Yeah I know the title says “prequel” twice. Last October, Paramount+ released a prequel film to the classic Stephen King novel Pet Sematary, called Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, exclusively to the platform as part of its “Peak Screaming” Halloween festivities. It was unclear which adaptation it was a prequel to, but it starred Jackson White, Henry Thomas and David Duchovny among others. While the release of Paramount+-original narrative films looks to be less consistent than last year, the platform has announced that there’s at least still going to be one to serve a similar purpose, and it’s another prequel to a horror classic: Rosemary’s Baby, titled Apartment 7A. Insert comments about originality being dead here.
Apartment 7A is directed by Natalie Erika James and stars Ozark and Inventing Anna star Julia Garner, who has The Wolf Man and Marvel Studios’s The Fantastic Four (the latter in the role of Silver Surfer Shalla-Bal) ahead of her in 2025. Rosemary’s Baby was originally released in 1968, directed by the now-disgraced Roman Polanski, based on the novel of the same name by Ira Levin and starring Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes as a young couple who are trying to start a family who as the pregnancy grows turbulent become suspicious of the neighbors. The titular apartment they take residence in had quite the tragic reputation before they moved in, and this prequel will explore the event immediately before that left it available for them, as it is set just beforehand. As the logline describes “When a struggling, young dancer (played by Garner) suffers a devastating injury, she finds herself drawn in by dark forces when a peculiar, well-connected, older couple promises her a shot at fame.”
Jeff Grossman, executive vice president of programming at Paramount+ boasts in the press release “Apartment 7A is the perfect way to kick off the Halloween season. Director Natalie Erika James and the prodigious creative team have crafted a chilling and clever new entry into the genre.”. The film also stars departed Mayor of Kingstown star Dianne Wiest, Across the Universe’s Jim Sturgess and Kevin McNally, who recently starred in Doctor Who’s Flux season, as well as Wonka’s Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, as well as Marli Siu, Andrew Buchan, and Rosy McEwen.
Made in association with Paramount Pictures, Apartment 7A is a production with Michael Bay’s company Platinum Dunes and Sunday Night, the production company of A Quiet Place star (and director) and IF director John Krasinski and Allyson Seeger with a screenplay by James, Christian White and Skylar James, executive produced by Vicki Dee Rock and Alexa Ginsburg, and is also produced by Andrew Form and Brad Fuller.
Source: Paramount Press Express release
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