Aura Lands U.S. Rights to Gabrielle Union Horror 'Casket Girls' — SkimNews
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- Aura Entertainment acquired U.S. rights to "Casket Girls," a supernatural horror-thriller starring Gabrielle Union and Mike Colter, with Capture handling international sales at the TIFF market
- The film follows Detective Shay Williams (Union) and partner Galpin (Colter) as they investigate a child's supernatural encounter and accidentally release the "Casket Girls" — vampires trapped beneath a centuries-old New Orleans church — forcing them and a handful of survivors to outwit the creatures
- Justin G. Dyck (Creepshow) directs "Casket Girls," which is produced by QC Entertainment, the company behind Jordan Peele's Oscar-winning Get Out and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman
- The cast also includes Raúl Castillo, Matt Frewer, and Thomas Lennon, who co-wrote the original screenplay with Robert Ben Garant; Keith Cooper and Dyck provided revisions
- Sean McKittrick and Raymond Mansfield produce for QC Entertainment, with Edward H. Hamm Jr., Jameson Parker, and Gabrielle Union serving as executive producers
Why it matters: For Gabrielle Union and Mike Colter, "Casket Girls" offers a genre vehicle built around recognizable New Orleans vampire mythology and backed by QC Entertainment's prestige horror pedigree. For Aura Entertainment, adding this title to a slate that already includes Code 3, K-Pops!, and Trap House signals continued aggressive indie-horror acquisitions out of the TIFF market.
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