Sam Raimi, ‘Barbarian’ EP Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios Reteam With Christian Mercuri’s Capstone On Horror-Thriller ‘Don’t Move’
20.12.2022 - 21:37
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EXCLUSIVE: Genre legend Sam Raimi’s Raimi Productions and Barbarian EP Alex Lebovici’s Hammerstone Studios are reteaming with Christian Mercuri’s Capstone Studios to produce the horror-thriller, Don’t Move. The project comes following the parties’ collaboration on Boy Kills World — an action-thriller starring Bill Skarsgård, which is currently in post-production.
Don’t Move watches as a seasoned killer injects a grieving woman with a paralytic agent. She must then run, fight and hide before her body completely shuts down.
The film’s helmers are Adam Schindler and Brian Netto, who recently wrote and directed episodes of Rami’s horror anthology series 50 States of Fright for the defunct short-form streaming platform, Quibi. Its writers, T.J. Cimfel and David White, previously penned the Rory Culkin-led horror-thriller Intruders, also directed by Schindler.
Lebovici, Raimi and Zainab Azizi are the producers for Don’t Move, which is currently casting. Exec producers include Mercuri, David Haring, Marc Manus, Schindler, Netto, Petr Jákl and Ara Keshishian. Hammerstone is co-financing alongside Capstone, with Capstone Global handling worldwide rights.
“It’s amazingly exciting for us to reunite with the genre master Sam Raimi, and Zainab Azizi, who yet again have found two extremely talented young filmmakers in Adam and Brian to bring Don’t Move to life,” said Hammerstone Studios’ Lebovici. “We are honored to be part of such a fantastic project.”
“Alex and the team at Hammerstone as well as our friends at Capstone are the ideal production partners as we bring this compelling and twisted tale to light,” added Raimi. “I am delighted to collaborate again with our co-directors Adam and Brian on this incredibly frightening and