A couple months ago, we heard that Melissa Barrera – who we’ll see facing off against Ghostface when the new Scream movie is released on January 14, 2022 – had signed on to star in the supernatural thriller Bed Rest, which is coming to us from the Scream producers at Project X. Bed Rest is now filming in Winnipeg, and The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Barrera is joined in the cast by Guy Burnet, known for his roles on Ray Donovan and The Affair.
Screenwriter Lori Evans Taylor is making her feature directorial debut on Bed Rest. Here’s the synopsis:
After years of struggling to start a family, Julie Rivers (Barrera) is pregnant again and moving into a new home with her husband as they embrace a fresh start. Upon being ordered to mandatory bed rest, Julie begins to slowly unravel as she suffers through the monotony and anxiety of her new constraints. Soon, terrifying ghostly experiences in the home begin to close in on Julie, stirring up her past demons and causing others to question her mental stability. Trapped and forced to face her past and the supernatural, Julie fights to protect herself and her unborn baby.
Details on Burnet’s character were not revealed, but I assume he’s playing the husband of Barrera’s character.
Evans Taylor and Barrera will be earning producing credits on the film alongside Project X’s William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, and Paul Neinstein. BondIt Media Finance is providing the funding. STXfilms has already picked up the worldwide rights. STXfilms will be releasing the film themselves in the US, the UK, and Ireland, and in the rest of the world they’ll release it through their network of foreign distribution partners. Sam Brown, Marisa Moreno, and Alexandria Martin are overseeing the project for the studio.
It’s good to see that Bed Rest has finally made it into production, because this is a project we first heard about when the script was making the rounds six years ago. At one point it was set up at MGM, with Chernobyl Diaries‘ Brad Parker attached to direct.