SHAZAM! Director David F. Sandberg to Helm an Insane Asylum Thriller for Netflix Called THE UNSOUND
Netflix landed the film rights to a BOOM! Studios comic book called The Unsound, which they will adapt into a feature film with director David F. Sandberg at the helm.
There was a competitive bidding war for this project, and it actually tells a very interesting story and concept. This is actually a perfect project for Sandberg to take on as it’s a psychological horror thriller. Remember, before he directed Shazam!, he helmed the films Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation.
In The Unsound, “a psychiatrist returns to the insane asylum where her mother once worked and is now a patient, hoping to quell a bloody wave of horror that’s been unleashed. As she descends down the rabbit hole and discovers hard truths about her own past, she comes to understand the hospital is hiding secrets of its own, and perhaps she and her mother have more in common than she realized.”
The graphic novel comes from Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Harrow County) and Jack T. Cole. The script for the film will be written by Skylar James (29 Mole Street ). I love these kinds of stories, and this is sure to make for a great movie.
Source: Deadline