
ScreenDaily is reporting that Korean sales and production outfit K-Movie Entertainment is launching sales at the Cannes market on Amara, a supernatural horror from Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug (Netflix's Troll movies, Hellfjord, The Wave, Cold Prey). Set in Thailand, the story follows a group of international backpackers who become entangled in a curse connected to an unsolved death. Blending supernatural mythology with mounting paranoia, the film is inspired by the folklore of Southeast Asia. The English-language feature is based on an original idea by Uthaug and his Troll series screenwriter Espen Aukan. The project is listed as in development. These pre-sales are aimed at raising capital for production costs by securing upfront commitments from global territories. Uthaug described Amara as “a fast,...
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