The Piper: Julian Sands, Charlotte Hope star in Pied Piper horror film

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Julian Sands, best known around here for playing the Warlock in the 1989 horror film fittingly titled Warlock and then coming back for the sequel Warlock: The Armageddon, has signed on to star in a new genre project called The Piper, which puts a horrific twist on the legend of the Pied Piper. Sands is being joined in the cast by Charlotte Hope, who appeared in 2018's The Nun and played the character Myranda on eight episodes of Game of Thrones.

Written and directed by Erlingur Thoroddsen, The Piper is now filming at Millennium Media's Nu Boyana Studios in Bulgaria. Described as a "dark re-imagining of the Pied Piper tale", it will show  

a young composer getting the opportunity of a lifetime when she is tasked with finishing her late mentor’s concerto. But she soon discovers that playing the music summons deadly consequences, leading her to uncover the disturbing origins of the melody and the evil force it has awakened: the Pied Piper.

Hellraiser's Christopher Young is composing the score for The Piper.

The film is being produced by Bernard Kira, Les Weldon, and Millennium Media's Yariv Lerner, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, and Tanner Mobley. Millennium's Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, and Trevor Short serve as executive producers.

Mobley had this to say about the project: 

Erlingur wrote a chilling script that adapts the sinister tale of the Pied Piper into a modern day horror villain. The story and team, including iconic composer Christopher Young, has attracted an amazing cast led by Charlotte and Julian. We can’t wait to get started."

Erlingur Thoroddsen previously wrote and directed the horror films Child Eater and Rift, and also wrote the Midnight Kiss episode of the Hulu / Blumhouse anthology series Into the Dark.

We'll keep you updated on The Piper as it continues to move forward and more is revealed.