Alex Macaulay: Last News

Horror fans know some basic rules for surviving a horrific encounter. First, if you stop at a gas station in the Deep South, don’t interact with the locals.

EXCLUSIVE: Everybody Hates Chris co-creator Ali LeRoi is to direct American Refugee – the second movie in Blumhouse Television’s recent partnership with Epix.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer“A House on the Bayou,” the first straight-to-service movie in a new deal between Blumhouse and Epix, has found its three lead stars.Paul Schneider (“Tales from the Loop,” “Parks and Recreation”), Angela Sarafyan (“Westworld”), and Jacob Lofland (“Maze Runner”) will lead the cast on the project, which has already begun production in New Orleans.Alex McAulay (‘Don’t Tell a Soul”) serves as writer and director on the film, which follows a troubled couple (Schneider and Sarafyan) who take a vacation to an isolated house in the Louisiana bayou to reconnect as a family. Their teenage daughter will be played by the young star of Marvel’s “The Eternals,” Lia McHugh.

EXCLUSIVE: Lia McHugh (Songbird) is set as a lead in A House on the Bayou, the first of eight standalone horror and genre films under a deal with Epix and Blumhouse Television. Production is scheduled to begin late spring for a December 2021 premiere.

Blumhouse Television is to develop and produce a slate of eight standalone horror and genre films for Epix after striking a slate deal with the MGM-owned cable network.

Angelique Jackson Epix and Blumhouse have teamed for a new partnership, in which Blumhouse Television will develop and produce eight horror/genre-thriller movies exclusively for the network.Blumhouse founder and CEO Jason Blum will serve as executive producer on the original films slate.“A House on the Bayou” from writer-director Alex McAulay marks the first film in the new venture. Casting is underway on the project, which has plans to begin production in late spring in order to debut on Epix in Dec.

Saban Films has picked up the North American rights to thrillerDon't Tell a Soul. The feature, which was set to screen at the Tribecca Film Festival prior to its cancellation, follows two young brothers — played by Dunkirk actor Fionn Whitehead and Shazam! star Jack Dylan Grazer — who, when robbing a house to pay for their sick mother's medical bills, cause a security guard to fall into a forgotten well.

By Amanda N'Duka