Black Bear Boards Horror Title ‘White Elephant’ Starring Nick Jonas & Kathryn Newton — Cannes Market

EXCLUSIVE: Black Bear is handling international sales on the horror title White Elephant at the Cannes market. 

The film features a robust ensemble including Nick Jonas (Jumanji), Kathryn Newton (Ready or Not 2: Here I Come), KJ Apa (Riverdale), Alexandra Shipp (Barbie), Ashley Park (Emily in Paris), Justice Smith (Now You See Me: Now You Don’t), Josh Brener (Silicon Valley) and Madeleine Arthur (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before trilogy).

Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil) directed the movie based on a script from JT Billings (Are You Afraid of the Dark?), with additional writing from Craig. The plot is said to follow eight friends competing for a prize when their annual holiday gift exchange spirals into a cutthroat game of carnage.

MRC is the studio financing the film. William Sherak, Paul Neinstein and James Vanderbilt will produce for Project X Entertainment (Scream); Spencer Berman and Jonas for Powered by Jonas; along with Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin for Radio Silence (Ready or Not). The executive producers are Billings, Ryan McDonough, Amanda Drake, Newton, Scott Levine and Chad Villella.

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The film is the first project under MRC’s venture RSPX, a partnership with Radio Silence and Project X focused on horror and thriller genre projects. Black Bear will represent international sales, with MRC handling domestic rights.

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