Michael Winnick to tell Malicious story with Josh Stewart and Delroy Lindo

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

Josh Stewart

The first movie that comes to my mind when I hear the title MALICIOUS will always be the 1995 erotic thriller where Molly Ringwald plays against type to portray the insane stalker of a college baseball player, but writer/director Michael Winnick is looking to share some brain space with that film by crafting his own project called MALICIOUS.

Winnick's MALICIOUS will tell the story of 

a young college professor and his pregnant wife who find and open an antique box in their new home, unwittingly releasing a malevolent entity with murderous intentions.

The film will star Josh Stewart (pictured above), Delroy Lindo, Bojana Novakovic, Melissa Bolona (pictured below), and Yvette Yates.

MALICIOUS has been financed by the Lost Hills Film Fund, a venture put together by Patrick Rizzotti and Brett Forbes of Fortress Features and Shaun Redick and Ray Mansfield of Movie Package Company with the intention of producing ten "director-driven, elevated genre films" over the course of three years. MALICIOUS is the first of those ten.

The distribution rights to the film will be presented to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market.

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Source: Deadline

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