In addition, Abigail is starring in
the thrillers Final Girl and Wicked Blood, both set to be released this year, and playwright Tracy Letts» family Drama August: Osage County (with Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Benedict Cumberbatch; out in December).
Not exact matches
Since the 1979
thriller served as the blueprint for the modern horror film, Laurie is long - held by aficionados to be the gold standard, as
final girls go.
This year, the opener was The
Final Girls, a
thriller / comedy that subverts many horror - film conventions — indeed, the very notion of movies themselves.
Besides the upcoming Malick films and the
final chapter of «The Hobbit» later this year, she will star in a live - action version of «Cinderella» directed by Kenneth Branagh as the wicked stepmother Lady Tremaine next year; she gets tangled up in a lesbian affair with Rooney Mara («The
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo») in Carol, a
thriller directed by «I'm Not There»» s Todd Haynes; and she will do a rare TV role as a real - life New Yorker cartoonist who battled cancer in HBO's «Cancer Vixen,» directed by Julie Delpy.
Renowned photographer to some of Hollywood's biggest stars, Tyler Shields will captivate audiences with his debut feature film, the «sardonic, smart, stylized,
thriller» (Dennis Dermody, PAPER),
FINAL GIRL.
The
Final Girls, a femme - centric horror
thriller - come - comedy, boasts an anthology of slasher memes.