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Jaume Collet-Serra directed the horror thriller The Woman in the Yard, which pulled in just $23 million at the global box office when it was released a couple of months ago, but back in December he brought us the action thriller Carry On, which quickly became one of the most popular movies on the Netflix streaming service. There has been talk of a sequel – but before any Carry On follow-ups get rolling, Collet-Serra has already lined up two other projects. He’ll be working with Netflix on a dramatic psychological thriller called An Innocent Girl and Deadline reports that Patrick Gibson, star of the Dexter prequel series Dexter: Original Sin, has joined the cast of the Collet-Serra survival thriller Play Dead, which is already filming in Australia.

Gibson is fitting this movie in before filming starts on Dexter: Original Sin season 2. Details on his Play Dead character have not been revealed – in fact,...

“Dexter: Original Sin” star Patrick Gibson has been cast in Play Dead from director Jaume Collet-Serra, Deadline reports.

Gibson will share the screen with Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) and Matthias Schweighöfer (Army of the Dead).

Written by Peter Stanley-Warda and Natalie Conway, the survival thriller is currently in production in Melbourne, Australia.

Plot details remain under wraps, but the film has been described as “Don’t Breathe meets 1917.”

The project is produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Ghost House Pictures, Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs for Nocturnal, Jd Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight Pictures, and Dane Eckerle for Bad Grey.

“Dexter: Original Sin,” the prequel series in which Gibson plays a younger version of serial killer Dexter Morgan, was recently renewed for a second season at Paramount+ with Showtime.

Jaume Collet-Serra on the set of ‘Carry-On’

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Exclusive: Post-airing of the first season of Dexter: Original Sin, the critically acclaimed serial killer prequel where he plays a young Dexter Morgan, Patrick Gibson has come aboard for a role in Play Dead, the new survival thriller from Carry-On‘s Jaume Collet-Serra.

In the film described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917, he’ll share the screen with Noah Jupe and Matthias Schweighöfer. No further details yet on the plot of the film or his role. Production is underway in Australia now.

Nocturnal is financing and producing alongside Ghost House Pictures, BoulderLight Pictures, and Bad Grey. Written by Peter Stanley-Ward & Natalie Conway, the film’s producers include Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs for Nocturnal, along with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Ghost House, Jd Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight, and Dane Eckerle for Bad Grey. Romel Adam and Jose Cañas are overseeing for Ghost House, with Louis Winters overseeing for BoulderLight.

Exclusive: Matthias Schweighöfer (Army of Thieves) has landed a lead role opposite Noah Jupe in Play Dead, the new survival thriller from Carry-On‘s Jaume Collet-Serra described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917.

Further plot details remain under wraps, as do the roles of the duo. Production has just kicked off in Australia.

Peter Stanley-Ward & Natalie Conway penned the script for Play Dead, which Nocturnal will fully finance and produce alongside Ghost House Pictures, BoulderLight Pictures, and Bad Grey. Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs are producing for Nocturnal, along with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Ghost House, Jd Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight, and Dane Eckerle for Bad Grey. Romel Adam and Jose Cañas are overseeing for Ghost House, with Louis Winters overseeing for BoulderLight. Scott Greenberg of Lbi is exec producing, with Jazmyn Tanski overseeing.

German actor Schweighöfer is perhaps best known for directing, producing and starring in Netflix’s Army of Thieves,...

Jaume Collet-Serra directed the horror thriller The Woman in the Yard, which has pulled in just $17 million at the global box office since reaching theatres last month, but back in December he brought us the action thriller Carry On, which quickly became one of the most popular movies on the Netflix streaming service. There has been talk of a sequel – but before any Carry On follow-ups get rolling, Collet-Serra has already lined up two other projects. He’ll be working with Netflix on a dramatic psychological thriller called An Innocent Girl and Deadline reports that Noah Jupe has signed on to star in another thriller Collet-Serra is pushing toward production, the survival thriller Play Dead.

Jupe may be best known for playing Marcus Abbott in A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II. Some of his other credits include Lady in the Lake, Franklin, The Undoing, Ford v Ferrari,...

Noah Jupe has signed on to star in the survival thriller Play Dead, Deadline reports.

Production begins next month in Melbourne, Australia with Jaume Collet-Serra in the director’s chair.

No plot details have emerged for the script, written by Peter Stanley-Warda and Natalie Conway, but it’s been described as “Don’t Breathe meets 1917.”

Nocturnal will fully finance and produce alongside Ghost House Pictures, BoulderLight Pictures, and Bad Grey.

Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs are producing for Nocturnal, along with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Ghost House, Jd Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight, and Dane Eckerle for Bad Grey.

Collet-Serra is also on tapped to helm Netflix’s psychological thriller An Innocent Girl.

Jaume Collet-Serra on the set of ‘Carry-On’

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Exclusive: Rising British actor Noah Jupe (A Quiet Place) is set to star in Play Dead, the new survival thriller from Carry-On‘s Jaume Collet-Serra that we told you about back in February, sources tell Deadline.

No details have yet emerged about Jupe’s character or the film’s plot, though it’s been described by sources as Don’t Breathe meets 1917. Production begins in Melbourne, Australia in May. The project is one of two recently announced for Collet-Serra, who earlier this month was linked to An Innocent Girl, a psychological thriller to be produced for Netflix by Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.

Peter Stanley-Ward & Natalie Conway penned the script for Play Dead, which Nocturnal will fully finance and produce alongside Ghost House Pictures, BoulderLight Pictures, and Bad Grey. Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs are producing for Nocturnal, along with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Ghost House, Jd Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight,...

