EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear is handling international sales on the horror title White Elephant at the Cannes Market.
The film features a robust ensemble, including Nick Jonas (Jumanji), Kathryn Newton (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come), KJ Apa (Riverdale), Alexandra Shipp (Barbie), Ashley Park (Emily in Paris), Justice Smith (Now You See Me: Now You Don’t), Josh Brener (Silicon Valley), and Madeleine Arthur (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy).
Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) directed the movie based on a script from JT Billings (Are You Afraid of the Dark?), with additional writing from Craig. The plot is said to follow “eight friends competing for a prize when their annual holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of carnage.”
MRC is the studio financing the film. William Sherak, Paul Neinstein, and James Vanderbilt will produce for Project X Entertainment (Scream), Spencer Berman and Nick Jonas are producing for Powered by Jonas, along with Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin for Radio Silence (Ready or Not). The executive producers are Billings, Ryan McDonough, Amanda Drake, Newton, Scott Levine, and Chad Villella.
The film is the first project under MRC’s venture RSPX, which is a partnership with Radio Silence and Project X focused on horror and thriller genre projects. Black Bear will represent international sales, with MRC handling domestic rights.
