Dark Harvest: Casey Likes, E’myri Crutchfield to star in David Slade film

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Casey Likes, who had a recurring role in the Facebook Watch series The Birch and will be starring in the Broadway musical adaptation of Almost Famous, and E’myri Crutchfield, who has been on the FX show Fargo and Amazon's Tell Me Your Secrets, have signed on to star in Hard Candy / 30 Days of Night director David Slade's new film, Dark Harvest.

Set up at MGM, Dark Harvest is an adaptation of a novel by Norman Partridge (pick up a copy HERE). Michael Gilio wrote the screenplay. Here's the synopsis: 

Every fall in a small Midwestern town, a supernatural specter rises from the cornfields and makes its way toward the town’s Church, where violent gangs of teenage boys hungrily await their chance to confront the legendary nightmare in an annual harvest rite of life and death. Richie Shepard lives in the shadow of his big brother, who won last year’s Run and earned his ticket out of town. To prove himself and join his brother, Richie pairs up with Kelly Haines, a restless dreamer who will do whatever it takes to escape this dead-end town. Against the rules and the odds, Richie and Kelly decide to hunt down the legendary nightmare to win the Run and their freedom, together.

Matt Tolmach and David Manpearl are producing the film. Filming is expected to begin in August, and the MGM distribution company United Artists Releasing have scheduled Dark Harvest for a September 9, 2022 theatrical release.

Slade directing means I'll be watching, and I like the look of the pumpkinheaded creature on the book's cover.