{"id":623966,"date":"2026-04-22T17:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623966\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:14:08","slug":"cornerstone-boards-when-darkness-loves-us-starring-emilia-clarke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/623966\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornerstone Boards \u2018When Darkness Loves Us\u2019 Starring Emilia Clarke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/cornerstone\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cornerstone\" data-tag=\"cornerstone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cornerstone<\/a> has acquired international sales rights to James Ashcroft\u2019s horror feature <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/when-darkness-loves-us\/\" id=\"auto-tag_when-darkness-loves-us\" data-tag=\"when-darkness-loves-us\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">When Darkness Loves Us<\/a> and will handle sales and distribution, excluding New Zealand and Australia. The company will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Film Market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film stars <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/emilia-clarke\/\" id=\"auto-tag_emilia-clarke\" data-tag=\"emilia-clarke\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emilia Clarke<\/a> (Game of Thrones), Marlon Williams (Sweet Tooth), Victoria Pedretti (You), and Natascha McElhone (The Truman Show). Principal photography on the project recently wrapped in New Zealand. Producers are aiming for a U.S. release in 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tBased on Elizabeth Engstrom\u2019s cult 1980s novella of the same name, When Darkness Loves Us is described as a \u201cpsychologically charged horror story.\u201d The film follows a young woman (Clarke) who, after surviving 15 years trapped in an underground cave system, returns to the surface to reclaim the family she believes is hers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAshcroft (The Rule of Jenny Pen) co-wrote the screenplay with Hayley Sproull and Eli Kent. The film is produced by Desray Armstrong (Coming Home in the Dark). Executive producers include Ant Timpson, James Ashcroft, Emilia Clarke, Katherine Bridle, Bleecker Street\u2019s Kent Sanderson and Tyler DiNapoli, and Umbrella Entertainment\u2019s Ari Harrison and Jasmin McSweeney. Nicola Smith and Bleecker Street\u2019s Miranda King serve as associate producers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tCornerstone\u2019s Alison Thompson and Mark Gooder said: \u201cWe are thrilled to be partnering with our friends at Bleecker on James Ashcroft\u2019s bold vision that elevates the genre, and with Emilia Clarke leading an exceptional cast, we believe this film will strongly resonate with international audiences.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cornerstone has acquired international sales rights to James Ashcroft\u2019s horror feature When Darkness Loves Us and will handle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,302253,149090,155844,134,344,302254],"class_list":{"0":"post-623966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cannes-market","11":"tag-cornerstone","12":"tag-emilia-clarke","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-movies","15":"tag-when-darkness-loves-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}