Jack Reynor will star opposite Lily James in Seasons, a horror thriller that Drew Hancock, the filmmaker behind Companion, is directing for Amazon MGM Studios.
The feature is heading to a production start in September and will shoot in Ireland.
On top of directing, Hancock wrote the script, adapting the book by Matt and Harrison Query, which in turn was based on a short story by Matt Query that first appeared on Reddit.
The story follows a husband and wife who buy their dream ranch only to discover the land is alive with ancient spirits, and survival means submitting to increasingly disturbing rituals with each turn of the season.
Reynor will play the husband with James as the wife.
Several horror heavy hitters are backing the project. Marking their third collaboration, 21 Laps and Blumhouse Atomic Monster, who most recently produced A24’s Backrooms, are producing the feature as is 12:01 Films, a horror banner that was one of the first to plant flags in the Reddit-as-movie-inspiration space.
Producing are 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Levine; Blumhouse Atomic Monster’s Jason Blum and Michael Clear; and 12:01 Films’ Scott Glassgold. Dan Cohen, formerly of 21 Laps, will also produce.
Judson Scott is an executive producing for Blumhouse Atomic Monster, and Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing for the company.
Reynor is coming off of starring in Lee Cronin’s The Mummy, which Blumhouse Atomic Monster produced and which was released by New Line earlier this year. He was also seen in the second season of Prime Video’s spy drama Citadel and reteamed with his Sing Street director John Carney for Power Ballad, the musical comedy that starred Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas and was released by Lionsgate in the spring.
The actor, repped by WME, Range and Sloane Offer, will next be seen in the new season of Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent as well Gareth Evans’ latest actionner, the remake of 1967 Yakuza crime movie A Colt is My Passport, for Amazon MGM Studios’ Orion Pictures.
