Azrael: Samara Weaving to star in action horror film from E.L. Katz and Simon Barrett

Ready or Not, Mayhem, and The Babysitter star Samara Weaving went directly from the set of Scream 6 to working on the comedic thriller Borderline, and now she’s set to star in the action horror project Azrael, which is scheduled to begin filming in Estonia on October 10th!

Deadline wasn’t able to dig up any plots details for Azrael, but we do know the film is going to be directed by E.L. Katz (The Haunting of Bly Manor) from an original screenplay by You’re Next writer Simon Barrett. We also know that the producers are hoping that Azrael is going to kick off a franchise.

We also know that there was a competitive situation over which company would get the chance to finance this project, and the winner ended up being Joker financier Jason Cloth and his C2 Motion Picture Group partner Dave Caplan. Caplan and Barrett are producing the film with Dan Kagan, while Cloth serves as executive producer alongside Katrin Kissa.

As you can see, we know next to nothing about Azrael, but the information we do have on the project is still enough to catch my interest. I watch pretty much everything Weaving works on anyway, and the same thing goes for projects that are written by Simon Barrett. In addition to You’re Next, Barrett’s credits include The Guest, Seance, Blair Witch, Dead Birds, Frankenfish, Red Sands, and A Horrible Way to Die. He’s currently working on the screenplays for Face/Off 2 and Godzilla vs. Kong 2. Katz’s other directing credits include Cheap Thrills and episodes of Scream, Swamp Thing, and Channel Zero.

So yeah, I’m totally on board to watch an action horror movie from this bunch. How does Azrael sound to you? Are you a fan of any of the people involved? Let us know by leaving a comment below.