Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Dermot Mulroney has joined the cast of the upcoming indie horror-thriller “Dead of the Night.” At the same time, it was announced that Scott Grimes (“Ted,” “Oppenheimer,” “Robin Hood”), Julianne Arrieta (“Reagan,” “Freelance”) and Kirrilee Berger (“Unsung Hero,” “One Dollar”) have also signed on for the movie.
The film is directed by Derek Sulek and produced by Sulek, Oren Kamara and Dan Sheldon, with Jijo Reed serving as co-producer.
Executive producers include Grimes, Ann Koch, Doug Johnson and Matthew Ballard. The script was penned by Eric Durham and Sulek, with production currently underway in Los Angeles under Fade to Black Films.
Per the logline, “after the mutilated body of a teenage girl is discovered in Elmwood Heights, the newly elected mayor (Alex Camacho) scrambles to create a neighborhood watch, desperate to calm the growing hysteria.
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