EXCLUSIVE: Aislinn Clarke is about to direct Hellish Nell, the style thriller for Studiocanal and The Image Firm.
From Black Checklist author Chris Basler, Hellish Nell is a chilling horror-thriller primarily based on the real-life medium Helen Duncan, the final UK citizen convicted and imprisoned for witchcraft. Based mostly on the guide Hellish Nell: Final of Britain’s Witches by Malcolm Gaskill, the film follows Helen’s harrowing journey as her innate powers change her life and people closest to her.
Aislinn Clarke is the primary lady to direct a horror movie in her native Eire. There, she made her debut with The Satan’s Doorway. That movie was launched by IFC Midnight in 2018 after premiering at Sitges, the place Clarke was nominated for the Bingham Ray New Expertise Award. She adopted with Frewaka, and is in publish manufacturing on the Irish language horror movie produced by DoubleBand Movies and Wildcard. She is the 2019 recipient of the second Academy Gold Fellowship for Ladies grant honoring and supporting rising girls filmmakers. Aislinn was the one director nominated for the Rising Style Star Award at Frightfest.
The Image Firm companions Alex Heineman & Andrew Rona will produce by means of their general cope with Studiocanal. They’ve been busy. The spy thriller Function Play starring Kaley Cuoco and David Oyelowo is about to be launched by MGM/Amazon in early 2024; The Image Firm are amongst producers on the upcoming James Mangold-directed Bob Dylan biopic A Full Unknown, which Timothee Chalamet is starring in for Searchlight Photos and they’re in preproduction on the Studiocanal-financed Management, a global thriller starring James McAvoy and directed by Robert Schwentke.
Ron Halpern and Shana Eddy will oversee for Studiocanal. Clarke is repped by CAA, Raquelle David at Lit Leisure Group and Melissa Rogal at Lichter Grossman.