Josh Hutcherson And The First Omen Director Team Up For New Horror: First Details Revealed
Fresh off her 2024 feature debut The First Omen, Arkasha Stevenson is teaming with A24 on a new horror film starring Josh Hutcherson, with the first details finally beginning to surface.
File this under: horror teams that make immediate sense. Arkasha Stevenson, who broke out with 2024's The First Omen, is teaming with A24 for a new, still-untitled scare-fest starring Josh Hutcherson. Deadline says the project is moving, and the combo of Stevenson, A24, and some very specific producers points to something nasty in a good way.
So what is it?
Plot specifics are locked up for now, but the gist is out there.
"While the logline remains under wraps, the film reportedly centers on a bachelor party that spirals into terror."
No date on the calendar yet.
Who is making it
- Director: Arkasha Stevenson (feature debut was The First Omen)
- Writers: Arkasha Stevenson and Tim Smith
- Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Frank Dillane, Caleb Landry Jones, Whitmer Thomas
- Producers: Lars Knudsen and Emily Hildner for Square Peg
- Executive producer: Ari Aster
- Additional producers: Tim Smith, Harrison Huffman, Christina D'Souza
- Release: TBA
Why this team is interesting
Stevenson came out swinging with The First Omen, a prequel to The Omen that marked her feature directorial debut. She co-wrote that one with Tim Smith and Keith Thomas, and it starred Nell Tiger Free as Margaret, Ralph Ineson as Father Brennan, and Sônia Braga. Pairing her again with Smith on the script here, plus A24 and Square Peg with Ari Aster on board as an EP, suggests this bachelor weekend will not be a chill time.
Where you know the cast from
Josh Hutcherson is having a moment. He is back as Mike Schmidt in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, which hits theaters on December 5, and he is currently starring as Dylan in I Love LA, the new Rachel Sennott comedy show that premiered on HBO Max earlier this month.
Frank Dillane played young Tom Riddle in 2009's Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, popped up in 2015's In the Heart of the Sea and 2019's How to Build a Girl, and he is set to play John Willoughby in the new Sense and Sensibility movie arriving in 2026.
Caleb Landry Jones brought Banshee to life in 2011's X-Men: First Class and has a deep indie-and-genre resume: 2010's The Last Exorcism, 2017's The Florida Project, 2017's Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, 2019's The Dead Don't Die, 2023's Dogman, and more.
Whitmer Thomas is a comedian who recently turned up in A24's Friendship and Warner Bros. Pictures' Weapons, both released this year.
That is the package for now. No title, no date, but a bachelor party horror movie with this crew is exactly the kind of thing you circle and wait for the trailer. When there is more, I will update.