Jaume Collet-Serra hit the gold mine when he directed Netflix's recent Christmas action flick, Carry On, which starred Taron Egerton as a Tsa agent blackmailed by a group of international terrorists on Christmas Eve. Carry On was a major success for Netflix, breaking into the streamer's Top 5 most watched movies of all-time list. Collet-Serrra is now back to hopefully make lightning strike twice with a new horror/thriller that has been described as a blend between Don't Breathe and 1917.

Per Deadline, Jaume Collet-Serra is set to direct Play Dead, a new original survival thriller. The script is being penned by Peter Stanley-Ward and Natalie Conway. Very little is known about Play Dead, other than its two main inspirations, which came from one of Deadline's sources. Don't Breathe and 1917 couldn't be further apart in terms genre. The former, directed by Alien: Romulus' Fede Álvarez, was a horror/thriller...

Jaume Collet-Serra is keeping the momentum going after the success of his Netflix thriller Carry-On. The filmmaker, known for House of Wax, Orphan, and The Shallows, has lined up his next project—Play Dead, a survival thriller.

Details about the plot remain secret, but sources describe Play Dead as a mix between Don’t Breathe and 1917. Don’t Breathe, directed by Fede Alvarez, is a tense home invasion horror, while 1917, helmed by Sam Mendes, is a gripping war film. This description suggests Play Dead may combine elements of both, possibly blending high-stakes survival with a wartime setting. However, that remains speculation for now.

The screenplay was written by Peter Stanley-Ward and Natalie Conway. The film is being produced by Nocturnal, BoulderLight Pictures, Bad Grey, and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures.

Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are producing through Ghost House, alongside Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs for Nocturnal, Jd Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight,...

After delivering Netflix a massive success with his pulse-pounding thriller,Carry-On, director Jaume Collet-Serra has officially lined up his next film.

Per Deadline, Collet-Serra is set to direct Play Dead, a survival thriller which is described as "Don’t Breathe meets 1917."Beyond that, not much is known about the film as plot details are being kept under wraps. Peter Stanley-Ward and Natalie Conway penned the script for Play Dead, which is produced by horror icon Sam Raimi. There is no official release window for Play Dead, nor is there any casting information available at this time. In addition to Play Dead, Collet-Serra has a new horror film, The Woman in the Yard, coming to theaters on March 28, 2025.

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Jaume Collet-Serra says he happy to give the fans what they want.

Collet-Serra is fresh off the monumental success of the action thriller,...

After the massive success of Carry On, Deadline reports that Jaume Collet-Serra has found his next project with Play Dead. The film is a survival thriller which is being described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917. Unfortunately, plot details aren’t known at this time. Peter Stanley-Ward and Natalie Conway penned the script, and production is set to kick off in May.

It’s also possible that Collet-Serra might direct a sequel to Carry On. The film has become one of Netflix’s most popular movies, and although a sequel isn’t in the cards at the moment, Collet-Serra is down to return. “I would like to definitely make another one. When we started with the movie, it certainly felt like one unique story in a moment in time with a set of characters,” he said. “If an idea comes to us that feels like we can do something that is as original as the first one,...

Fresh off the success of his Netflix thriller Carry-On, Jaume Collet-Serra has set up his next project, a survival thriller titled Play Dead.

Deadline reports that while the plot synopsis is under wraps at this time, Jaume Collet-Serra’s Play Dead is being described by sources as “Don’t Breathe meets 1917.”

Don’t Breathe is of course the intense home invasion horror movie directed by Fede Alvarez, while 1917 is the Sam Mendes-directed British war movie from back in 2019.

The implication here is that Play Dead is some kind of home invasion movie with a wartime setting, but that’s purely speculation based on what little we’re being told here.

Stay tuned for more on Play Dead as we learn it.

Peter Stanley-Ward & Natalie Conway wrote the screenplay. Nocturnal is producing alongside BoulderLight Pictures, Bad Grey, and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures.

Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert will produce through Ghost House Pictures.

Exclusive: After scoring massive viewership with Carry-On, his Netflix action-thriller starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman, which drew rave reviews in its December launch, director Jaume Collet-Serra has found his next project in Play Dead, a survival thriller described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917, sources tell Deadline.

Specifics as to the film’s plot are under wraps. Script is by Peter Stanley-Ward & Natalie Conway. Nocturnal is fully financing the project and producing alongside Ghost House Pictures, BoulderLight Pictures, and Bad Grey, with production to kick off at NantStudios in Docklands Studios Melbourne in May.

Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs will produce for Nocturnal, alongside Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Ghost House, Jd Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight, and Dane Eckerle for Bad Grey. Romel Adam and Jose Cañas will oversee for Ghost House, with Tracy Rosenblum overseeing for BoulderLight. Scott Greenberg of Lbi will exec produce, with Jazmyn Tanski overseeing.

Director/co-screenwriter Marian Yeager has some trouble pulling the narrative strings of her debut indie about a young woman who gets involved in various shady dealings thanks to her con-artist brother. Often lapsing into attempts at broad comedy that don’t quite come off, the tonally wobbly The Conway Curve is most notable for the appealing lead performance by Veronica Wylie, who displays deft comic chops even when forced to commit to such tired running gags as her character repeatedly hitting her head.

The ramshackle plot revolves around Natalie Conway (Wylie), whose older brother Luke (Bradley Snedeker) severed contact with the family...