The horror comedy Spider Island, the most recent venture from style common Christopher Smith, is now filming in Mauritius
Director Christopher Smith has constructed up a strong following within the horror neighborhood over the past twenty years by taking the helm of such movies as Creep (2004), Severance, Triangle, Black Dying, Detour, The Banishing, and Consecration. Again in October of 2023, we heard that he had lined up his subsequent style venture, signing on to direct the arachnid horror comedy Spider Island for Vertigo Movies. Now, Deadline studies that Spider Island has began filming on location in Mauritius.
Scripted by Christopher Jolley (The Worth We Pay) and David Quantick (Veep), Spider Island will observe a gaggle of social media influencers who go to the launch of a brand new lodge on a tropical island, the place they discover lethal spiders. The forged consists of Rose Williams (The Energy), Tim McInnerny (Blackadder), TikTok persona Avani Gregg, Owen Warner (Hollyoaks), Andy Nyman (Depraved), creator / YouTube persona Léna Mahfouf (a.ok.a. Léna Conditions), Carlotta Banat (Fifteen-Love), and Anuschka Van Lent (When the Ringlights Dim).
The movie is being produced by Allan Niblo and James Richardson of Vertigo Movies, alongside Mike Knowles for Now Movies. Jane Moore is govt producing for Vertigo Movies. It’s being produced in affiliation with Fiction Movies, with Ben Jacques the producer for Fiction. Protagonist Photos is promoting the movie internationally. When the venture was first introduced, a press launch stated it “could have a definite British taste that pushes boundaries of black comedy, whereas playfully subverting stereotypes.“
Richardson supplied the next assertion: “Spider Island is at the beginning an ideal comedy horror for audiences all over the world. It’s additionally a chance for a gaggle of very gifted actors and filmmakers and a gaggle of very gifted social media creators to hitch forces. The 2 worlds are nonetheless a lot too far aside, and we wish to construct a bridge. With spiders.“
Smith added, “I’ve been looking for the proper venture to stability scares and laughter, and Spider Island delivers. We’ve a singular mixture of real-life creators, actors and an ideal script to make a comedy-horror for our time.“
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