There’s good news for the development of thriller THE HIVE as Joel Schumacher has moved away from the project with THE MACHINIST director Brad Anderson taking it on. Schumacher had recently offered us the dire TRESPASS and TWELVE but both have been critically panned by critics and audiences alike.
THE HIVE is an interesting possibility, a psychological drama which centres on the 911 emergency call centre worker who takes a call from a young girl who has a killer after here. However – there’s a tie-in! – when the woman taking the call realises that it’s something that reflects her past, she takes the law into her own hands and sets out to pursue the serial killer…
It’s written by Rich D’Ovidio (THIR13EN GHOSTS) and although Halle Berry was originally cast, she’s pulled out and now Anderson is on the search for the cast. We think it’ll be nice and grimy and hopefully echo the psychological state of his previous works. He told Variety “I’m extremely excited about working with Troika Pictures on The Hive. This script has two elements I always look for in a thriller: strong, believable female characters and a smart, very dark and very creepy story that will definitely resonate with large audiences.”
Production begins this coming spring and eventual news to follow!
Source: Variety
