Again in 2019, it was introduced that Riverdale‘s Madelaine Petsch had signed on to star in a horror comedy called Clare at 16, which was going to be written and directed by Mark Pavia, the filmmaker behind the 1997 Stephen King adaptation The Night Flier, and based on a novel by Don Roff. That iteration of the project didn’t make it into manufacturing, and in 2022 Bella Thorne (Notorious) not solely signed on to star within the title function of what was now being known as Saint Clare, however she additionally introduced Dying to Play (a.ok.a. Braid) director Mitzi Peirone on board to jot down and direct the movie. Earlier this week, we realized that Quiver Distribution has acquired the North American rights to the movie and are planning to present Saint Clare a VOD and restricted theatrical launch on July 18th. And with that date swiftly approaching, a trailer for the movie has now dropped on-line and might be seen within the embed above.
The Don Roff novel instructed the next story: The small city of Pickman Flats presents a shiny sunny place full of quaint purchasing and wine tasting. However beneath the city’s inviting exterior lies a darkish underbelly, a sinister aspect that lurks within the shadows. Clare is a loyal vegan who goes to Catholic highschool, is fastidious in her method, and in addition, effectively, a serial killer. The Different Clare takes over on the most inopportune of occasions. She tries to maintain her interior beast’s lust for blood at bay, however it’s laborious when there are such a lot of creeps round who assist to unleash it. What secret lies hidden beneath Pickman Flats? And who’s Clare actually? Scripted by Peirone and American Psycho co-writer Guinevere Turner, Saint Clare follows Clare Bleecker (Thorne), a quiet catholic faculty pupil with a divine vocation for killing.
Thorne is joined within the forged by Ryan Phillippe (I Know What You Did Final Summer time), Rebecca De Mornay (Mom’s Day), Frank Whaley (Pulp Fiction), Bart Johnson (Excessive Faculty Musical), and Dylan Flashner (The Card Counter).
When the distribution deal was introduced, Peirone supplied the next assertion: “I think making Saint Clare taught me the same lessons the titular character is forced to master on her journey towards her own fate. To me, artists and people of faith are rather alike: both endeavors require relentless vision, unwavering belief, and sacrifice. So just like the martyred visionary general Joan of Arc, Clare has taught me that when you are destined with vision and clarity of purpose, then nothing can scare you – not loneliness, not violence, not being misunderstood and called insane, not rejection and ultimately not even death.” Quiver Distribution Co-Presidents Berry Meyerowitz and Jeff Sackman added, “We’re thrilled to share Saint Clare with audiences. The movie unfolds as a visually placing and intense meditation into the sense of isolation and quiet evil that haunts this world, pushed by a elegant efficiency from Bella Thorne and an evocative, gothic soundtrack from Zola Jesus.“
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