Searchlight Wins Psychological Thriller Spec ‘Incidents’ from ‘Hallow Road’ Scribe in Bidding War

Searchlight Pictures has emerged victorious in a heated bidding battle for Incidents, a psychological thriller spec from Hallow Road scribe William Gillies.

Incidents is said to follow “a woman who escapes from an attempted abduction with no clear motive, vowing thereafter to find her kidnapper and discover why she’s been targeted.”

While not much else is known about the psychological thriller at this time, Deadline reports that the Gillies’ spec script drew 11 competing offers.

Gillies, born on Halloween, is currently best known for his work on the upcoming Halloween-set thriller Hallow Road from Under the Shadow director Babak Anvari. Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) and Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”) race against time to get to their daughter in the wake of a car accident in the middle of the night.

I wrote in my review out of the fest, “Like Anvari’s Under the Shadow and Wounds, Hallow Road steeps the supernatural in realism; this is a filmmaker far more interested in exploring the psychological ramifications rather than showy horror visuals. It’s a move that’s likely to frustrate many, especially as it ventures deeper and deeper into a mythic place and the parents realize their daughter isn’t alone on the deserted stretch of road.” 

If Incidents is anything like Hallow Road, expect a sly genre twist to the thriller format.

Stay tuned for more on this in-demand project as it arrives.

 

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