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Simon Baker Hunts ‘The Killer Inside Me’
Simon Baker – who is quickly becoming a signifier of “cheese” – will be starring alongside Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Elias Koteas, Kate Hudson, Bill Pullman and Ned Beatty in Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me. Could this be the most unimpressive and unimaginative casting this year? Quite possibly. Baker has starred in a slew of crappy horror films including The Ring Two, Not Forgotten and The Lodger, but also took on zombies in Romero’s Land of the Dead. The story centers on a West Texas sheriff (Affleck) and his downward spiral from a boring small-town cop into a ruthless, sociopathic murderer. Baker plays a county attorney looking to expose the sheriff as the killer. Filming begins this week in New Mexico and Oklahoma.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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