Birth charts and moon signs have been all the rage over the past few years with friends gathering together to talk about why their sun in cancer makes them cry all day (I’m a cancer, so no shots fired!) and why mercury being in retrograde caused them to lose the apartment they were hoping for. But things surrounding the zodiac are about to take a sinister turn with the announcement of the leading call sheet forAnna HalbergandSpenser Cohen’sHorrorscope.Deadlinerevealed today that the feature has tappedJacob Batalon(Jon Watts’Spider-Mantrilogy),Alana Boden(The Invitation,Uncharted),Adain Bradley(Industry), andAvantika(Senior Year) to star with an ensemble set to includeHumberly González(Utopia Falls) andWolfgang Novogratz(Feel the Beat).
Horrorscope, which is an adaptation of the 1991 novel of the same name penned byNicholas Adams, will tell the story of a reading gone wrong. Hoping to learn more about themselves and what their futures may hold, a crew of pals in their 20s head out to get their horoscopes professionally read. But soon, things turn deadly as members of the group begin to die in ways that are eerily related to their cosmic writings. The feature will see the remaining pals race to understand if their fates can be undone or if the future is set in stone. The original book, which was a piece of classic horror reading if you were of a certain age in the early ‘90s, had its protagonists being chased down by a sadistic serial killer, but whether that plot will be roped in remains to be seen.
Frequent collaborators, Halberg and Cohen co-wrote the film’s script and will also make their first foray as co-directors with it. Screen Gems and Alloy Entertainment are the studios behind the piece, with Alloy being the company backing the original publication by Adams. Alloy’sLeslie MorgensteinandElysa Koplovitz Duttonwill produce alongside Ground Control’sScott Glassgold. Cohen and Halberg will join as executive producers. Screen Gems’Scott Strauss,Michael Bitar, andLariah Perarawill oversee.
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González has landed credits inWorkin' Moms, In The Dark, Ginny & Georgia,to name a few, over the course of her career. For Novogratz, his credits includeFeel the Beat,Sierra Burgess Is a Loser,The Last Summer, The Half of It,andYes, God, Yes.
The film’s stars have successful backgrounds in major blockbuster hits. In Batalon’s case, many will recognize him as Ned, the best friend toTom Holland’s Spider-Man/Peter Parker in the Watts-helmedSpider-Mantrilogy. Next, he’ll be stepping into two different leading roles, one as the titular character in Syfy’sReginald The Vampireand the other as a co-lead withKevin Hartin Netflix’s robbery thriller,Lift.
Most recently on the big screen, Boden has been spotted inUnchartedand will soon take a turn in another Screen Gems feature,The Invitation. She’ll also be hitting smaller screens this summer inFlowers In The Attic: The Origins. Bradley recently nabbed a role in the horror film,Wrong Turn: The Foundation, and was also featured inPaul A. Kaufman’s 2020 drama,Butter. Along with her starring role in Netflix’sSenior Year, Avantika has credits in notable projects includingSpinandDiary of a Future President.
At the moment,Horrorscopehas not revealed a release date, but stay tuned to Collider for more information.
