Jenny Slate (Venom, Everything Everywhere All At Once) is set to make her horror entrance in Mindful, an upcoming feature about a possessed meditation app that murders its followers, per Deadline.
The actor, author, and stand-up comedian won’t just star in the horror movie, but executive produces as well. Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People, When I Consume You) will direct.
In Mindful, “when her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology. As the app’s popularity spreads like wildfire, she is forced to confront her own demons and dive into a terrifying ‘out of body’ experience in order to save the ones she loves.”
The script is penned by Les Bohem (Daylight, Dante’s Peak).
Blackshear told Deadline, “I am delighted to be working with such a high caliber actress as Jenny, whose natural empathy will draw our audience inextricably into this terrifying tale, but also skewer with a straight face our collective obsession with technology and self-help culture.”
Calum Gray of Architect added: “Mindful is a perfect horror movie; thrilling, haunting, and a nerve-shredding rollercoaster experience but also with something very distinctive to say about the culture we live in. It will hook audiences and create real online heat as it builds a visionary, terrifying world with a unique antagonist and mythology. It’s exactly the kind of differentiated, high concept, commercial movie Architect are determined to bring to buyers.”
Tracey Nyberg (Ready or Not, The House with a Clock in Its Walls) will produce, with Aggregate Films executive-producing.
Fledgling UK sales outfit Architect has launched international sales ahead of Cannes Market, and Mindful is expected to begin production later this year. Additional casting is underway.
Stay tuned for more on this killer app horror feature.
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