EXCLUSIVE: Millie Brady (The Last Kingdom, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies) and Pollyanna McIntosh (Vikings: Valhalla, The Walking Dead) are leading the cast of Double Blind, an Irish horror-thriller being produced by Los Angeles-based Epic Pictures Group.The project is written by Darach McGarrigle and marks the feature directorial debut for Ian Hunt-Duffy who, along with producer Simon Doyle, runs the Dublin-based production company Failsafe Films.It follows seven strangers taking part in a paid drug trial who become trapped in the lab after the side effects of the study escalate the situation into a nightmarish scenario- if they fall asleep, they die.
Brenock O’Connor (Game of Thrones), Abby Fitz (The Cellar), Shonagh Marie, Diarmuid Noyes, Frank Blake, and Akshay Kumar round out the cast.The film is now shooting in Ireland.
Epic will launch sales at the upcoming Cannes Marche du Film.Double Blind is the latest Irish co-production from Epic following SXSW premiere The Cellar, ghost comedy Extra Ordinary and TIFF pic Sea Fever.“Epic is thrilled to continue our partnership with Screen Ireland and bring Ian’s first feature film to the market.
We have been working with Simon and Failsafe to develop a compelling and commercial script for buyers and are excited to see it come to life with Pollyanna and Millie as stars,” said Epic Pictures Group CEO Patrick Ewald.“I’m delighted to be shooting Double Blind with the support of Epic and Screen Ireland.
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