The Sundance Movie Competition has unveiled its 2025 lineup, which incorporates fairy story physique horror film The Ugly Stepsister. Shudder has introduced at present that they’ve acquired the North American, UK, and ANZ rights to the horror twist on Cinderella.
The Ugly Stepsister will debut on Shudder in 2025.
The movie follows “Elvira as she prepares to earn the prince’s affection at any price. In a kingdom the place magnificence is a brutal enterprise, Elvira will compete with the attractive and enchanting Agnes to turn into the belle of the ball.”
It marks the characteristic debut from Norwegian author and director Emilie Blichfeldt, and stars Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, and Ane Dahl Torp.
Mentioned Director Emilie Blichfeldt, “I’m past thrilled to convey The Ugly Stepsister to Sundance and in the end to a wider viewers alongside my unimaginable crew and in partnership with Shudder. This magnificence horror twist on Cinderella is impressed by The Brothers Grimm model and by my very own struggles with physique picture. My objective is to impress each empathy and discomfort, and encourage audiences to mirror upon their perceptions of, and relationship to, magnificence.”
“The Ugly Stepsister turns a basic fairytale inside out with twisted depictions of surprising burlesque physique horror at its finest,” mentioned SVP of Shudder Acquisitions and Manufacturing Emily Gotto. “Emilie Blichfeldt’s first time characteristic is an astonishing accomplishment and we’re proud to debut her movie on Shudder later subsequent 12 months.”
The movie is produced by Maria Ekerhovd in Norway for Mer Movie (The Innocents, Struggle Sailor, Joachim Trier’s upcoming characteristic Sentimental Worth). It’s co-produced by Lizette Jonjic for Zentropa Sweden, Mariusz Włodarski for Poland’s Lava Movies (The Woman with the Needle), Theis Nørgaard for Denmark’s Motor (The Lifeless Don’t Damage), Zefyr and Movie i Väst, with help from the Norwegian Movie Institute, the Polish Manufacturing Incentive and the Polish Movie Institute, the Swedish Movie Institute, the Danish Movie Institute, Eurimages, DR, Nordisk Movie & Television Fond, Vestnorsk Filmsenter.
With Sundance simply across the nook, keep tuned for Bloody Disgusting’s overview of The Ugly Stepsister and protection of the fest.
