People showing up at your door without warning can put you in an imposition. Meanwhile, people arriving at your place soaked in blood in another story altogether. What’s your first question for this guest? Do you help them hide the body? Julianne Moore (Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Hannibal) is about to find out because Apple Original Films is ready to cast the leads of Echo Valley, a thriller with a script from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby. The project stars Moore and Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria, The White Lotus) as a mother-daughter duo. Michael Pearce (Beast, Rite, Encounter) directs from Ingelsby’s script, with production from Scott Free Films and The Walsh Company.
In Echo Valley, Moore plays Kate Garrett, a woman recovering from a personal tragedy while boarding and training horses at Echo Valley Far, twenty-two remote, Bob Ross painting-worthy acres in Southeastern Pennsylvania. In the middle of the night, Kate’s recalcitrant daughter, Claire (Sweeney), is covered in blood at her doorstep beside herself. As an unexpected guest shatters Kate’s quiet recovery, things quickly spiral out of control.
Echo Valley is produced by Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss, Ingelsby, and Kevin Walsh produces through The Walsh Company. Pruss and Ingelsby collaborated on the script, creating a twisty thriller fueled by familial blood and self-sacrifice. Scott Greenberg, Scott Free’s Rebecca Feuer, and Nicole Jordan-Webber executive produce. Erika Olde and Sam Roseme will also executive produce courtesy of Black Bicycle Entertainment, with Tanja Tawadjoh co-producing.
Echo Valley is Ingelsby’s fourth project with Scott Free after Out of the Furnace (2013), American Woman (2015), and 2019’s Our Friend. There should be plenty of buzz for Echo Valley after the success of Mare of Easttown, starring Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice, John Douglas Thompson, Joe Tippett, and more. Presented in a seven-episode format, Mare of Easttown was all anyone could discuss when the series aired in 2021. I’m optimistic fans are looking forward to seeing what Ingelsby has been up to since the series ended.
What do you think about the premise for Echo Valley? Moore and Sweeney could make for a powerhouse duo in this nail-biting thriller. We should not have to wait long to find out.