You’re Next writer Simon Barrett makes his directing debut on the film.
“She was the first person who signed on,” says Barrett.
I thought of Camille as an underdog.
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She honestly was the only person who thought the script was funny.
I texted the financiers right afterwards and was like, ‘We should cast her.'"
At least, that was the plan.
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“All we needed to do was find a boarding school,” he says.
“Every school in Winnipeg took one look at the project and told us to take a walk.
So ifSeanceis a success, will Netflix be giving Barrett$400-plus millionto make a couple of sequels?
“That’s exactly right,” the filmmaker says with a laugh.
“I believe that number is a legal thing now.
They can’t go lower than that, ifSeancemakes even a dollar.
Seancealso stars Madisen Beaty, Ella-Rae Smith, Inanna Sarkis, Seamus Patterson, and Marina Stephenson-Kerr.
The film will hit theaters and VOD on May 21, before streaming on Shudder later in the year.
Watch the exclusive trailer above.
