The female-driven thriller ‘Cottontail’ has found its leads in Breeda Wool and Natasha Halevi, described as a “brutal psychological game”.
Breeda Wool (pictured above in “The Walking Dead”) and Natasha Halevi (The Buildout) are set to star in the female-driven thriller Cottontail, reports Variety this morning.
“When sisters Autumn (Halevi) and Summer (Leah Shannon) arrive after crossing state lines in search of abortion medication, Gwynnie (Wool) entangles them in a brutal psychological game that tests loyalty, survival and control.”
Lee Arenberg (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) also stars.
Wool should be familiar to genre fans, as she has appeared in numerous titles ranging from the all female-directed horror anthology, XX to “The Walking Dead”. She also starred as Lou Linklatter in “Mr. Mercedes”.
Said Wool, “I’ve always wanted to inhabit a character like Gwynnie Vail – feral, untethered and operating outside society’s rules. Cottontail honors the slasher tradition while subverting it.”
Halevi adds that Cottontail is “a sharp, multifaceted exploration of survival and sisterhood in a world that isn’t built for women.”
I’m especially curious about that comment from Wool, pitching Cottontail as a subversion of the slasher genre. I don’t get “slasher” from the plot synopsis, so it’ll be interesting to see how deep the film cuts into that territory.
Sander Gusinow directed the film, marking his feature directorial debut.
Producers are Mikyla Bordner, Morgan Raymond, Jason Wilkinson and Gusinow.
