EXCLUSIVE: British filmmaker Danny Cannon (I Still Know What You Did Last Summer) has signed on to direct Obey.
The film is described as a high-concept horror thriller. Altitude will be shopping the film at the upcoming European Film Market.
The film follows a couple struggling to save their marriage who must learn to put their differences aside if they are to save their son from a deranged home invader, Flip Face.
The official synopsis reads: To Love, Honour, and Obey was the intention of Mark and Caitlin when they stood in front of their family and friends on their wedding day. Years later, comfortable familiarity has deteriorated into contempt and the couple has decided to divorce.
Mark leaves. A new life apart – Mother and son, Tanner, now alone at home. But when Caitlin goes to check on Tanner, she finds he’s gone. Nowhere to be found.
Caitlin believes her husband is behind this. But when Mark returns to help, they find a masked intruder in their basement, who orders them to “Obey” if they ever want to see their son again.
As the true consequences of their decision begin to unfold, Caitlin and Mark must learn to put their differences aside if they are to save their son from a deranged home invader.
The film was written by Brandon and Kurtis Birtell (Medal of Honor), the film will be produced by Ross Dinerstein (We Bury The Dead) for Campfire Studios, Josh Kesselman (The Great) and Michael Sugar (Spotlight) for Sugar23, and Lindsay Macadam (Brain On Fire) for Thunderbird Entertainment’s Great Pacific Media, which is providing production services for the project.
Cannon directed and exec-produced the pilot episode of the TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. His other credits include Pennyworth (2019), Gotham (2014), Nikita (2010), I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998), Judge Dredd (1995).
