Olivia Taylor Dudley & Riley Dandy To Topline Cult Thriller ‘Abigail Before Beatrice’ From Filmmaker Cassie Keet
Olivia Taylor Dudley, Riley Dandy and Cassie Keet Kate sZatmari/Luke Fontana/Will Sampson
EXCLUSIVE: Olivia Taylor Dudley (The Magicians) and Riley Dandy (Things Will Be Different) are in production in Little Rock, Arkansas on Abigail Before Beatrice, a slow-burn psychological thriller marking the sophomore feature of writer-director Cassie Keet.
Hailing from Little Black Dog Entertainment, Nanu Pictures, and Exit 44 Entertainment, the film is about an isolated woman who must confront her past when a fellow former cult member reaches out with news that their leader has been released from prison early.
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A Little Rock native, Keet came to make it on the heels of Scream Therapy, a horror comedy that landed her a Panavision camera grant, which will be available on demand from Indican Pictures starting June 18. Benjamin Dunn (My Dead Friend Zoe) and Mindy Van Kuren are producing the film, financed partly by New Harvest Creative, with Exit 44 Entertainment handling sales.
“I’m so excited and humbled to be filming in my home state,” said Keet in a statement to Deadline. “I had dreamt of filming Abigail Before Beatrice in Arkansas from the moment I wrote it, but the ACS Panavision grant made that dream a reality. I love working with our local crew, and I’m so touched by how many people have gone out of their way to donate and discount everything from food to locations to our project. It is my sincere wish that this movie will continue to shine a positive light on the ever-growing film community in Arkansas.”
Best known for starring on the fantasy series The Magicians, which ran for five seasons on Syfy, Dudley’s feature credits include She Dies Tomorrow, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, and Transcendence.
Up next for relative newcomer Dandy is Things Will Be Different, a genre-bender from filmmaker Michael Felker that’s coming off of its SXSW premiere.
Dudley is represented by Innovative Artists and Strand Entertainment; Dandy by Stride Management; and Keet by LA Talent and Mosaic.