Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down, The Strangers: Prey at Night, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, V/H/S/99) will continue hanging out in the horror genre with The Not Polly, Deadline reports this afternoon. The upcoming horror film will star Jade Pettyjohn (Little Fires Everywhere, Destroyer), with Bankside Films launching international sales.
Deadline reports, “Bankside and Johannes Roberts are teaming on the film with Japanese producer and music industry executive Yasushi Akimoto who originated the film’s story. Production is scheduled for the end of this year in Kentucky.”
In the film, “Polly, the most popular and most beautiful girl in school, wakes up after a party to find that she is trapped in a morgue, apparently dead, with no reflection, no pulse and no heartbeat. To make matters worse, she has been possessed.”
Roberts said in a statement, “I’m so excited to be working with Bankside and the whole team on this project as they truly get my twisted vision! I can’t wait for an audience to experience this darkly comic yet terrifying film.”
Yasushi Akimoto adds, “It all started from an idea. What if one of the bodies at the morgue woke up and started searching for the truth. I wanted to make this concept into a horror movie. I am already very excited knowing Johannes Roberts of 47 Meters Down will be directing my original story.”