person with data of the mission informed IndieWire. And this time they’re being paired with a two-time Oscar nominee.
Sally Hawkins will star in “Deliver Her Again” from the Philippous, who’re writing and directing the unique film for A24. Danny and Michael Philippou are additionally re-teaming with the producers on “Discuss to Me,” Causeway Movies’ Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton (“The Babadook”).
Plot particulars are being stored beneath wraps for “Deliver Her Again,” however the movie will start manufacturing later this summer time.
This could not be the primary time Hawkins has starred in a horror movie. Method again in 2007 she appeared in “The Killing Gene” alongside Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hardy, and Selma Blair. The closest she’s gotten to the style in any other case was her Oscar-nominated work in Guillermo del Toro’s “The Form of Water,” the darkish fantasy movie that received Finest Image in 2017.
Hawkins most not too long ago starred in final yr’s “Wonka.” Her different Oscar nomination is a supporting-actress nod from 2012 Woody Allen movie “Blue Jasmine.”
Aussie twins the Philippous are additionally connected to direct a brand new adaptation of the Capcom online game franchise “Road Fighter,” which is being developed by Legendary Leisure. However it seems like they’ll sneak in “Deliver Her Again” earlier than that one will get off the bottom.
“Discuss to Me” was a wild success after A24 scooped it up out of the Sundance Movie Pageant. The film grossed $92 million worldwide on a finances of simply $4.5 million, making it simply the most important field workplace hit out of the competition that yr. Earlier than that, Danny and Michael had been YouTubers making viral brief movies. A24 has already ordered a sequel to “Discuss to Me,” aptly titled “Discuss 2 Me.”
A24 might be purchasing “Deliver Her Again” to worldwide consumers on the upcoming Cannes Marché du Movie, the place they’ll even be purchasing Ari Aster’s “Eddington” and Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” starring Dwayne Johnson.
Deadline first reported the information about “Deliver Her Again.”