Ana Lily Amirpour has another genre flick on the way. After telling the story of a lonely vampire in “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” and cannibals in a desert dystopia in “The Bad Batch,” the writer-director’s third feature will be a fantasy about a girl with strange and dangerous abilities. Produced by John Lesher (“Birdman”) via his Le Grisbi banner, “Blood Moon” will feature a cast that includes Kate Hudson, Deadline reports.
“Blood Moon” sees its protagonist escaping “from a mental asylum in New Orleans.” Slated to begin production in spring 2019, the film is “inspired by fantasy-adventure movies of the ’80s and ’90s. It is understood to pair strange, violent, and humorous sequences with a range of music from heavy metal to Italian techno,” the source details.
No word on who Hudson, whose recent credits include “Marshall” and “Mother’s Day,” will play. Craig Robinson (“Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) is also attached to star.
“Lily’s unique vision and poetic style sets her apart from the pack. She is truly one of the most exciting filmmakers working today,” said Lesher.
Amirpour won critical acclaim for her her 2014 feature debut, “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.” Her follow-up, 2016’s “The Bad Batch,” won the Special Jury Price at the Venice Film Festival. On the small screen, she’s directed episodes of “Legion” and “Castle Rock,” and recently helmed the pilot for “Briarpatch,” a USA Network title starring Rosario Dawson as a D.C. investigator determined to hunt down her sister’s killer.
“I’m a brown woman immigrant, my family escaped the Iranian Revolution, I grew up on two continents, English wasn’t the first language in my home,” Amirpour has said. “I know what it is to be the ‘other’ very, very well. My … filmmaking is all about asking questions about how the system pits us against each other.”