The 28-year-old 'Sound of the Metal' actress has been cast in upcoming the Lionsgate project, which will mark the feature directorial debut of Kelsey Bollig.
- Jun 24, 2022
AceShowbiz - Olivia Cooke is to star in the horror thriller "Breeders", which will mark the feature directorial debut of Kelsey Bollig. The 28-year-old actress has been cast in the Lionsgate project, which idea came up from "Don't Look Up" filmmaker Adam McKay.
Brian Steele writes the script with McKay producing the flick for his Hyperobject Industries banner together with the company's Todd Schulman. While plot details are being kept under wraps, one source suggests that the film is similar in tone to the movie "Fresh". The dating gone wrong thriller starred Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan and was released earlier this year.
Bollig has won acclaim for her short horror films "Asking for a Friend" and "The Fourth Wall" and her most recent project "Kickstart My Heart" debuted last week. Lionsgate's president of production Erin Westerman said, "Her films come straight out of a horror sensibility she's been honing her entire life, and 'Breeders' is a perfect example - it'll be terrifying and Olivia Cooke is perfect for it."
"It's also a thrill working with Adam, who originated the idea and will shepherd Kelsey's project with expertise and a first-rate sense of story," he said.
Olivia previously starred alongside Riz Ahmed" in the film "Sound of Metal" and she recalled how the pair were "bonded by the sheer terror" of performing as a band on the big screen. "Riz and I were brought together to immerse these skills we just learned and to become a fully realised band," she shared.
"It was wonderful to have that experience, because we were then really bonded by the sheer terror of having to sometime soon perform and it made the relationship we had on screen that much more nuanced and deep," she continued.
