Sam Raimi hive, assemble! As you will little doubt recall, final July we reported that the Evil Useless filmmaker had signed on to direct and produce Ship Assist, a buzzy new horror-thriller from twentieth Century Studios. Quick ahead to October, and phrase got here by way of that Raimi’s Physician Unusual star Rachel McAdams is about to co-lead the movie, tantalisingly described as a two-hander. Now, per Deadline‘s newest replace on the projectt, we all know who the chiller’s second hand shall be: Lake Caddo and Teen Wolf star Dylan O’Brien.
Described as a survival horror thriller about two work colleagues who discover themselves combating for survival on a abandoned island as the only survivors of a airplane crash, Ship Assist — beforehand pitched as “Distress meets Solid Away” — is setting itself up as an actual battle of wits and wills. Maybe probably the most intriguing factor in regards to the film to date nevertheless is that whereas there is a style nice within the directorial hotseat and two prime stars set to gentle up the display in entrance of the digicam, the script for this one really hails from Baywatch writing duo Damian Shannon and Mark Swift, whose final foray into horror was 2009’s oft-maligned but just lately considerably reappraised Friday The thirteenth remake.
May this be a Craig Mazin The Hangover Half III to Chernobyl fashion second within the making? Will O’Brien and McAdams’ stranded co-workers study to get alongside whereas partaking in what may precisely be described because the world’s most excessive staff constructing train? And can there be a scene by which somebody hobbles a volleyball? At this cut-off date, we could not probably say. However what we do know is that if there is a new Sam Raimi horror joint on its means, then we’re already seated. Within the cinema. Proper now. For nevertheless lengthy it takes.