Matthias Schweighöfer Joins Noah Jupe In Jaume Collet-Serra's Thriller ‘Play Dead'
Further plot details remain under wraps, as do the roles of the duo. Production has just kicked off in Australia.
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Peter Stanley-Ward & Natalie Conway penned the script for Play Dead, which Nocturnal will fully finance and produce alongside Ghost House Pictures, BoulderLight Pictures, and Bad Grey. Akiva Nemetsky and Keaton Heinrichs are producing for Nocturnal, along with Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert for Ghost House, JD Lifshitz and Raphael Margules for BoulderLight, and Dane Eckerle for Bad Grey. Romel Adam and Jose Cañas are overseeing for Ghost House, with Louis Winters overseeing for BoulderLight. Scott Greenberg of LBI is exec producing, with Jazmyn Tanski overseeing.
German actor Schweighöfer is perhaps best known for directing, producing and starring in Netflix's Army of Thieves, the prequel to Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, where he also starred. Upcoming, he'll be seen starring in the mystery thriller Brick for Netflix, which will be released on July 10, as well as the thriller series Vanished from Amazon opposite Kaley Cuoco. Additionally, he lends his voice to Pixar's Elio, which releases on June 20.
Other recent projects for Schweighöfer include Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, Milli Vanilli biopic Girl You Know It's True, Netflix's Family Switch opposite Jennifer Garner, Heart of Stone opposite Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan — also for Netflix — and The Swimmers for director Sally El Hosaini. The actor is repped by UTA and Untitled Entertainment.
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