{"id":546934,"date":"2026-04-23T19:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546934\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:11:09","slug":"jeff-nichols-king-snake-with-margaret-qualley-begins-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/546934\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Nichols&#8217; &#8216;King Snake&#8217; With Margaret Qualley Begins Filming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Filming is underway in Arkansas on Jeff Nichols\u2019 Southern gothic <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/king-snake\/\" id=\"auto-tag_king-snake\" data-tag=\"king-snake\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">King Snake<\/a>, starring Margaret Qualley\u00a0(The Substance),\u00a0Drew Starkey\u00a0(Queer), and\u00a0Michael Shannon\u00a0(Take Shelter). <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe supernatural horror \u201cfollows a young couple (Qualley and Starkey) who inherit a farm in rural Arkansas and must conquer the demons, both physical and metaphysical, that haunt its legacy\u2026forces of good and evil collide in a terrifying film where real-world challenges crash headlong into other worldly creatures and myths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLoving and Mud filmmaker Nichols and his partners in Tri-State Pictures,\u00a0Brian Kavanaugh-Jones\u00a0and\u00a0Sarah Green,\u00a0are producing in association with Range Media Partners.\u00a0Conclave and Anora outfit <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/filmnation\/\" id=\"auto-tag_filmnation\" data-tag=\"filmnation\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FilmNation<\/a> is financing and handling worldwide sales. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe project reunites FilmNation and Nichols following their previous collaboration on\u00a0Mud\u00a0and\u00a0Take Shelter and is the first film to start production under\u00a0the company\u2019s new Chief Creative Officer, Stacey Snider. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tFormer 20th\u00a0Century Fox, DreamWorks and Universal Pictures boss Snider said: \u201cJeff\u2019s startling new vision of supernatural forces is as extraordinary as it is enthralling, and we can\u2019t wait for this incredible story to bewitch and captivate audiences around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNichols\u00a0added: \u201cFilmNation\u00a0has been an integral partner in my career. My films have embraced genre in the past, but I hope to push this approach further with\u00a0King Snake\u00a0to create something terrifying and beautiful. Making films is a privilege, and our team is working to create a piece of cinema worthy of\u00a0FilmNation\u2019s continued support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u200b\u200bUpcoming\u00a0FilmNation\u00a0production releases include Olivia Wilde\u2019s Sundance sensation\u00a0The Invite\u00a0and the series adaptation of Isabel Allende\u2019s\u00a0The House of the Spirits\u00a0for Prime Video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Filming is underway in Arkansas on Jeff Nichols\u2019 Southern gothic King Snake, starring Margaret Qualley\u00a0(The Substance),\u00a0Drew Starkey\u00a0(Queer),&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":546935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,188247,188248,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-546934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-filmnation","10":"tag-king-snake","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=546934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/546935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}