EXCLUSIVE: Liam Hemsworth is set to star in action-horror-thriller They Like The Dark, which will be a hot genre package at the upcoming Cannes market.

Mike Pecci is directing from a screenplay by Will Simmons. Ridley Scott, Michael Pruss, and Sam Roston will produce for Scott Free Productions. Joshua Harris, Nathan Klingher and Ford Corbett will produce for Gramercy Park, who is also financing.

The film follows a half-blind bomb tech who wakes chained in a warehouse with no memory of his arrival and must rely only on his instincts and his loyal service dog to survive the horrors that hunt him in the dark.”

Production is being lined up for late 2026. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group co-represent the film’s domestic distribution rights, while Fortitude is handling international.

Upcoming for Scott Free is The Riders with Brad Pitt starring and Edward Berger directing for A24, Nighwatching with Mila Kunis starring and Adam Schindler & Brian Netto directing for Fifth Season, and Inground starring Kyle Gallner and Alex Daddario and Aaron Katz directing for Gramercy Park. On deck are Here Be Monsters with Joachim Ronning directing for Paramount Pictures and ALIEN at 20th Century Studios.

They also have The Dog Stars bowing this August with Ridley Scott directing and Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin starring.

Hemsworth is represented by UTA, Fourward, Morrissey Management and Yorn, Levine & Gellman. Pecci is represented by UTA. Simmons is represented by CAA, Untitled and McKuin Frankel Whitehead LLP. Scott Free Productions is represented by CAA and Gang, Tyre.