Deadline reports that the Shudder streaming service will be releasing Brooklyn 45, a supernatural thriller from We Are Still Here and Mohawk director Ted Geoghegan, in 2022. A specific release date wasn’t announced, but since the film only just started filming on December 2nd we probably shouldn’t expect to see it too early next year.
Scripted by Geoghegan and his late father, a disabled Air Force Veteran-turned-history teacher, Brooklyn 45 is set on
a freezing evening in December 1945, as five military veterans gather together in the ornate parlour of a Brooklyn brownstone. Best friends since childhood, they have reunited to support their troubled host – but when his invitation for cocktails turns into an impromptu séance, the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.
The film stars Anne Ramsay (A League of Their Own), Ezra Buzzington (The Hills Have Eyes remake), Jeremy Holm (The Ranger), Larry Fessenden (We Are Still Here), Ron E. Rains (The Onion’s Film Standard) and Kristina Klebe (Rob Zombie’s Halloween).
Geoghegan had this to say about the film:
Since losing my dad, I’ve been obsessed with bringing the powerful, timely script we collaborated on to the screen. A story of the ghosts, rage, and toxicity that follow all human conflict, the heart of Brooklyn 45 beats just as poignantly today as it did when the film was set, 76 long years ago.”
Shudder is producing Brooklyn 45 with Hangar 18 Media and The Line Film Company. Seth Caplan, Pasha Patriki, Michael Paszt, and Sarah Sharp are the producers. James Fler and Andrew T. Hunt of Raven Banner Entertainment serve as executive producers.
The story of this one sounds interesting to me, and I’m even more intrigued knowing that Geoghegan wrote the script with his father. I will be watching Brooklyn 45 when it reaches Shudder.
Here’s a first look image: