Dave Franco Joins Sophie Wilde in Alien Thriller
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- Dave Franco is joining Sophie Wilde in alien invasion thriller Soon You Will Be Gone And Possibly Eaten, directed by Egor Abramenko (A24's Altar, Sputnik) from a script by Luke Piotrowski and Ben Collins (Hellraiser, The Night House).
- Nick Antosca, creator-showrunner of Apple TV's upcoming Cape Fear series, wrote the source short story; his Eat the Cat shingle is among the production companies alongside Anonymous Content and Divide/Conquer.
- Anton is fully financing the film and handling worldwide rights, continuing pre-sales in Cannes, with domestic sales split between Anton, Anonymous Content, and WME Independent.
- Production is earmarked for this summer, with additional casting still in process, and the story follows engaged couple Rob and Sabile whose secluded mountain wedding is disrupted by unexpected guests.
- Producers include Sébastien Raybaud (Anton), Nick Antosca and Alex Hedlund (Eat the Cat), Greg Gilreath and Adam Hendricks (Divide/Conquer, M3GAN), Nick Shumaker (Anonymous Content), and Dawn Olmstead, with David Levine, Garrett Kemble, and Kathy Stocker as exec producers.
- Dave Franco is repped by WME and Anonymous Content; Franco's recent credits include Now You See Me and Together, while Wilde recently starred in Talk To Me and Babygirl.
Why it matters: The casting pairs two rising horror-adjacent stars (Wilde from A24's *Talk To Me*, Franco from *Together*) with the team behind A24's *Altar* and a source story by Antosca, whose *Cape Fear* series is on Apple TV. Anton bankrolling and Cannes pre-sales signal an ambitious sci-fi play aimed at the international genre market.
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