Ella Balinska, the rising star who seemed within the recent Charlie’s Angels reboot and have to almost at the moment be viewed in Netflix’s upcoming Resident Disagreeable series, is determined to book upcoming sci-fi thriller The Occupant.
The film — which is ready to be launched to buyers in Toronto, with Altitude Film Gross sales overseeing worldwide sales rights — will likely be directed by Hugo Keijzer, who co-wrote the script alongside Philip M. Howe and Roelof-Jan Minneboo.
Billed as a “high-belief” sci-fi thriller with a highly effective psychological myth at its core, The Occupant will behold Balinska play a girl called Abby in a yarn that deals with subject matters of belief, manipulation, loss of cherished ones and survival. On a determined quest for her death sister’s survival, Abby finds herself stranded and by myself within the cool Russian barren region, where a mysterious helper could perhaps or no longer be her salvation.
The mission is a selection of Keijzer’s acclaimed 2019 immediate film of the same name, which garnered worldwide festival publicity, at the side of Sitges, Fantasia and Bifan.
“The Occupant is both a visceral survival myth and a lively skedaddle into the unknown, which is ready to be an large declare both physically and mentally for our lead actress, mentioned Keijzer. “I’m elated to be working with Ella on this. She embraces the distinctive challenges that advance with this mission and she’s no longer vexed to stamp her most vulnerable facet. I believe she has the total makings of a celeb.”
The characteristic will likely be produced by Raymond van der Kaaij for Revolver Amsterdam (Worship and Friendship) alongside Dutch producer Maurice Schutte and Elwin Looije, with Altitude exec producing.
“The Occupant is exactly the more or much less clear, fascinating and thrilling topic matter we are buying for and we are enraged to accomplice with Hugo and the personnel to abet bring their dauntless and dynamic vision to audiences worldwide,” mentioned Altitude’s Mike Runagall.
The characteristic purchased a grant from Epic Games to doubtlessly damage the most of Unreal Engine, the groundbreaking virtual manufacturing technology that became once no longer too prolonged ago historical in The Mandalorian. The mission additionally won the the Bucheon Award at NAFF, the Bucheon World Astounding Film Competition’s vogue film mission market.
The film is for the time being being financed and already purchased funding by the Dutch Film Fund. Production is planned for early 2022 with capturing planned in Georgia and Eire.
