Brandy to star in new A24 horror film ‘The Front Room’

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Brandy Norwood will star in a new psychological horror film called The Front Room, which is being written and directed by Max and Sam Eggers – the younger brothers of The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman filmmaker Robert Eggers.According to Variety, the A24 film – which was adapted from a short story by English author Susan Hill – follows a “young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.” Alongside Norwood, The Front Room will also star Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap and Neal Huff.“It’s official!

THE FRONT ROOM from The Eggers’ Brothers. Can’t wait for y’all to see this,” Norwood wrote on Instagram when sharing the news. “God you’re Awesome!!!!

I trust you with my entire life. Thank you for this amazing opportunity to work with this unbelievable cast, crew, and the studio everyone wants to work with and of course my Eggers fam.”A post shared by 4 e v e r b r a n d y ♠️ (@brandy)The Front Room will mark the latest in a long line of films that Norwood has starred in over the past 25 years, debuting in the titular role of 1997’s Cinderella.

She appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer the following year, was in the voice cast for 2001’s Osmosis Jones, and in 2016 appeared in romantic comedy The Perfect Match.The film will mark the younger Eggers brothers’ directorial debut.