{"id":99522,"date":"2025-08-28T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/99522\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T22:00:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:00:09","slug":"hokum-first-look-adam-scott-stars-in-neon-horror-movie-from-the-director-of-oddity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/99522\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hokum&#8217; First Look &#8211; Adam Scott Stars in NEON Horror Movie from the Director of &#8216;Oddity&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A horror novelist visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents\u2019 ashes, unaware the place is rumored to be haunted by a witch. That\u2019s the plot synopsis for the upcoming Hokum, the new horror movie from NEON and Oddity\u00a0filmmaker\u00a0<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/bloody-disgusting.com\/interviews\/3820005\/oddity-filmmaker-damian-mccarthy-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Damian McCarthy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adam Scott\u00a0(Krampus, \u201cSeverance\u201d) stars in Hokum, and NEON has shared a first look image from the movie this afternoon. Check it out above and expect more information soon.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Coonan\u00a0(Bad Sisters) and\u00a0David Wilmot\u00a0(Bodkin) star alongside Scott.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spooky Pictures founders Roy Lee\u00a0(Barbarian) and\u00a0Steven Schneider\u00a0(Strange Darling) produce alongside Image Nation\u2019s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), and Tailored Film\u2019s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde and Mairt\u00edn de Barra (\u201cThe Apprentice\u201d). Ben Ross (\u201cLate Night With the Devil\u201d), Dan Kagan (Longlegs), Rami Yasin (Late Night with the Devil) and Andrew Childs (Boy Kills World) will serve as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>Schneider said in a statement, \u201cWith Damian McCarthy\u2019s fresh and unique approach behind the camera and the amazing Adam Scott bringing his talent to the lead role, \u2018Hokum\u2019 is shaping up to be something truly special. It\u2019s always a pleasure working with the team at Image Nation Abu Dhabi \u2014 they share our passion for bold, boundary-pushing storytelling. We can\u2019t wait for audiences everywhere to experience what we\u2019ve created together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A horror novelist visits a remote Irish inn to spread his parents\u2019 ashes, unaware the place is rumored&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[21971,48674,96,48675,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-99522","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-adam-scott","9":"tag-damian-mccarthy","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-hokum","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99522","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=99522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}