EXCLUSIVE: Kyle Gallner joins Academy Award winner Brie Larson in Sony Pictures’ Skeletons. JT Mollner is directing the film with J.J. Abrams producing.

The film is a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature. Brian Duffield wrote the screenplay based on a short story by Philip Fracassi.

Sony Pictures picked up worldwide rights during this year’s EFM.

The movie heralds from FilmNation Entertainment’s production label Infrared, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, and Assemble Media. Drew Simon, J.J. Abrams and Jon Cohen, and Jack Heller are producers. Assemble’s Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen and Brian Duffield are executive producing, as is Larson and Fracassi. Infrared is financing.

Skeletons reunites Kyle Gallner with filmmaker JT Mollner, following Gallner’s acclaimed performance in Mollner’s Strange Darling. Other credits include Carolina Caroline, Smile and Smile 2, The Passenger, and Dinner In America. He is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency, Range Media Partners, and Hansen, Jacobson.