Letitia Wright is set to star in In Her Shadow, a supernatural horror film about a child locked in a basement for 5 years. She will also executive-produce through her company 3:16 Productions.
The premise begins with a late-night police call that tells author Annie Cutter her estranged sister has died, leaving a young daughter she’d kept “alone in a dark basement” for 5 years.
Wright is known as Shuri in the Black Panther films and earned an Emmy nomination for playing Nish in Black Mirror’s “Black Museum.”
Annie adopts her niece, then “comes to believe there may have been a reason for her sister to be afraid of the child,” according to the synopsis. It suggests the girl was confined “for her own safety… And the protection of others.”
Writer-director Rowan Athale (Gangs of London) calls the project a “terrifying, propulsive and emotional supernatural horror film.”
Producer Tea Shop Films’ horror credits include Obsession, 47 Meters Down and Fall, while Bankside Films’ include Talk to Me.
In Her Shadow is in pre-production, with Bankside launching worldwide sales at the American Film Market. No release date has been announced.
