Accordingly The Hollywood ReporterMatilda: The Musical Star Alisha Weir was selected to star alongside Melissa Barrera The untitled monster film from Universal Pictures, by Scream VI director duo Radio Silence. This is the young Irish actress’ latest major project since she helmed the Netflix adaptation of Matilda last year. She is also next set to star in the upcoming comedy Wicked Little Letters, starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley.
Accordingly The Hollywood ReporterMatilda: The Musical Star Alisha Weir was selected to star alongside Melissa Barrera The untitled monster film from Universal Pictures, by Scream VI director duo Radio Silence. This is the young Irish actress’ latest major project since she helmed the Netflix adaptation of Matilda last year. She is also next set to star in the upcoming comedy Wicked Little Letters, starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley.
Who is involved in the untitled monster movie?
The untitled film will be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream films) from a script by Stephen Shields with revisions by Guy Busick. It is produced by William Sherak, Paul Neinstein and James Vanderbilt for Project X Entertainment along with Radio Silence’s Chad Villella.
Further details about the characters and plot of the project are still being kept secret. However, the untitled monster movie was originally titled Dracula’s daughter. The story is said to revolve around a group of kidnappers kidnapping a group of young people, one of whom ends up being the title character.
Universal Pictures intends to give the project the same treatment as their recent modern remakes of classic monster films, including Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man and Chris McKay’s supernatural horror comedy Renfield. The studio plans to “deliver a unique take on legendary monster tales and bring a fresh new direction to the celebration of these classic characters.”
The untitled film will be part of Universal’s growing list of upcoming monster projects, including Elizabeth Banks’ “Invisible Woman,” Matt Stawki’s “Monster Mash,” the Ryan Gosling-directed “Wolfman” film, and David Keopp’s long-in-development Remakes of The Bride of Frankenstein and Josh Cooley’s Little Monsters film, Blumhouse’s The Thing adaptation, the James Wan-produced Van Helsing film, an untitled monster thriller by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and Chloe Zhao’s sci-fi western Dracula movie.