Shooting on supernatural horror thriller “Hide and Don’t Speak” is now underway in Northern Ireland, with a trio of rising stars joining the cast.
Momona Tamada (“Avatar: The Last Airbender“), Kaitlyn Kemp (“Street Smart”) and John Hewson (“These Sacred Vows,” also son of U2 frontman Bono) have joined Tanner Buchanan, Garrett Wareing and Quvenzhané Wallis, who were previously announced by Variety.
Being directed by “The Beast Within” helmer Alexander J. Farrell, from a script by Greer Ellison and Farrell, the film is produced by Range Media Partners, the producers of “Longlegs” and “The Monkey.” Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (“Longlegs,” “The Monkey,” “Dangerous Animals”), Fred Berger (“A Complete Unknown”), Noah Reich, Matt Coatsworth and Wildcard’s Patrick O’Neill (“Kneecap,” “Frewaka”) will produce the film.
“Hide and Don’t Speak” follows six teenagers who “play a terrifying viral Japanese game in which the players summon a vengeful spirit for a deadly round of hide-and-seek,” the synopsis reads.
Stacy Kemp Ferrari; Jessie Hickman and Nick Potts of HiPo Productions; Gavin Kilduff and Cameron Lawther of NINA Pictures; Michael Bassick and Michael Laundon of M2 Media Post; and David Gendron, Ali Jazayeri and Keith Kehoe of TPC serve as executive producers. Mister Smith Entertainment is handling international sales. UTA and Range Select co-rep US rights.
Tamada appeared in Paramount’s “Secret Headquarters” alongside Owen Wilson and Michael Peña and gained recognition for her breakout role as Claudia Kishi in Netflix’s “The Baby-Sitters Club,” for which she received a Children’s and Family Emmy nomination. She stars as Ty Lee in Netflix’s hit live-action “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” and also appeared in “The Spiderwick Chronicles” and Paramount+’s “Happy Face.” Additional credits include the “To All the Boys,” “The Main Event, the Terror” and “The Boys.”
17-year-old actress Kaitlyn Kemp recently starred as one of the leads in Catherine Hardwicke’s feature “Street Smart,” and can be seen as the female lead in “Driver” opposite Jeremy Piven. Last year, she also starred as the lead in “Scorpion” with Aaron Eckhardt and has shot “The Razor’s Edge” opposite James Franco and Tommy Lee Jones; the faith-based feature “Fighting the Fire” and the western film “Guns of Redemption.”
Hewson’s first feature was “Finnegan’s Foursome,” directed by Edward Burns. He also stars in the six-part comedy series “These Sacred Vows,” written and directed by John Butler, opposite Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Justine Mitchell, Jason O’Mara and India Mullen.
Tamada is represented by da Costa Talent, TFC Management, Persona PR and Jackoway Austen. Kemp is represented by Innovative Artists and Luber Roklin Entertainment. Hewson is represented by 42. Tanner Buchanan is represented by Gersh/Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
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