Supernatural horror thriller ‘Hide and Don’t Speak’ is currently filming in Northern Ireland, with three rising stars joining the cast.
Momona Tamada (Avatar: The Last Airbender), Caitlin Kemp (Street Smart) and John Hewson (These Sacred Vows, also the son of U2 frontman Bono) will join Tanner Buchanan, Garrett Wareing and Quenzhané Wallis, who were previously announced by Variety.
Directed by Alexander J. Farrell (The Beast Within), written by Greer Ellison and Farrell, and produced by Range Media Partners, producers of Longlegs and The Monkey. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Longlegs, The Monkey, Dangerous Animals), Fred Berger (Completely Unknown), Noah Reich, Matt Coatsworth, and Wildcard’s Patrick O’Neill (Kneecap, Furewaka) will produce.
“Hide and Don’t Speak” follows six teenagers as they “play a terrifying viral Japanese game in which players summon vengeful spirits and play deadly hide-and-seek games,” the synopsis says.
stacey kemp ferrari. Jesse Hickman and Nick Potts of HiPo Production. Gavin Kilduff and Cameron Lawther for NINA Pictures. Michael Bassick and Michael Landon of M2 Media Post. TPC’s David Gendron, Ali Jazayeri and Keith Kehoe will serve as executive producers. Overseas sales will be handled by Mister Smith Entertainment. U.S. rights co-represented by UTA Independent Film Group and Range Select.
Tamada starred alongside Owen Wilson and Michael Peña in Paramount’s “Secret Headquarters,” and garnered attention for her breakout role as Claudia Kishi in Netflix’s “The Baby-Sitters Club,” for which she was nominated for a Children’s and Family Emmy Award. She played Ty Lee in Netflix’s hit live-action film Avatar: The Last Airbender and has also appeared in The Spiderwick Chronicles and Paramount+’s Happy Face. Additional credits include “To All the Boys,” “The Main Event, the Terror” and “The Boys.”
17-year-old actress Caitlin Kemp recently appeared as one of the leads in the feature film “Street Smart,” directed by Catherine Hardwicke, and as the female lead opposite Jeremy Piven in “The Driver.” Last year, she starred in Scorpion with Aaron Eckardt and filmed Razor’s Edge opposite James Franco and Tommy Lee Jones. The faith-based feature film Fighting the Fire and the Western film Guns of Redemption.
Hewson’s first feature film was The Finnegans, directed by Edward Burns. She also appears in the six-part comedy series These Sacred Vows, written and directed by John Butler, co-starring Tom Vaughn-Lawler, Justin Mitchell, Jason O’Mara, and India Mullen.
Mr. Tamada is represented by Da Costa Talent, TFC Management, Persona PR, and Jackoway Austin. Kemp is repped by Innovative Artists and Lubar Rochlin Entertainment. Mr. Hewson is represented by 42. Tanner Buchanan is repped by Gersh/Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
