James McAvoy Torments a Couple

James McAvoy is again in a horrifying function onscreen to guide the English-language remake of “Converse No Evil.”

BAFTA award-winner McAvoy, who shocked audiences together with his haunting performances in “Cut up” and “Glass,” performs a father who has an obsession with perfection. Paddy (McAvoy) and his spouse Ciara (Aisling Franciosi) are dad and mom to their mute son Ant (Daniel Hough) who was born with no tongue. However when Paddy invitations American couple Louise (Mackenzie Davis) and Ben (Scoot McNairy) plus their 11-year-old daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler) for a weekend getaway, issues go sideways.

Per the official synopsis: “When an American household is invited to spend the weekend on the idyllic nation property of an enthralling British household they befriended on trip, what begins as a dream vacation quickly warps right into a snarled psychological nightmare.”

To notice, “Converse No Evil” onscreen couple McAvoy and Franciosi are additionally reuniting for Jamie Adams’ improvised couple comedy “Flip Up the Solar!” together with Lucas Bravo and Dolly Farzad.

“Converse No Evil” relies on the screenplay of the 2022 Danish horror sensation “Gæsterne,” written by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. That movie, which debuted at Sundance, earned 11 Danish Movie Awards nominations, the Danish equal of the Oscars. Author/director James Watkins is behind the brand new iteration, and debuted the trailer at CinemaCon 2024.

“Converse No Evil” is produced by Blumhouse‘s Jason Blum and Paul Ritchie, and is govt produced by Beatriz Sequeira for Blumhouse, Jacob Jarek, and authentic “Converse No Evil” scribe Christian Tafdrup.

Whereas “Converse No Evil” is about up at Common the place Blumhouse has a first-look deal, the manufacturing banner is about to remake a sequence of basic Lionsgate horror movies beginning with “The Blair Witch Challenge,” as additionally introduced at CinemaCon.

The rise of English-language remakes, with fellow Danish characteristic “One other Spherical” set to be remade with Leonardo DiCaprio producing, has been inspired as of late with a brand new program on the Cannes Movie Pageant. Newly-announced Cannes Remakes will debut on the upcoming movie market version from Might 14 to 22. The Cannes Remakes program is designed to “faucet into the thriving IP market, which has seen great development, largely pushed by the elevated funding from international streaming providers,” per the official press launch. “Movie remakes, specifically, have established themselves as a profitable enterprise within the market as they provide decrease danger and confirmed marketability.”

“Converse No Evil” premieres September 13 in theaters. Try the trailer under.