Dafne Keen & Samantha Lorraine To Star In Jay Hernandez’s Horror Thriller ‘Night Comes’
09.05.2024 - 16:45
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Dafne Keen (Logan) and Samantha Lorraine (Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado) have been tapped to star in Night Comes, a survival horror thriller marking the feature directorial debut of actor Jay Hernandez (Suicide Squad).
Hailing from Impossible Dream Entertainment and the Canadian production and financing outfit Big Picture Cinema Group, the film unfolds against the backdrop of a cataclysmic event that threatens to engulf humanity. Two sisters manage to escape the horror only to find themselves thrust into a perilous struggle for survival, tasked with a mission that holds the fate of mankind in the balance.
Hernandez teamed with Jason Bourque and Nancy Isaak to write the film, which draws inspiration from such popular genre titles as Birdbox and The Descent. Impossible Dream partners Shaun Redick (Get Out, Day Shift) and Yvette Yates Redick (Day Shift, upcoming Lost & Found in Cleveland) will produce alongside Big Picture Cinema Group partners Jayce Barriero and Jacky Lai, with production set to kick off in Vancouver in late summer.
Exec producers are Hernandez, Keen, Jared Zhang, Graem Luis and Jason Bourque. Big Picture Cinema Group is fully financing the movie.
“With ‘Night Comes’ we have a chance to do two unique things simultaneously,” Hernandez told Deadline. “We have a visually stunning exploration of genre, with edge of your seat action coupled with what I see to be a character study in a world where rules, gender roles and order no longer exist. And it’s a journey into how these two young women define sisterhood.”
Stated Barriero, Big Picture Cinema Group’s President and Co-Founder, “We’re excited to bring something so sophisticated, elevated and commercial to the marketplace and proud of the