AFM: Alex Wolff to Direct, Star in Psychological Thriller ‘If She Burns’ With Victoria Pedretti, Asa Butterfield, Justice Smith (Unique)

Alex Wolff (Oppenheimer, Hereditary, Pig), Victoria Pedretti (You, Origin, As soon as Upon A Time In Hollywood), Asa Butterfield (Intercourse Schooling, Ender’s Sport, Hugo) and Justice Smith (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) are set to star within the “darkish and horny” psychological thriller If She Burns, which Wolff will direct from his personal screenplay.

The movie will comply with a fiery younger girl (Pedretti) who travels to Europe along with her dysfunctional household after a traumatic incident. There she finds refuge and hazard in a turbulent affair along with her enigmatic neighbor (Wolff), which, together with growing household tensions and mysterious wildfires, threaten to push her to breaking level. 

If She Burns is being produced by Jay Van Hoy (The Witch), Andra Gordon (Fortress within the Floor), and Wolff, who as an expert musician and composer will even write and produce music for the movie with Karl McComas-Reichl. Presently in pre-production and scheduled to start out taking pictures on location in Italy in 2024, Mister Smith Leisure will launch worldwide gross sales on the movie on the American Movie Market, with WME dealing with North American gross sales. The actors had been connected to the movie previous to the SAG-AFTRA strike.

The movie is Wolff’s second function following his critically acclaimed debut The Cat and the Moon (2019), which turned a pageant hit and fan favourite. He’ll subsequent be seen within the upcoming A Quiet Place: Day One.

“I’m exhilarated to embark on a journey with such outstanding, courageous actors like Victoria, Asa and Justice. What we placed on display screen will probably be daring, ferocious, tender, and sincere. I’m honored to have the ability to share it,” mentioned Wolff.

Producers Gordon and Van Hoy added: “We’re excited to companion with Mister Smith and assist deliver Alex’s highly effective imaginative and prescient to life with this glorious forged. His evocative portrayal of a younger girl contending with mounting inner and exterior strain ramps as much as an exhilarating, poignant climax in a seamlessly heightened world the place actuality and notion are blurred.”

Mister Smith founder and CEO David Garrett mentioned: “Alex’s distinctive style and imaginative and prescient as a director is mirrored within the tasks he has been concerned in to this point. For If She Burns, he assembled an interesting and proficient younger forged who’re all presently making their mark throughout trailblazing movie and tv. Alex’s script sizzles with erotic pressure and guarantees to ship an unsettling and mesmerizing expertise for the viewers.”