Julia Roberts and Elizabeth Olsen are set to star within the thriller Panic Fastidiously, written and directed by Sam Esmail
Mr. Robotic creator Sam Esmail and Julia Roberts have labored collectively a number of instances already. She starred within the collection Homecoming, which he co-created; he was an govt producer on the restricted collection Gaslit, which she starred in; and she or he starred in his thriller Go away the World Behind, which was an enormous hit for the Netflix streaming service, touchdown on their checklist of Prime 10 Most In style Motion pictures. As of proper now, Go away the World Behind stands as Netflix’s fifth hottest English-language movie of all time, with 143.4 million views. Esmail and Roberts are set to proceed their working relationship with one other thriller, this one referred to as Panic Fastidiously, and Deadline stories that Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) has signed on to star within the movie alongside Roberts.
Esmail will probably be directing Panic Fastidiously from his personal screenplay. Plot particulars are being saved beneath wraps, however the venture is being described as “a paranoid thriller within the vein of Esmail’s Emmy and Golden Globe winner Mr. Robotic, in addition to The Silence of the Lambs.“
The venture went out to assorted studios and streamers earlier this yr, kicking off an intense bidding battle. Warner Bros. got here out the winner of that bidding battle, and Deadline notes that their victory was “in part due to their commitment to a theatrical run.” So, whereas Esmail and Roberts had nice success taking Go away the World Behind to streaming, they need this one to get extra play on the massive display. (Go away the World Behind received a restricted theatrical launch about two weeks earlier than it began streaming.)
Esmail and Chad Hamilton are producing Panic Fastidiously for E-mail Corp. Roberts can be producing the movie, as are Scott Stuber, Marisa Yeres Gill, and Lisa Gillan. Kevin McCormick and Chrystal Li are overseeing the venture for Warner Bros. Filming will happen in England and cameras are anticipated to begin rolling in January.
This would be the first time Esmail and Olsen have labored collectively, and the identical goes for Olsen and Roberts.
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