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Having only recently concluded her 5-feature stint leading hit horror franchise “The Conjuring” with 2025’s “Last Rites,” Vera Farmiga is stepping back into the world of the supernatural.
The Oscar nominee is set to
star in and exec produced “Inferno,” being written and directed by Bryan Hill (HBO Max’s “Titans”). The film is being produced by Ara Keshishian (“Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” “Kidnap”) and Petr Jákl’s (“Land of Bad”) ZQ Entertainment (“Feed” with Rosamund Pike, and Armando Ianucci’s newly announced untitled feature), alongside Adrian Askarieh’s Prime Universe Films (the “Hitman” franchise).
Manifest Pictures are handling international sales and will introduce the film to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market. CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will co-rep domestic rights.
According to the synopsis, “Inferno” is based on the “long-rumored” special division of Britain’s Scotland Yard that investigates the occult, with Farmiga set to portray a former detective whose pursuit of a killer forces her back into the “Black Branch” and on the trail of the paranormal terror she thought she’d escaped.
The film is scheduled to begin production in late spring.
“Great horror films challenge what we believe about the world,” said Hill. “With ‘Inferno,’ I want to create a terrifying mystery that stays with audiences long after the credits roll. Vera Farmiga is an extraordinary actor whose intelligence, emotional depth, and commanding presence make her the perfect person to lead us into and through that darkness.”
Hill’s first feature, Archangel, is currently in post-production. His work spans film, television, graphic novels and games. His screenwriting credits include “Bitter Root,” “The Purgatory Game” and Universal’s upcoming Prince biopic, to be produced by Ryan Coogler. His comics work includes “American Carnage,” “Chariot,” “Blade: Evil Against Evil,” and “Batman and the Outsiders.”
“’Inferno’ is a sophisticated supernatural thriller that marries the investigative propulsion of a serial-killer procedural with the visceral terror of possession horror,” said Yvette Zhuang, co-CEO of Manifest Pictures.
“We were immediately sucked into Hill’s script, which has unnerving procedural tension of ‘Manhunter’ and the emotional, performance-driven horror of ‘The Exorcist’ or ‘Longlegs,’” added Zach Glueck, co-CEO of Manifest Pictures. “Hill’s work collaborating with incredible directors from Ryan Coogler to Sam Raimi, and his experience on shows like HBO’s ‘Titans,’ has prepared him for his role as a multi-hyphenate creator.”
Farmiga is repped by CAA, Authentic Talent and Literary Management and Peikoff Mahan Law Office; Hill is repped by UTA, Heroes and Villains Entertainment and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein
