Genre Icon Anjelica Huston To Lead New Family Horror LEGACY
The film is directed by DARK HARVEST's David Slade.
Anjelica Huston is once again proving that she’s the Hollywood matriarch to rule them all. Deadline reports that the Addams Family and The Witches star is set to co-lead the new family horror film Legacy, alongside comedian Jack Whitehall and fellow actress Lucy Hale, in a production that’s currently filming in the United Kingdom.
The film, to be directed by Dark Harvest and 30 Days of Night helmer David Slade, comes from a script by Thomas Bilotta in his first-ever screenwriting credit. Exact plot details are being kept under wraps for now, though Deadline describes the film as “a harrowing 24 hours surrounding two siblings and the passing of their estranged father.”
“I’m excited to be bringing this project to life and am loving working with Lucy, Jack and Anjelica,” Slade told Deadline. “The underlying universal themes of fatherhood and family bonds spoke to me and my own experience directly. The question of ‘what would you do for your family?’ always intrigues me as a question to pose to audiences.”
Legacy is produced by Chris Abernathy, Eric B. Fleischman, Amanda Massetti, Hale, Jo Henriquez, Jan McAdoo, Stephen Braun, Ross Putman, James Harris, Mark Lane and Bishal Dutta, with Jess Varley and Bri Hennessey serving as co-executive producers. The film marks Whitehall’s first proper foray into horror after starring in the recent thriller series Malice alongside