Posted on: December 2nd, 2024
Though flying comparatively beneath the radar, Clown in a Cornfield shall be Sony Footage subsequent authentic slasher providing, after the studio introduced it was making horror “a excessive precedence.”
The movie is an adaption of Adam Cesare’s slasher novel of the identical title, coming to us from Tucker and Dale Vs Evil director Eli Craig.
Now we now have affirmation that Clown in a Cornfield has been acquired by RLJE Leisure and Shudder, and shall be receiving a theatrical launch on Could ninth 2025.
The film will star Shazam’s Carson McCormac, and tv regulars Katie Douglas and Aaron Abrams within the lead roles. An official logline describes the motion as follows:
“Clown in a Cornfield follows Quinn (Katie Douglas) and her father (Aaron Abrams), who’ve simply moved to the quiet city of Kettle Springs hoping for a contemporary begin. As an alternative, she discovers a fractured group that has fallen on laborious occasions after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Manufacturing unit burned down.
Because the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning determine emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the city of its burdens, one bloody sufferer at a time. Welcome to Kettle Springs. The true enjoyable begins when Frendo the clown comes out to play.”
Of RLJE buying his movie, director Eli Craig mentioned in a press release:
“I’m thrilled to accomplice with RLJE and Shudder to launch this insanely enjoyable, motion, horror, comedy the place we all the time wished it to be seen — in theaters! As all the time in my films, there’s a deeper theme in regards to the collision of views and beliefs that results in utter mayhem. It was enjoyable on this one nevertheless, to let the horror thrills take the lead whereas the comedic absurdity that I can’t assist however see in life, brings a little bit of levity.”
Adam Cesare’s Clown in a Cornfield obtained essential acclaim when it was first revealed in 2020. The Younger Grownup novel was nearly instantly snapped up for a movie adaption, with Sony and Display Gems spying franchise potential. Since then, Cesare has crafted two sequels, the final of which debuted simply this previous August.
So, it seems to be like we could also be seeing lots extra of Frendo the Clown on the large display, ought to Clown in a Cornfield discover success with the movie-going public.
