Finnish filmmaker Antti Jokinen’s THE RESIDENT is a flick we’ve been covering intermittently, the last time being for a trailer we shot at you back in April. You know the flick I’m talking about…the one starring Hilary Swank (below) and Jeffery Dean Morgan in what could amount to SLIVER for a new generation. Yeah, that one! Well, it looks like THE RESIDENT has found a home!
According to Variety, Image Entertainment has secured U.S. rights to Jokinen’s flick, with plans to release it theatrically this spring (March in the U.K.)
Also starring Lee Pace and the great Christopher Lee, THE RESIDENT shapes up:
After separating from her husband, a pretty young doctor Juliet Dermer (Swank) moves to Brooklyn, settling into a new life in a stunning and spacious loft apartment that seems too good to be true.
It is…
Mysterious occurrences lead her to suspect that she is not alone in her home and quickly her fears become all too real. In a chilling revelation, she discovers that her seemingly charming, young landlord, Max, has developed a dangerous obsession with her. A terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues as Juliet fights to free herself from Max’s sinister intentions.
Any supernatural element in the film may just be a red herring. I see Pace as Billy Baldwin and Swank a ginger-headed Sharon Stone (minus the supple ass)…who’s with me?
Michael Massee, Aunjanue Ellis, Penny Balfour, Kisha Sierra, Peggy Miley, Michael Showers, Alexandria Morrow, Cliff Gravel and Sandy K. Shelby round out the cast.
Stay tuned for a release date.