{"id":639099,"date":"2026-04-30T18:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639099\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T18:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T18:21:10","slug":"andor-and-heated-rivalry-stars-join-spooky-pictures-sundowning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639099\/","title":{"rendered":"Andor and Heated Rivalry Stars Join Spooky Pictures’ Sundowning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Principal photography on Ian McDonald\u2019s Sundowning, the latest production from horror-focused banner Spooky Pictures<\/a>, is underway in Vancouver and Deadline can reveal the cast.<\/p>\n

\n\tElizabeth Dulau<\/a> (Andor), Susanne Wuest<\/a> (Industry) Rukiya Bernard<\/a> (Yellowjackets) and Robbie G.K.<\/a> (Heated Rivalry) have signed up to star in the psychological thriller.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt the second feature in the director\u2019s seat for McDonald, who previously took writing credits on Anna Kendrick\u2019s serial killer drama Woman of the Hour and directed the unconventional 2016 teen romance Some Freaks.<\/p>\n

\n\tHis new film follows a young musician with gerontophobia, whose irrational fear of ageing and death sees her neglect her dying parents. She seeks redemption by taking a position at a secluded end of life facility, but what begins as an act of penance soon unsettles her as she discovers the idyllic sanctuary hides a terrifying secret.<\/p>\n

\n\tSundowning is the latest production to come down the pipeline from Spooky Pictures and Abu Dhabi-based studio Image Nation<\/a>\u2019s multi-year partnership.<\/p>\n

\n\tSteven Schneider (The Long Walk), Roy Lee (Barbarian)and Simmy Wolf (Thunderbolts) produce for Spooky Pictures. Producing for Hadron Films (Breeder, Still\/Born, Z) is Chris Wilkinson and Ryan Marchant, with Ellie Cameron-Smith as Line Producer. Spooky Pictures\u2019 Rami Yasin (Hokum) and Image Nation\u2019s Ben Ross (Watcher, Late Night with the Devil) serve as Executive Producers.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIan brings a remarkable track record in crafting character driven thrillers which tackle social and institutional structures in a haunting yet insightful way,\u201d said said Spooky Pictures co-founder Schneider.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to see his latest creation Sundowning realized and to have such a stellar cast, including Elizabeth, Susanne, Rukiya and Robbie, bring this chilling story of redemption and the darker realities of the care system to life for global audiences.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tImage Nation\u2019s CEO Ben Ross added: \u201cAs we continue deepening our slate of boundary-pushing, elevated projects, Sundowning is exactly the type of bold and globally resonant storytelling we\u2019re drawn to. It offers a fresh take on an emotionally driven horror, through its sinister plot that is carefully layered with explorations of guilt, mortality and loss \u2013 all brought to life by Ian\u2019s sharp creative voice.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tWoman of the Hour, which was financed by AGC Studios with Vertigo Entertainment and Boulderlight Films producing, premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival and sold to Netflix in a bidding war. McDonald Ian is now also writing an Untitled Cult Thriller for Netflix and producers Andrea Berloff and John Gatins.<\/p>\n

\n\tDulau is best known for her starring role as Kleya in Tony Gilroy\u2019s Emmy nominated show Andor for Disney+. Her other screen credits include Steven Knight\u2019s House of Guinness on Netflix; All the Light We Cannot See for director Shawn Levy and Netflix, and Universal Pictures\u2019 film version of the hit musical Wicked, directed by Jon M. Chu.<\/p>\n

\n\tWuest gained international recognition with Antares, Austria\u2019s Academy Awards submission. She is best known for the critically\u00a0acclaimed cult movie\u00a0Goodnight Mommy, which was also an Academy Awards entry from Austria. Most recently, she starred in the Cannes winning The Sound of Falling (Mubi) and HBO\u2019s Industry. She can next be seen in Lionsgate\u2019s Orphan 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tBernard is best known for her three seasons on Showtime\u2019s Yellowjackets and Fox\u2019s Chicken Sisters. She will next be seen in the hit AMC series The Audacity.<\/p>\n

\n\tRobbie G.K. arrives on the production fresh from hit show Heated Rivalry, with previous credits also including Utopia Falls.<\/p>\n

\n\tMcDonald is represented by CAA and Entertainment 360; Dulau, by Anonymous Content, The Artists Partnership and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein; Susanne Wuest, by The Artists Partnership, Henneman and Thruline Ent; Bernard, by D2Management and RED Management; and Robbie G.K. by Amplified Mgmt and The Talent House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Principal photography on Ian McDonald\u2019s Sundowning, the latest production from horror-focused banner Spooky Pictures, is underway in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639100,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,238605,75,238606,238607,154629,238608,238609,238610],"class_list":["post-639099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-elizabeth-dulau","tag-entertainment","tag-image-nation","tag-image-nation-abu-dhabi","tag-robbie-g-k","tag-rukiya-bernard","tag-spooky-pictures","tag-susanne-wuest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=639099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639099\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}