John Goodman is to co-star with Brie Larson in Skeletons, a forthcoming horror film from Strange Darling director JT Mollner. Two years after he brought us the terrific, twisty thriller Strange Darling, director JT Mollner is making Skeletons – a bigger, starrier film that will eventually be distributed by Sony Pictures. John Goodman is the ... Skeletons | John Goodman joins new horror from Strange Darling director JT Mollner
John Goodman is to co-star with Brie Larson in Skeletons, a forthcoming horror film from Strange Darling director JT Mollner.
Two years after he brought us the terrific, twisty thriller Strange Darling, director JT Mollner is making Skeletons – a bigger, starrier film that will eventually be distributed by Sony Pictures.
John Goodman is the latest addition to the cast, per Deadline, and he’ll be joining Brie Larsson and Strange Darling duo Kyle Gallner and Willa Fitzgerald.
The script is by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You, the upcoming Jonahcore horror Whalefall), and is based on the short story Fail-Safe by Philip Fracassi.
Published in 2019, the original story is about a family with a grim secret. It’s told from the perspective of a 12 year-old boy whose mother has turning-into-a-monster tendencies; she and the boy’s father do their best to prepare for those Hulk-out moments by constructing a secure room and the like. But will it be enough to contain her?
We’ll have to wait and see whether Duffield’s script will stick to the intimacy of the original short story or whether it broadens it out; that there’s a cast of at least six or seven characters suggests it’s the latter.
JJ Abrams is producing via his production company Bad Robot; having appeared at the European Film Market earlier this year, Sony picked up the worldwide distribution rights for $25m – suggesting that the studio has plans to give Skeletons a major roll-out in cinemas.
Filming began last month in Australia; it’s possible we’ll see Skeletons emerge from the closet (and into cinemas) in 2027.
If you haven’t seen Strange Darling or No One Will Save You – the latter being a gloriously tense sci-fi thriller told almost entirely without dialogue – do check them out. You’ll be so glad you did.
