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First look: “IT’s” Sophia Lillis in the half-the-title role of “GRETEL & HANSEL”

Monday, August 26, 2019 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

After essaying one of Stephen King’s most memorable young characters on screen, actress Sophia Lillis takes on a horrific variation on a classic fairy tale.

The first photo seen here has been issued of Lillis (IT’s Beverly Marsh) in GRETEL & HANSEL, coming from Orion Pictures January 31. Directed by Osgood Perkins (THE BLACKCOAT’S DAUGHTER) from a script by Rob Hayes, the movie also stars Sammy Leakey, Charles Babalola, Alice Krige (SLEEPWALKERS, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT) and Jessica De Gouw, and was produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (SINISTER, UPGRADE) and Fred Berger (DESTROYER). The synopsis: “A long time ago in a distant fairytale countryside, a young girl [Lillis] leads her little brother [Leakey] into a dark wood in desperate search of food and work, only to stumble upon a nexus of terrifying evil.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).