Oscar winner Brie Larson (Room, Captain Marvel) will star in Fail-Safe, an upcoming creature feature horror with Strange Darling‘s JT Mollner directing, Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You) writing and J.J. Abrams producing.
Reporting the news earlier today, Deadline also confirm that FilmNation, WME and CAA are launching the hot project at the Cannes market.
Based on a short story by Philip Fracassi, Fail-Safe is described as “a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.”
Lost, Star Wars and Star Trek mogul Abrams (also set to produce Godzilla Minus One director Takashi Yamazaki's English-language debut, Grandgear) said:
“With Fail-Safe, Brian Duffield has written an absolute powerhouse of a script. It’s a horror film that is as sweet and moving as it is terrifying. To have JT Mollner in the director’s chair — his Strange Darling blew me away — is a dream come true. Finally, having the limitlessly talented Brie Larson as our star sets up Fail-Safe to be that rare horror film that makes you laugh, feel, and care, before taking you on an absolutely wild ride.”
Fail-Safe won't be Larson's first go-round with a monster – back in 2017 she starred in the MonsterVerse's Kong: Skull Island.
Behind the scenes, Abrams Drew Simon, Jon Cohen, and Jack Heller are producers, with Assemble’s Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen and Duffield executive-producing, as is Larson.
