Whitney Peak Horror Film ‘Eye for an Eye,’ From Music Video Director Colin Tilley, Boarded by HanWay and WME Ahead of AFM (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAlex Ritman The feature debut of renowned music video director Colin Tilley will be shopped at the upcoming American Film Market. “Eye for an Eye,” a sinister revenge horror set in the marshlands of Florida and starring Whitney Peak (“Gossip Girl”, “Hocus Pocus 2”), is being launched at the market by HanWay Films, which is repping international rights.
WME Independent is handling domestic sales. Alongside Peak, S. Epatha Merkerson (“Chicago Med,” “Lackawanna Blues”) also stars, while the additional cast includes Golda Rosheuvel (“Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,” “Dune”), Finn Bennett (“True Detective: Night Country,” “Domina”) and newcomer Laken Giles.
Casting was handled by Jenny Jue (“Snowpiercer,” “Okja”). The script was penned by writer and artist Elisa Victoria, who specializes in classic folklore and pop ephemera, adapted from one of her own graphic novels “Mr.
Sandman.” “Eye for an Eye” follows Anna (Peak), a young woman grieving the sudden death of her parents who relocates from New York to a small Florida town to live with the grandmother (Merkerson) she’s never met.
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