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| From the first day of filming, featuring Sophia Lillis (redhead, center) in discussion with director Katt Shea (left) and actress Zoe Renee (right, playing "George") |
ELLEN
DEGENERES’ A VERY GOOD PRODUCTION,
WARNER
BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND RED 56
COMMENCE
PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON
NANCY
DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE
AMERICAN
ICON SPANNING NEARLY 90 YEARS
RETURNS TO
FILMED ENTERTAINMENT IN ALL-NEW MOVIE
CURRENTLY
IN PRODUCTION IN GEORGIA
BURBANK, CA
(JUNE 6, 2018) – Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, A Very Good
Production and Red 56 have begun principal photography on Nancy
Drew and the Hidden Staircase, an all-new feature film that
returns the American icon to filmed entertainment for the first time
in more than a decade. The production is based in Georgia filming at
specific locations in and around the city of Monroe.
The film focuses on Nancy Drew (Sophia
Lillis, breakout star of It), a smart high schooler with a
penchant for keen observation and deduction, who stumbles upon the
haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into
her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the
mystery, make new friends and establish their place in the community.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden
Staircase is a co-production between Warner Bros. Home
Entertainment, Ellen DeGeneres’ A Very Good Production and Red 56.
Award-winning director Katt Shea
(Poison Ivy) helms the film from a script by the screenwriting
team of Nina Fiore & John Herrera (The Handmaid’s Tale, The
Vampire Diaries). Ellen DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show),
Jeff Kleeman (The Man From U.N.C.L.E.) and Chip Diggins (A
Walk In The Woods) are producers. Wendy S. Williams (The Fate
Of The Furious) is executive producer.
Zoe Renee (The Quad) and
Mackenzie Graham (SYFY’s upcoming The Purge) are featured as
Nancy Drew’s core BFFs, George and Bess, respectively. Laura Slade
Wiggins (Shameless) portrays Helen, a high school mean girl
who reluctantly joins forces with Nancy to help solve the mystery.
The film spotlights True Blood star Sam Trammell as Nancy’s
father, Carson; Linda Lavin (Alice) as Flora, the owner of the
haunted house; and Andrea Anders (Joey, The Stepford Wives, Better
Off Ted) as Nancy’s Aunt Hannah.
The cast also includes Jay DeVon
Johnson (Vice Principals), Andrew Matthew Welch (Taylor Tate’s
upcoming Ma), Jon Briddell (The Resident), Josh
Daugherty (We Were Soldiers), Evan Castelloe (Queen Sugar)
and Jesse C. Boyd (Hap and Leonard).
As the inspiration for Nancy Drew
and the Hidden Staircase, Nancy Drew has intrigued and
entertained audiences for nearly 90 years in books, comics, films and
video games. An icon in American mystery novels, the character
initially appeared in 1930, evolving through each incarnation to
reflect the look, sensibilities and technologies of the times. Nancy
Drew books have sold more than 100 million copies, and have been
translated to accommodate young readers across the planet. A number
of feature films and television series have featured the character,
starting with Nancy Drew … Detective in 1938. The character
last appeared on film in the 2007 release, Nancy Drew, which starred
Emma Roberts.
No release date has been set for Nancy
Drew and the Hidden Staircase.
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