The creative force behind the sleeper hit, Blue Ruin, and this year’s TIFF thriller, Green Room, have already found their next undertaking. Jeremy Saulnier will direct Macon Blair’s adaptation of HOLD THE DARK, by William Giraldi. A24 will produce the film alongside Eva Maria Daniels of VisionChaos Productions and Rusell Ackerman & John Schoenfelder of Addictive Pictures.
Hold the Dark follows the villagers in the remote tundra of Alaska. When a child is stolen by a pack of wolves, the village brings in an expert wolf hunter to bring the child back and take care of the creatures. The hunt required him to face all of the cruelty of nature, and eventually, recognize his own failings as a man. In addition to the frozen wilderness that faces the hunter, the child’s father has decided to follow behind on the hunt in a frenzy of grief, and it’s hard to tell what/who the father is hunting.
Saulnier’s latest film, Green Room, has been a hit this year at Toronto. It follows a punk band that becomes stranded at a venue after stumbling upon a gruesome scene. He is repped by CAA and Anonymous Content.
Blair has been a constant creative partner to Saulnier, and gave a heartbreaking performance in Blue Ruin. This will be the first time, however, that Saulnier will direct one of his scripts since their 2004 short, Crabwalk. He is repped by Anonymous Content.
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Lance Boyle | Staff Writer
This news was first reported by TheWrap.
