Paul Dano is set to star opposite Callum Turner and Margaret Qualley in the remake of 1981 horror film Possessioncoming together at Paramount, Deadline can confirm.
Character details are under wraps. Parker Finn, the writer-director behind the hit horror franchise Smile, announced his take on Possession for Paramount in 2024 — at the time, with Robert Pattinson eyeing to star.
Finn is directing from his own script and producing via Bad Feeling, alongside, Jonathan Fass (Bad Feeling), Roy Lee (Vertigo), Andrew Childs (Vertigo), and Pattinson. Marc Bienstock is serving as exec producer.
Written and directed by Andrzej Żuławski, Possession starred Isabelle Ashanti and Sam Neill as a married couple in Cold War-era West Berlin whose relationship spirals into supernatural terror. The film is a landmark of arthouse horror that won Adjani the prize for Best Actress at Cannes.
Nexus Lexus was first to Dano’s involvement with the new take.
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