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‘Stranger Things” Francesca Reale, ‘Succession’s’ Dagmara Dominczyk to Star in ‘Surgat’ (EXCLUSIVE)
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent“Stranger Things’” Francesca Reale and “Succession’s” Dagmara Domińczyk are attached to star in horror drama “Surgat,” from Michael Borowiec and Sam Marine Borowiec, the New York-based writing-directing team behind “Man Underground,” which won best first feature at the 2016 Fantasia Film Festival.Sean Lyness (“Abacus,” “Life, Animated”) is joining Josh Ruben (“Scare Me,” “Werewolves Within”) as a producer on the project.The cast and producer additions add extra weight to a title which is shaping up as one of the highest-profile titles at this year’s Frontières Market, which takes place over July 21-24, running parallel to Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival. “Surgat” will be presented to potential co-production partners, financiers and sales agents at the Frontières Official Selection Pitch Session held this Thursday, July 21.Currently at the financing stage, “Surgat” turns on a young pregnant woman, Heather, whose life is thrown into chaos when a demonic spirit is released upon her home, possessing her family members one by one and turning them against her.
