New Details For Sam Raimi's Quibi Horror Series 50 STATES OF FRIGHT Which Stars Christina Ricci and Rachel Brosnahan
While I’m not really sold on the upcoming short-form streaming service Quibi, there’s a lot of big talent on board to create the series that will fill it with content.
Sam Raimi is producing one of the shows for it called 50 States of Fright, a horror anthology series that will feature a great cast of talent that includes Christina Ricci, Rachel Brosnahan, Travis Fimmel, Jacob Batalon, Ming-Na Wen, Taissa Farmiga, Asa Butterfield, John Marshall Jones, and Ron Livingston.
The series will focus on urban legends that come from specific states. When talking about the series, Gunpowder and Sky CEO Van Toffler told THR:
“The driving force for us as a studio is to foster the careers of emerging talent by marrying them with proven innovators. With 50 States of Fright we sought out a diverse group of breakthrough performers and fearless horror visionaries and partnered them with Sam Raimi to oversee the creative process. This winning formula ensures we’ll get a shitload of scares.”
The first season of the series features urban legend stories set in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon and Washington. Here’s a breakdown of the episodes:
Golden Arm: Brosnahan, Fimmel and John Marshall Jones (Grand Hotel, Bosch) star in the tale based on a famous urban legend from Michigan. Sam Raimi and brother Ivan Raimi, natives of the state, are writing, with Sam Raimi directing.
Red Rum: Ricci and Batalon (Spider-Man: Far From Home) star in a telling of Colorado’s scariest story from writers Isa Mazzei and Daniel Goldhaber (Cam); Goldhaber directs.
America’s Largest Ball of Twine: Wen (Agents of SHIELD) stars in an installment based on a myth from Kansas. Yoko Okumura (Kimi Kabuki, Fed Up) directs and Mae Catt (Transformers: Cyberverse) writes.
Almost There: Farmiga (American Horror Story) and Livingston (A Million Little Things) star in the Iowa-set story, written and directed by Hawkeye State natives Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place).
Grey Cloud Island: Butterfield (Sex Education) stars in a chilling tale from Minnesota, written and directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto (Delivery: The Beast Within).
13 Steps to Hell: The story, set in Washington, is written by Sarah Conradt-Kroehler and directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground).
Dogwood – Azalea: It’s set in Missouri, and written and directed by Missouri native Cate Devaney (Doctor Strange).
Santeria: This Florida story is written by Greg Hale (Mindhunter, The Avengers), Eduardo Sanchez (The Blair Witch Project) and Alejandro Brugués (Juan of the Dead), with Brugués to direct.
Scared Stiff: It’s set in Oregon and written and directed by Ryan Spindell (Two Sentence Horror Stories).
This actually sounds like a fun series! But like I said, I’m still not sold on Quibi. I just don’t want to sign up for another streaming service, especially one that specifically focuses on watching shows on your phone. I personally don’t like watching movies or TV shows on my phone.
Quibi is expected to launch in April 2020.