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Antlers and “Servant” writer Henry Chaisson is making his feature directorial debut on the gothic horror-thriller Recluse, currently in post-production.

Sasha Frolova (The Empty Man) stars as Joan, a solitary audio engineer who returns to her family’s decaying country estate after receiving a call from her ailing father, an acclaimed but reclusive artist rumored to have dabbled in the occult.

Unearthing a malevolent secret decades in the making, Joan must determine whether the horrors she faces are the product of her father’s misdeeds or her own troubled mind.

Mia Vallet (“Believe”), Xander Berkeley (Candyman), Kimball Farley, Toby Poser (Hellbender), Frankie Seratch, Gillian Cooper, and Christine Nyland round out the cast.

Josh Lobo, Gillian Cooper, Rowan Russell, and Alex Dandino produce under their Restricted Pictures banner alongside Chaisson, Katharina Windemuth, Bruno Corbin, Jayda Park, Andrew Merrill, and Beth Crudele. Chaisson, Windemuth, Lobo, Cooper, Frankie Seratch, and Cailla O’Shea executive produce.

Exclusive: Sasha Frolova (The Empty Man), Xander Berkeley (The Walking Dead), Kimball Farley (The Righteous Gemstones) and Toby Poser (The Fall of the House of Usher) have joined Mia Vallet in Recluse, a horror-thriller marking the feature debut of writer-director Henry Chaisson (Antlers).

Recluse tells the story of Joan, a solitary audio engineer who returns to her family’s decaying country estate after receiving a call from her ailing father, an acclaimed but reclusive artist rumored to have dabbled in the occult. Unearthing a malevolent secret decades in the making, Joan must determine whether the horrors she faces are the product of her father’s misdeeds or her own troubled mind.

Check out a first-look still above.

Frankie Seratch, Gillian Cooper, and Christine Nyland will round out the cast. The film is the second production under Josh Lobo, Rowan Russell, and Alex Dandino’s Restricted Pictures banner following their upcoming sci-fi thriller Night After Night.

Over the past year and a half, no actor in any medium has given me more inspiration through their work than Mia Vallet. As a company member and frequent performer at the exciting NYC “loft theaters” Adult Film and The Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, she continues to show the thrilling possibilities for this craft of acting, culminating in her performance as Nina in Sea Gull, Adult Film’s new version of Chekov’s masterpiece, opening on Friday May 10th in Manhattan. On this episode, she talks about her training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and early […]

The post “When Acting Really Became Fun for Me Was When I Stopped Worrying So Much About the Audience”: Mia Vallet, Back To One, Episode 290 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Over the past year and a half, no actor in any medium has given me more inspiration through their work than Mia Vallet. As a company member and frequent performer at the exciting NYC “loft theaters” Adult Film and The Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, she continues to show the thrilling possibilities for this craft of acting, culminating in her performance as Nina in Sea Gull, Adult Film’s new version of Chekov’s masterpiece, opening on Friday May 10th in Manhattan. On this episode, she talks about her training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and early […]

The post “When Acting Really Became Fun for Me Was When I Stopped Worrying So Much About the Audience”: Mia Vallet, Back To One, Episode 290 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Exclusive: Bedlam, the small, critically acclaimed Off Broadway theater company known for its clever, spare and unconventional stagings of classics like The Crucible and Saint Joan, is developing Bedlam: The Series, an eight-episode New Media mash-up of Shakespeare plays using the Bard’s own language.

The series, to be released on an as-yet-unannounced platform, begins filming this month in New York City and New York’s Hudson Valley.

Written by Bedlam artistic director Eric Tucker and Musa Gurnis and directed by Tucker, the series will combine characters and plots from King Lear, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice and other plays in an all-new story.

“As a theatre company, most immediately, we need to adapt to our current situation and find ways of staying alive,” Tucker said, “creating content that serves our mission and vision, while assuring the well-being and livelihood of our regular artists and staff.

Tony nominee Robert Fairchild leads the Off-Broadway premiere of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, joined by Avey Noble Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Krysty SwannMozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall Verdi'sRequiem at Lincoln Center, Mia Vallet Lucy Thurber's Asheville at Rattlestick, Peyton Lusk Falsettos on Broadway, Rocco SistoOBIE Award for sustained excellence, Shiv Ajay Pancholi-Parekh, and Paul Wesley 'The Vampire Diaries,' Cal In Camo.

