Modern gym culture and self-obsession are getting the horror treatment in the newly announced feature Shredded. Variety reports that the […]
Modern gym culture and self-obsession are getting the horror treatment in the newly announced feature Shredded.
Variety reports that the film is being written and directed by Josh Lawson, the actor/director who starred as Kano in Mortal Kombat and was Oscar-nominated for the live-action short The Eleven O’Clock.
Michael Bay‘s Platinum Dunes (A Quiet Place, The Purge, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) is producing the pic, described as offering an “unflinching look at the darker side of modern fitness culture and self-obsession,” and as a “propulsive thrill ride that pushes toxic gym culture to terrifying extremes.”
Here’s the plot: The film follows Eileen, who, reeling from a breakup, enrolls in an intense gym class run by a charismatic but deranged coach. When she quits the program, he abducts her and imprisons her in his sadistic training compound, forcing her – and other captives – through punishing, often lethal workouts. As the physical toll mounts, Eileen must outwit the coach’s vicious regimen and turn his obsession with control and perfection against him before it’s too late.
“Shredded is a high concept horror as brutal and unapologetically intense as the ultimate workout from hell,” says Protagonist Pictures CEO Bishop.
Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno produce for Platinum Dunes, and Jeff Golenberg for Strand Entertainment.
