Overview
- Trade reports say Kyle Gallner has been added to the cast of Skeletons alongside Brie Larson, with Deadline cited by genre outlets reporting the casting news.
- The film adapts Philip Fracassi’s short story Fail‑Safe into a creature-horror told from a young boy’s point of view in which Larson plays the mother with a hidden, disturbing nature.
- JT Mollner is attached to direct from a screenplay by Brian Duffield and Larson is also listed as an executive producer on the project.
- Production is being led by Bad Robot, Infrared and Assemble Media with J.J. Abrams, Drew Simon, Jon Cohen and Jack Heller producing and other creative contributors named as executive producers.
- Sony holds worldwide distribution rights after a reported EFM purchase near $25 million, no production schedule or release date has been announced and the studio backing positions the film as a major upcoming genre release.