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Former Arrow star and known scream queen Katie Cassidy has signed onto a new horror movie! Nanny Cam is a thriller from Jenni "JWoww" Farley, the reality star best known for the long-running Jersey Shore franchise.

Farley previously entered the horror movie scene with her 2024 film Devon, which followed a group of people investigating an abandoned asylum in search of their missing daughter who disappeared from the institution years before. Terrifier distributor Cineverse picked up Devon and it later released on Screambox. Deadline reports that, like Devon, Farley will write and direct Nanny Cam.

Cassidy is best known for playing Laurel Lance in The CW's Arrowverse, but the actress has also starred in many horror/thriller films, such as the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, the 2006 Black Christmas remake, Wolves at the Door, Kill for Me, and The Scribbler.

In Nanny Cam, she plays new mother Trinity, "who...

Exclusive: Katie Cassidy has been set to play the lead role in psychological thriller Nanny Cam, which is due to begin filming next month in New Jersey.

The film follows a new mother, played by Cassidy, who grapples with her dark ancestral legacy as she tries to protect her newborn daughter against what she believes is a malevolent demon, bringing her own mental health into question.

Jenni ‘JWoww’ Farley (Jersey Shore) is writer-director, marking her sophomore feature behind the camera, and in it she draws on her own personal experiences growing up with an absent mother and of first-time motherhood. Also starring are Riley Dandy (Christmas Bloody Christmas), Myles Clohessy (Frontier Crucible), and Sol Miranda (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt).

Producing are Joe Barbagallo and Logan Hunter from BarBhouse Productions, whose most recent film A Wounded Fawn premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. David Guglielmo is casting.

Farley is best known for her...

Picture this: A woman walks down the beach with a phone in her hand. She records footage of the sunbathers she passes.

Her name is Hayley Thompson, and though she’s on vacation, she’s working hard. The clips she records will serve as her entry for a Snapchat Spotlight Challenge titled #SummerVibes. Thompson’s beachcombing video will ultimately earn her a third-place finish in the #SummerVibes contest and a modest monetary reward.

Thompson’s #SummerVibes success story was not her first Spotlight Challenge win. Throughout 2022, the Pennsylvania native placed in 31 of Snap’s short-form challenges, earning tens of thousands of dollars in prize money. Since the calendar turned over, Thompson has kept up her hot streak. In the first two months of 2023, she’s earned rewards from five different Spotlight Challenge submissions.

For creators like Thompson, Spotlight Challenges are a sustainable revenue source.

Since graduating from college, Thompson has...

Shelley Hennig, the actress best known for playing Malia in the MTV series “Teen Wolf,” will star in a psychological thriller in the vein of “Rosemary’s Baby” called “Bibi.”

Screenwriter Christopher Beatty is making his directorial debut on “Bibi,” and the film is being produced by Glen Trotiner and co-produced by Logan Hunter.

“Bibi” tells the story of Vivian (Hennig), who lives in a secluded mansion along with her teenage daughter, Bibi. The two are increasingly haunted by the death of Bibi’s twin sister, which occurred in the house years earlier. Ultimately, the long-held secret of what really happened is finally revealed.

“Bibi” hopes to begin production this summer in New Jersey, and casting is underway for the teenage girl to play the title character. Stephanie Holbrook is the film’s casting director.

“The script was surprising right until the final page. It just needed to be made...