Get Out actor Lil Rel Howery is set to make his directorial debut in Haunted Heist, a comedy-horror movie penned by Mr. Crocket scribe Carl Reid, Deadline reports today.
In addition to directing, Howery will also star alongside Haunted Mansion actor Tiffany Haddish.
In Haunted Heist, “four estranged friends reunite at what appears to be a typical house. But one friend has ulterior motives; he plans to rob the place and needs their help to find an antique worth a fortune. But the house is straight up haunted, and the group must squash their differences to survive the night and an insane pack of ghosts.”
The comedy-horror movie reunites Howery and Haddish; the pair previously collaborated on The Carmichael Show, Uncle Drew, and their Best Friends Comedy Tour in 2023.
“I’m so excited to be working on this project in front and behind the camera,” Howery told Deadline. “It’s going to be so much fun.”
“We are always looking for something fun and fresh. The best Saturday night movie that an audience could hope for,“ said The Coven’s Priscilla Smith. “Haddish and Howery will knock this out of the park.”
Howery will produce Haunted Heist with Death Ground’s Josh Feldman and Sean King O’Grady, who was behind Howery’s Hulu movie The Mill, alongside Robinwood7’s Feras Majid Shammami and Jesse Ford. Priscilla Ross Smith and Kendall Anlian are executive-producing. Feldman and O’Grady also recently produced Mr. Crocket for Hulu.
The Coven, fresh off the theatrical success of Terrifier 3, is launching world sales at the American Film Market this week. Production is expected to begin in January 2025, so expect to hear more on this project in the near future.
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