Kathryn Newton has already worked with the Radio Silence production company on two genre movies, Abigail and Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, and now Deadline reports that she’s staying in the Radio Silence business by signing on to star in the holiday horror flick White Elephant, which is part of Radio Silence’s partnership with Project X. Called RSPX, this partnership is “oriented around inventive and engaging horror and thriller projects.”
Newton is joined in the cast by Nick Jonas (Power Ballad).
Logline
Eli Craig, whose previous credits include Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, Little Evil, and Clown in a Cornfield, will be directing White Elephant from a script by JT Billings. Craig has also done his own rewrite on the script.
Here’s the logline: Eight friends. One prize. Zero trust. Their annual festive holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of Christmas carnage.
Behind the Scenes
MRC is financing the project. Spencer Berman and Nick Jonas are producing White Elephant for Powered By Jonas, along with William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, and James Vanderbilt for Project X, plus Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin. Executive producers include Newton, Billings, Ryan McDonough, Amanda Drake, Scott Levine, and Chad Villella.
Filming is already underway.
Newton has previously said that she enjoys working with Radio Silence because “they’re just so collaborative. They really listen and hear you and I think what I really like about them is they let me be a bit weird.“
Newton
It should be noted that the horror and thriller sections of Kathryn Newton’s filmography stretches beyond her Radio Silence collaborations, as she also had roles in the films Paranormal Activity 4, A Housekeeper’s Revenge, DreamQuil, Freaky, and Lisa Frankenstein (where she played the title character), and the TV shows Supernatural and The Society.
Are you glad to hear that Kathryn Newton is continuing to work with Radio Silence, and that Nick Jonas and Eli Craig are also getting involved this time around? Share your thoughts on White Elephant by leaving a comment below.
A holiday horror movie that’s directed by Eli Craig and has Kathryn Newton in a lead role sounds like it will be right up my alley, so I look forward to seeing how White Elephant is going to turn out.
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