Katherine Hughes & Josh Plasse Join Horror-Thriller ‘Man’s Son’; ‘Organ Trail’ Adds Michael Abbott Jr.
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Katherine Hughes (Echo 3) and Josh Plasse (iCarly) have signed on to star alongside Frank Grillo and Jaime King in the horror-thriller Man’s Son, which Remy Grillo is directing for XYZ Films.The story surrounds a young couple (Hughes and Plasse) hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film.
But when they choose an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop, the dark events of the audition material slowly slip into their reality… Eventually, they find themselves intertwined in an occult, sinister plot led by King and Grillo’s characters.Plasse and Brev Moss wrote the script, which is inspired by modern occult activity in the California Desrt.
King’s Hooligan Dreamers Productions is producing in partnership with Dare Angel, Mi Nene and Margate House Films. Plasse, Shakira Barrera, Conor Allyn, Johnny James Fiore, Benjamin Anderson, Jake Allyn, Fabio Lo Fria, King and Emma Comley are producing, with Nidal Kahl, Bobby McMichael, Chido Nwokocha and Dennis Echelberger exec producing.
XYZ Films acquired North American rights to the film earlier this month, slating it for release either later this year or in early 2023.Hughes found breakout roles in Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children and the Fox Searchlight hit Me, Earl, & The Dying Girl from director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon.
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