There has been a lot of talk aboutThe Craftremake this week. Blumhouse and Columbia Pictures are resurrecting the high school witch thriller, which originally starred Neve Campbell. The project was initially set up as a true sequel to the 1996 classic. But those plans fell through. Don’t worry, we’ll still get our Neve Campbell fix, as she has just joined the crime dramaCastle in the Ground. Eh, who needsThe Craft 2?
Neve Campbell(Skyscraper,House of Cards), Tom Cullen (Downton Abbey,Knightfall) and Keir Gilchrist (Atypical,It Follows) have joined the cast of writer/director Joey Klein’s (The Other Half)Castle in the Ground.
The upcoming crime-drama will starAlex Wolff(Hereditary,Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and Imogen Poots (Green Room,Frank & Lola). William Woods under his Woods Entertainment banner and Michael Solomon under Band With Pictures will produce. Andra Gordon of American Entertainment Investors developed the project with Woods and Solomon and is executive producing alongside Tom Spriggs, Rob McGillivray, Ben Stranahan, George Stranahan, John Hansen, Mark Gingras, and John Laing. The film is financed by Line 200, Ontario Creates, NOHFC and Telefilm.
After the untimely death of his mother (Rebecca), a teenager (Henry) befriends his charismatic but troubled next-door neighbor (Ana), who embroils Henry in a world of addiction and violence just as the opioid epidemic takes hold of their small town.
With roles crossing many genres, Campbell most recently starred in Universal’sSkyscraperalongside Dwayne Johnson. She previously starred in the Golden Globe® Award winning seriesHouse of Cardsand the Golden Globe® Award winning seriesParty of Fiveand had a recurring role as Sidney Prescott throughout Wes Craven’sScreamfranchise.
The SAG award winning actor,Tom Cullen, currently stars on The History Channel seriesKnightfall, and is best known for roles on the Golden Globe Award winning seriesDownton Abbey, the Emmy Award winningBlack MirrorandGunpowderalongside Kit Harington and Liv Tyler. He also starred in Joey Klein’sThe Other Halfopposite Tatiana Maslany,Mineopposite Armie Hammer, and Andrew Haigh’s award-winning Weekend.
Keir Gilchristcurrently stars on Netflix’sAtypicalalongside Jennifer Jason Leigh and Michael Rapaport. He previously starred in Showtime’sUnited States of Taraopposite Toni Collette and Brie Larson, and in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’sIt’s Kind of a Funny Storyalongside Emma Roberts and Zach Galifianakis.
Campbell is represented by CAA, Mosaic and Viewpoint. Cullen is represented by UTA, United Agents in the UK and Viewpoint. Gilchrist is represented by ICM Partners, Amanda Rosenthal Talent (ART), Thruline Entertainment, Viewpoint and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Feldman. This news was announced byWoods Entertainment.
