‘Severance' Breakout Dichen Lachman Joins Rob Savage's Supernatural Horror Film For Universal & Atomic Monster
EXCLUSIVE: Dichen Lachman (Severance) has closed a deal to star alongside Jessica Chastain and Jay Duplass in Rob Savage's new supernatural horror film, based on the book Incidents Around the House by Bird Box's Josh Malerman.
Character details are under wraps. Released last June, the book centers on eight-year-old Bela, who lives in a home strained by her parents' troubled marriage, only to see her life further upended by a sinister entity she calls 'Other Mommy.' When this malevolent presence emerges from her closet, persistently asking, 'Can I go inside your heart?', Bela refuses. But soon, Other Mommy's manifestations become increasingly aggressive, threatening the safety of Bela's family.
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Currently in production, the film is being produced for Universal by Atomic Monster/Blumhouse in association with Spin a Black Yarn. Succession's Nathan Elston adapted the screenplay. James Wan is producing, with Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Macdara Kelleher, Savage, Malerman, and Ryan Lewis exec producing. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the film for Atomic Monster.
The film falls under supernatural horror, one of the 24 thriving subgenres identified in a Blumhouse study conducted with Sage Outcomes, which surveyed over 2,000 horror fans and experts, as discussed at the company's inaugural Business of Fear event.
Lachman has earned critical acclaim and strong Emmy buzz for dual roles as Ms. Casey and Gemma in the Apple TV+ phenomenon Severance. Soon, she'll be seen starring in the second and third seasons of Netflix's live-action version of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Other past credits include roles in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Jurassic World: Dominion, the latter of which led her to reprise in the animated series Jurassic World: Chaos Theory. Her body of work also includes Altered Carbon, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Raya and the Last Dragon, Animal Kingdom, Aquamarine, and Too Late.
Lachman is represented by Gersh, Management Production Entertainment, and Yorn Levine Barnes.
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