The Spierig Brothers (Jigsaw, Predestination, Daybreakers) will direct a contemporary reimagining of the Headless Horseman mythology titled Headless, Deadline reports. In the upcoming horror movie, “A rudderless hitchhiker and a driven woman avenging her family’s death must stop a motorcycle-riding semi-immortal ghoul that feeds off the carnage it causes on desert highways by decapitating it […]
The Spierig Brothers (Jigsaw, Predestination, Daybreakers) will direct a contemporary reimagining of the Headless Horseman mythology titled Headless, Deadline reports.
In the upcoming horror movie, “A rudderless hitchhiker and a driven woman avenging her family’s death must stop a motorcycle-riding semi-immortal ghoul that feeds off the carnage it causes on desert highways by decapitating it and getting its head far enough away, long enough, from its relentlessly pursuant still-living body.”
With nods to Mad Max and The Terminator, the script is written by Shane Armstrong & S.P. Krause (Bait, The Darkness).
Developed with support from Screen Queensland, the film is produced by Chris Brown (Daybreakers) for his Picture in Paradise, Martin Metz (Mandy) for Rosewood Pictures, and Diana Le Dean (Sting).
Cameras — and heads — are due to roll in Australia later this year.
Altitude will present the project to buyers on the Cannes Croisette this week. Rialto has acquired distribution rights for Australia and New Zealand.
The Headless Horseman has appeared in European folklore dating back to the Middle Ages. The myths have inspired a number of stories in culture around the world, most notably Washington Irving‘s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
