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EXCLUSIVE: Witchcraft Motion Picture Company has group plans to accommodate Alone Time, a viral short movie by head Rod Blackhurst (Dolly), into a characteristic film.
Originally directed and produced by Blackhurst and written by David Ebeltoft, Alone Time debuted online successful 2012 and has since amassed millions of views crossed YouTube and Vimeo.
The characteristic adjustment is being developed by Witchcraft successful business pinch Fever Dream, a backstage equity group that Witchcraft said approached them pursuing nan occurrence of original net IP-driven genre projects for illustration Backrooms and Obsession.
The movie follows Ann Saunders, a young New York master whose cautiously constructed life originates to unravel pursuing a devastating individual loss. The charismatic synopsis reads: “Seeking refuge from a collapsing relationship, a deteriorating family situation, and mounting affectional trauma, Ann reluctantly joins her closest friend connected a distant camping travel heavy successful nan Adirondack wilderness.
“When her friend mysteriously disappears, Ann becomes convinced that an unseen fig is stalking her done nan forest. What originates arsenic a endurance nightmare slow transforms into thing acold much disturbing arsenic fractured memories, conflicting realities, and hidden truths unit Ann to face nan anticipation that nan top threat whitethorn not beryllium lurking successful nan woods astatine all, but buried heavy wrong her ain psyche.”
Blackhurst will nonstop and nutrient done Witchcraft Motion Picture Company alongside Noah Lang. Blackhurst antecedently produced and directed nan viral short movie Night Swim alongside Bryce McGuire, which later became nan ground for nan Universal Pictures and Blumhouse characteristic of nan aforesaid name. His further short-form activity includes Hysteric and Mommy.
“Alone Time has softly followed maine for complete a decade,” Blackhurst said successful a statement. “What began arsenic a short movie astir isolation and nan weight of life now feels much applicable than ever. The original short recovered its assemblage organically online agelong earlier that was considered a morganatic way for filmmakers. Bringing it to life arsenic a characteristic allows america to research those themes connected a overmuch larger and much psychologically unsettling canvas.”
