Cornerstone has acquired international sales rights to James Ashcroft’s horror feature When Darkness Loves Us 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.
The film stars Emilia Clarke (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.
Based on Elizabeth Engstrom’s cult 1980s novella of the same name, When Darkness Loves Us is described as a “psychologically charged horror story.” 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.
Ashcroft (The Rule of Jenny Pen) co-wrote the screenplay with Hayley Sproull and
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