Troy Kotsur Wraps Production on ‘The Thing’ Meets ‘American Psycho’ Horror Film, ‘The American Winner’
Troy Kotsur (pictured above in Primate) has wrapped on what sounds like quite a bizarre satirical horror film, The American Winner, reports Deadline.
Alongside Kotsur, Flula Borg (Pitch Perfect franchise) also wrapped on the film.
The film “follows a megalomaniacal tech billionaire (Borg) who manipulates markets from his residence while protecting the bizarre “being” he’s accidentally impregnated and must feed to keep his progeny alive.”
Deadline notes that the entire film takes place in the palatial bathroom of the Silicon Valley guru. Stuck in a shitty situation, you could say.
Ashby Gentry (My Life with the Walter Boys), Misha Osherovich (Freaky), Toks Olagundoye (Frasier), Lorena Gonzalez, and Shavvon Lin also star.
The film hails from Bad Grey and Plain Text and marks the debut feature of Iranian writer/director Farbod Ardebili.
Producers are brothers Dane and Cole Eckerle for their label Bad Grey, alongside Daniel Brandt and Mark Finley of Plain Text. John Henry Hinkel also produced. Executive producers include Tom Spriggs and Atil Singh, Lorena E. Gonzalez, Erin O’Connor and Maurice Black, Katherine Kendall, Shavvon Lin, and Jimmy Cai.
Said Brandt, “When we met Flula, we knew he was the perfect person to bring our tech-centric Patrick Bateman to life. We view this one as a five-minutes-into-the-future tech world update of American Psycho infused with a The Thing-style monster that is really going to freak people out. The American Winner is a wild blend of horror and satire that pulls no punches and is chock full of relevant commentary that we feel will resonate with audiences today.”
Wow, talk about a tease. American Psycho meets The Thing? Say no more! That sounds like a winner that’s right up this horror fan’s alley.
As for Kotsur, genre fans likely know him well as the dad in this year’s killer Primate movie, though he is best known perhaps for his role in the critically acclaimed Coda.
We’ll definitely be keeping our eyes on this one. Stay tuned to Dread for more details on The American Winner as we learn them.
Categorized:News