Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black), Jacob Tremblay (The Predator), Martin Freeman (Fargo TV series), and Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) have been cast to star in the folk horror film Queen of Bones, which is now filming in Canada with Robert Budreau (Delia’s Gone) at the helm. According to Deadline, Queen of Bones centers on
twin siblings Lily (Butters) and Sam (Tremblay) who live at a remote homestead with their widowed father, Malcolm (Freeman), a violinmaker in 1931 Oregon. When Lily and Sam find an Icelandic spell book in the cellar, they begin to suspect a connection between their mother’s death and dark forces in the woods. They then embark on a dangerous mission to force their father and his friend, Ida May (Schilling), to reveal the truth.
The screenplay was written by Michael Burgner. Queen of Bones is coming to us from Appian Way, Lumanity Productions, and Productivity Media. Appian Way’s Jennifer Davisson and Michael Hampton are producing the film alongside Budreau (through his company Lumanity Productions) and William G. Santor, Doug Murray, and Ryan Reaney of Productivity Media. Budreau and Productivity Media previously worked together on the director’s films Delia’s Gone, Stockholm, and Born to Be Blue.
Budreau provided the following statement:
I am thrilled to be working with such a stellar cast to bring this amazing Depression-era folk horror script to life. And I’m equally excited to be collaborating with Appian Way and my past partners at Productivity Media.”
Santor added:
We are so happy to be back in business with Robert as director on another film for Productivity Media. He has a great creative voice, and we are thrilled to be on this journey with him and our award-winning and collaborative partners at Appian Way.”
I like the idea of the Depression-era setting, and Budreau has definitely assembled an interesting cast to bring the story’s characters to life. I’ll be putting Queen of Bones on my “to watch” list for sure.
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