Lily James has signed on to star in Seasons, a horror thriller that Drew Hancock, the filmmaker behind Companion, is directing for Amazon MGM Studios.
Some big horror names are involved with the feature on the producing side. Marking their third collaboration, 21 Laps and Blumhouse Atomic Monster, who most recently produced A24’s Backrooms, are producing the feature as is 12:01 Films, a horror banner that was one of the first to colonize the Reddit-as-movie-inspiration space.
Hancock’s script is adapted from the short story by Matt and Harrison Query, which first appeared on Reddit. The film follows a husband and wife who buy their dream ranch only to discover the land is alive with ancient spirits, and survival means submitting to increasingly disturbing rituals with each turn of the season.
James will play the wife.
Producing are 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Levine; Blumhouse Atomic Monster’s Jason Blum and Michael Clear; and 12:01 Films’ Scott Glassgold. Dan Cohen, formerly of 21 Laps, will also produce.
James, who is known for her turns in Disney’s live-action Cinderella, Mamma Mia!: Here We Go Again, and Baby Driver, has several movies in post, among them submarine thriller Subversion from Amazon MGM Studios; Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo for director Takashi Miike and NEON; and the reboot of Cliffhanger, which she also produces.
She is repped by UTA, Tavistock Wood, Sloane Weber.
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