EXCLUSIVE: Lena Headey (game of thrones) distanced himself from the horror films of XYZ Films, Wayward Entertainment and Resolute Films Svalta due to so-called scheduling conflicts. It was replaced by This side up Actor Aisling Bea.
Production on the film, written by and starring Nick Frost, has just finished in Tampere, Finland, with post-production currently underway in the UK. The plot follows a family on a summer vacation on a remote island where they discover a serial killer on the loose. Unfortunately, the local residents have no interest in helping the stranded family. The title is taken from the name of the fictional island. director: Steffen Haars (New kinder turbo). The cast is completed by Sebastian Croft (Cardiac arrest) and newcomer Maisie Ayres.
Svalta is produced by Lee Kim for Resolute Films, John Hegeman for Wayward Entertainment, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian for XYZ with Frost. Co-producing is Richard Kondal for Big Safari, along with executive producers Vince Totino of Wayward Entertainment and Patrick Fischer of Creativity Capital.
The film is financed by The contract production company was Inland Film Company Oy with offices in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland.
Frost is best known for his roles in the Edgar Wright-directed Trio Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. He was last seen in I fight with my familyalong with Florence Pugh and HBO’s The Nevers. Bea is an actress, writer and stand-up comedian. In the US, she is best known for her roles in films such as Netflix Live with yourselfalso with Paul Rudd and Home alone, sweet home for Disney Plus. She wrote and starred in the Hulu comedy This side up with Sharon Horgan (Bad sisters) and Tobias Menzies (The crown).
Current XYZ titles include Atom Egoyan’s TIFF title Seven veilswith Amanda Seyfried and asstarring Eiza González and Aaron Paul and directed by Flying Lotus. The original Netflix chaosdirected by Gareth Evans with Tom Hardy and Forrest Whitaker and Daniela forever, directed by Nacho Vigalondo, with Henry Golding and Beatrice Grannó. Recent releases include blackberryreleased by IFC Films, and the Nick Cassavetes film God is a ballwith Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Maika Monroe.
Frost is repped by Independent Talent Group and Think Tank Management. Bea is repped by CAA, 3Arts Entertainment, Independent Talent Group and Chambers Management. Croft is represented by Conway van Gelder Grant and lawyer Lucy Popkin; Ayres is represented by Independent Talent Group.
Source: Deadline
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