Rupert Friend Joins the Sci-Fi Thriller COMPANION From the Director of BARBARIAN
Rupert Friend (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Asteroid City, Homeland) has joined the cast of the sci-fi thriller Companion, which comes from the creative team behind the horror movie hit Barbarian.
Drew Hancock wrote the original script and is making his directorial debut with the feature, and the director of Barbarian, Zach Cregger, is producing the film. Friend joins the previously cast Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Sophie Thatcher, and Harvey Guillén.
There are still no details on the story that the film will tell, but it’s being described “as self-contained” and we know that Thatcher is set to play a character who is more than meets the eye.” There are no other details on any of the characters that the other actors are playing.
New Line acquired Companion in a competitive situation following the multi-studio bidding war for Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger’s new horror Weapons, which Cregger is producing alongside Vertigo’s Roy Lee and BoulderLight’s Raphael Margules and J.D. Lifshitz, as well as Miri Yoon.
Friend most recently finished shooting Wes Anderson’s The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar for Netflix and the feature film Canary Black, both set for release in 2024.
Source: Deadline