Epic Pictures Wraps Supernatural Horror Movie THE CELLAR Starring Elisha Cuthbert
Epic Pictures Group (Dread Central’s parent company) just announced that the Irish horror film, The Cellar, starring Elisha Cuthbert (The Girl Next Door, Happy Endings and 24) and Eoin Macken (Resident Evil: The Final Chapter and The Night Shift), has wrapped principal photography in the west of Ireland and is on schedule for post-production. The news is timely as Epic Pictures Group is set to continue worldwide sales for the film during EFM next month.
Synopsis:
The Cellar tells the story of Keira Woods (Cuthbert), whose daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country. Keira soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family’s souls forever.
“After a unique experience filming under Covid-19 restrictions I really think we have got something special that will appeal to a broad audience,” said writer/director Brendan Muldowney of the process of production during the pandemic.
Filmed on location in Roscommon, Ireland, The Cellar comes from the critically-acclaimed Irish writer-director Brendan Muldowney, whose previous film, Pilgrimage, starring Tom Holland, John Bernthal, and Richard Armitage, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. Muldowney reunites with Pilgrimage Director of Photography Tom Comerford (The Hole in the Ground), composer Stephen McKeown (The Hole in the Ground), editor Mairead McIvor (Love Eternal), and production designer Owen Power (Maze).
At this year’s EFM, Epic Pictures Group will continue to handle world sales. Last fall, the company successfully completed international sales for The Cellar with the following territories: Front Row for the Middle East; Mockingbird Pictures for Vietnam; and Exponenta for CIS and the Baltics.
‘We were very fortunate to have such a hard working crew who had to work under such strict Covid-19 protocols to make The Cellar a reality. It is a testament to the continuing high standards of professionalism that Irish and Belgian crew’s bring to production’ said producer Richard Bolger.
The Cellar is an Irish/Belgian co-production with Conor Barry of Savage Productions (A24’s The Hole in the Ground) and Richard Bolger of Hail Mary Pictures serving as producers. It is co-produced with Benoit Roland from Wrong Men in Belgium.
Patrick Ewald of Epic Pictures Group, Lesley McKimm, Screen Ireland, Sarah Dillon, WRAP Fund and Patrick O’Neill, Wildcard Distribution are Executive Producers on the project.
Obviously, there will be lots to announce in the coming weeks and months in regards to The Cellar to stay tuned and check back often!
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