We’ve been patiently waiting for Paramount to announce a release date for Orphan: First Kill – a prequel to the 2009 movie Orphan (watch it HERE). There are some rumblings that the movie might be heading for a September release, but it hasn’t been confirmed yet. We’ve also been patiently waiting to see an image of Isabelle Fuhrman in the film, as Fuhrman is reprising her Orphan role of Esther in this prequel. In the first Orphan, she appeared to be a 9-year-old kid from Russia, but turned out to be thirty-something serial killer from Estonia. Looking 9 was easy for Fuhrman at the time because she was a child when she made that movie… but now she’s an adult, and the filmmakers had to try to figure out how to make her look like a kid again. The result of their efforts may have now been revealed, as the entertainment website Cinema Bravo claims to have unveiled the first image from Orphan: First Kill.
We can’t confirm its authenticity, but it sure looks like the real deal.
If this image is out there, a trailer and a release date should be following soon.
Directed by William Brent Bell from a screenplay by David Coggeshall, Orphan: First Kill has the following synopsis:
Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.
Julia Stiles, Rossif Sutherland, Matthew Finlan, and Hiro Kanagawa are also in the cast.
Co-financed by eOne and Dark Castle, Orphan: First Kill was produced by James Tomlinson, with Dark Castle Entertainment’s Alex Mace, Hal Sadoff, and Ethan Erwin. Original Orphan screenwriter David Leslie Johnson served as executive producer alongside Daryl Katz, Chloe Katz, Paul Marcaccio, Victor Moyers and Kyle Irving. Kelly Gallagher and Robert Bell co-produced, with Jen Gorton and Josie Liang overseeing for eOne. Fuhrman also has an associate producer credit.
The film has been rated R for “bloody violence, language, and brief sexual content“.
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