Tony nominee Robert Fairchild leads the Off-Broadway premiere of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, joined by Avey Noble Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Krysty SwannMozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall Verdi'sRequiem at Lincoln Center, Mia Vallet Lucy Thurber's Asheville at Rattlestick, Peyton Lusk Falsettos on Broadway, Rocco SistoOBIE Award for sustained excellence, Shiv Ajay Pancholi-Parekh, and Paul Wesley 'The Vampire Diaries,' Cal In Camo. Let's see what the critics had to say...

Ensemble for the Romantic Century has announced that joining Tony nominee Robert Fairchild in the Off-Broadway premiere of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein will be Avey Noble Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Krysty Swann Mozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall Verdi'sRequiem at Lincoln Center, Mia Vallet Lucy Thurber's Asheville at Rattlestick, Peyton Lusk Falsettos on Broadway, Rocco Sisto Obie Award for sustained excellence, Shiv Ajay Pancholi-Parekh, and Paul Wesley 'The Vampire Diaries,' Cal In Camo.

Ensemble for the Romantic Century will soon present the Off-Broadway premiere of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, starring Tony nominee Robert Fairchild An American in Paris, Avey Noble Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Krysty Swann Mozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall Verdi'sRequiem at Lincoln Center, Mia Vallet Lucy Thurber's Asheville at Rattlestick, Peyton Lusk Falsettos on Broadway, Rocco Sisto Obie Award for sustained excellence, Shiv Ajay Pancholi-Parekh, and Paul Wesley 'The Vampire Diaries,' Cal In Camo.

Ensemble for the Romantic Century has announced that joining Tony nominee Robert Fairchild in the Off-Broadway premiere of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein will be Avey Noble Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Krysty Swann Mozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall Verdi'sRequiem at Lincoln Center, Mia Vallet Lucy Thurber's Asheville at Rattlestick, Peyton Lusk Falsettos on Broadway, Rocco Sisto Obie Award for sustained excellence, Shiv Ajay Pancholi-Parekh, and Paul Wesley 'The Vampire Diaries,' Cal In Camo.

Ensemble for the Romantic Century has announced that joining Tony nominee Robert Fairchild in the Off-Broadway premiere of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein will be Avey Noble Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Krysty Swann Mozart's Requiem at Carnegie Hall Verdi'sRequiem at Lincoln Center, Mia Vallet Lucy Thurber's Asheville at Rattlestick, Peyton Lusk Falsettos on Broadway, Rocco Sisto Obie Award for sustained excellence, Shiv Ajay Pancholi-Parekh, and Paul Wesley 'The Vampire Diaries,' Cal In Camo.

Amazon has unveiled a sneak peek — or should we say Sneaky peek? — of its newest potential series.

The trailer for Sneaky Pete, a drama pilot that was initially passed on by CBS, was made available Tuesday, ahead of the episode’s Amazon launch.

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Jericho alum Skeet Ulrich and Mia Vallet (Believe, Mysteries Of Laura) have been cast as series regulars in ABC Family drama pilot Stay. Described as an edge-of-your-seat thriller, Stay centers on a recently widowed police detective and his two daughters who are stranded at a foreboding hotel during a storm and must unravel the hotel's mysteries to escape. Ulrich, repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, will play Shane Brenner, a recent widower who’s…...

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When the list of shows for the 2013-2014 television season was announced, a particular show caught the eye of many; Believe, which came from the collaborative efforts of Jj Abrams and Alfonso Cuaron. Unfortunately, after a midseason premiere, the show received a cancellation notice, making its first season the only one, barring a revival down the line. The adventures of Bo, Tate, Winter, Skouras, and Orchestra came to a close with last night’s finale, in an entertaining end to the show that serves to highlight some of its strengths.

The development of the relationship between Bo and Tate has been a strong aspect of the series, and is a highlight of the finale as well. Watching the two develop a...

Heather McComb has nabbed a recurring role in Season 2 of Showtime’s Ray Donovan. She will play Patricia, a working-class mother who befriends Bunchy Donovan (Dash Mihok). She begins filming today. McComb’s recent TV credits include Shameless, Bones and Rizzoli & Isles, and she next stars in the feature Another Stateside. She is repped by Don Buchwald and Associates and Bohemia Group. Related: 2014 Showtime Pilots Mia Vallet has been tapped for a multi-episode arc on the NBC drama Believe. She will play Dani, a vulnerable woman with a dark edge. Abandoned by her parents who blamed her for killing her brother, she has been living on the streets for the past few years. Ultimately she becomes the antagonist to Bo (Johnny Sequoyah). Vallet, who starred in the 2012 feature Forelsket, is repped by Innovative Artists and Suskin Management. Related: 2014 NBC Pilots...