John Goodman Joins Brie Larson In ‘Skeletons’

EXCLUSIVE: John Goodman has joined Brie Larson in the Sony Pictures’ thriller Skeletons. JT Mollner is directing the pic. Kyle Gallner, Willa Fitzgerald, Ione Skye and Daithí Ó hAragáinis also on board.

The film is a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.

Brian Duffield wrote the initial screenplay based off the short story by Phillip Fracassi, with revisions by Mollner. Sony Pictures picked up worldwide rights during this year’s EFM with FilmNation, WME, and CAA handling the sale.

The movie hails from FilmNation Entertainment’s production label Infrared, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions, and Assemble Media. Drew Simon, Abrams and Jon Cohen will produce along with Jack Heller. Assemble’s Caitlin de Lisser-Ellen and Duffield will exec produce as well as Roy Lee and Steven Schneider. Larson and Fracassi are also exec producing. Infrared is financing.

Skeletons sees John Goodman reunited with producer J.J. Abrams, having starred in 10 Cloverfield Lane which Abrams produced. He co-stars alongside Brie Larson once again after previously appearing together in The Gambler and Kong: Skull Island. The Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner‘s additional credits include Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, and Argo. Next, he will be seen in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger starring Tom Cruise. Goodman is repped by Gersh and Frankfurt Kurnit.