The cast of JT Mollner’s creature feature, ‘Skeletons’, keeps getting better, as ‘Strange Darling’s’ Willa Fitzgerald has joined the pic
Willa Fitzgerald (pictured above in Strange Darling) blew me away with her performance in JT Mollner‘s 2023 serial killer pic with shades of Texas Chain Saw and Tarantino. She’s an incredibly captivating performer, with a range that’s on full display in the twist film. Now, she’s once again entering the genre fray, as Deadline reports that the actress has signed onto the horror film Skeletons for Sony Pictures.
Along with Fitzgerald, Ione Skye (the newest Anaconda) and Daithí Ó Haragáin (“Trespasses”) have also joined a cast that stars Brie Larson (Captain Marvel) and Kyle Gallner (Strange Darling).
The film is described as “a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.”
Sounds a little like the Halloween-set film, Cobweb. If that’s the case, I’m more than sold. Actually, who am I kidding? I was sold the minute I saw Fitzgerald’s name.
JT Mollner will direct and rewrite the script initially written by Brian Duffield (Whalefall), who based it on a short story by Phillip Fracassi.
Mollner wrote the script for Stephen King’s excellent adaptation of The Long Walk. Between that cast and his direction, we could have a banger of a horror picture on our hands.
The project comes from FilmNation Entertainment’s production label Infrared, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, and Assemble Media. Producers are Drew Simon, Abrams, Jon Cohen, and Jack Heller. Executive producers are Assemble’s Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen and Duffield, as well as Roy Lee and Steven Schneider. Larson and Fracassi are also executive producers.
