In Inferno, Vera Farmiga plays a former detective who is pulled back into a long-rumored Scotland Yard division devoted to occult investigations as she tracks a killer. The unit is called the Black Branch, and returning to it means following, in the synopsis’s words, “the trail of the paranormal terror she thought she had escaped.”
Manifest Pictures co-CEO Yvette Zhuang calls it a supernatural thriller that “marries the investigative propulsion of a serial-killer procedural with the visceral terror of possession horror.”
For fellow co-CEO Zach Glueck, Manhunter is the reference point for the investigative tension in Bryan Hill’s script. He compares its horror, driven by emotion and performances, to The Exorcist or Longlegs.
Hill, whose credits include Titans, wrote the script and will direct. Farmiga stars and is a producer. She recently finished leading The Conjuring franchise as Lorraine Warren, most recently in 2025’s The Conjuring: Last Rites.
ZQ Entertainment and Prime Universe Films are producing, and the project is being introduced to buyers at the American Film Market. Production is set to begin in late spring, with no release date or distributor announced.
Hill said, “With ‘Inferno,’ I want to create a terrifying mystery that stays with audiences long after the credits roll.”
