Collider is excited to reveal thatAndrew Kevin Walker’sPsycho Killerhas found a home with New Regency. The company has greenlit theSe7enscribe’s film with Constantin Film set to co-finance the project and Emmy nomineeGavin Polonedirecting from Walker’s script. BAFTA Award-winning actressGeorgina Campbell, who recently took the lead inZach Cregger’s horror hitBarbarian, will headline the film which begins production in early spring.
Billed as a horror-thriller in a similar vein to Walker’s landmark work,Psycho Killercenters on a police officer (Campbell) who is on the trail of a vicious serial killer after her highway patrolman husband becomes one of their latest victims. Although it hasn’t received a ton of attention, the project has been quietly in the works for some time. Walker’s original script, described by those who’ve seen it as full of truly insane twists, has been passed around for years, at one pointlanding withEliRothandEric Newmanwho were set to produce.Limp BizkitfrontmanFred Durstwas even in line to direct originally until Roth, Newman, and Polone entered the picture.THR previously revealedthat the Germany-based banner K5 would be financing the project in 2015, though everything went quiet from there. With a star now set and production beginning soon, this hopefully means the script will finally see the light of day.
Walker has struck gold whenever teaming up with directorDavid Fincher, not only penning the Oscar and BAFTA-nominatedSe7en, but also writing his celebrated episode ofLove, Death, and Robots, “Bad Traveling.” The two are set to team up againon November 10 on NetflixwithThe Killerbased onAlexis Nolent’s graphic novel. His work away from Fincher, however, has also earned plenty of praise as well.Charlie McDowell’sWindfallalso has his fingerprints on it, as doesTim Burton’s 1999 Oscar winnerSleepy Hollow. Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Ziffren Brittenham are his representatives.
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Walker Has a Stellar Creative Team MakingPsycho Killera Reality
New Regency is producingPsycho Killerwith Walker alongsideRoy Lee,Miri Yoon, andMatt Berenson. The film marks Polone’s feature directorial debut, but he’s earned plenty of plaudits for his producing duties. He has nine Emmy nominations to his name, the majority of which come as part of the team behindCurb Your Enthusiasm. Polone’s big-screen production experience is strong too, notably including bothZombielandfilms. He’s represented byLeigh BrecheenandRichard Thompsonat Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson.
Walker, Polone, and New Regency have an experienced team overall. Campbell is a familiar face at New Regency after leadingBarbarian, though her talents extend beyond that. She notably won a BAFTA Award forMurdered By My Boyfriendin 2014 and has credits inSuspicion,All My Friends Hate Me,His Dark Materials, andBlack Mirror. She rejoins Lee who producedBarbarianand previously won a BAFTA Children’s Award forThe Lego MoviewithChristopher MillerandPhil Lord. Yoon and Berenson round out the group with credits onDon’t Worry DarlingandThe Place Beyond the Pinesamong others. Campbell is represented by UTA, Independent Talent Group, Range Media Partners, and Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, Abramson, McGinnis and Ryan while Lee is represented by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman, Smelkinson & Christopher.
We’ll have more here at Collider as production onPsycho Killergets underway at New Regency this spring. In the meantime, check out a previous interview with Campbell, Cregger, andJustin LongonBarbarianbelow.
