“House of The Dragon” actress Olivia Cooke is trading dragons for vampires as she’s joined the new NEON horror movie “Brides,” replacing Maika Monroe in the project from writer/director Chloe Okuno.
“Brides” is set to “follow Sally Bishop and her husband, who travel to a remote Italian villa whose owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally.” Cooke stepped in for Monroe in the role of Sally, as she had scheduling issues with the Universal Pictures film “Reminders of Him” from director Vanessa Caswill.
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However, it’s not clear who is going to end up being cast as Sally’s husband and the count, as we’ve learned, filming is aiming to take place in Budapest, Hungary. It not only takes place in Italy but also during the 1960s, with Sally’s feminist ideals clashing with the count and his group of vampire brides.
Okuno, who made her feature debut with the Monroe thriller “Watcher,” is directing from a script she also penned, which has Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu producing through Likely Story with NEON handing theatrical distribution of the horror flick.
Cooke is currently known for playing in HBO‘s popular “Game of Thrones” prequel series that is in its third season, alongside credits such as Steven Spielberg‘s nostalgia-fueled cyberpunk adventure “Ready Player One,” “Sound of Metal,” the “Pscyho” prequel series “Bates Motel,” and “Little Fish.”
While not being known primarily for horror films, some of NEON’s releases within the genre include “The Monkey,” “Longlegs,” “Immaculate,’ “Possessor,” “Infinity Pool,” “Cuckoo,” and “Little Monsters.”
Vampire projects have been quite popular in recent months after Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” remake and Ryan Coogler‘s massively successful “Sinners” breathing new life into the horror sub-genre, with directors Panos Cosmatos (“Mandy”) and Lynne Ramsay (“Die, My Love”) also putting together their spin on bloodsucker stories.
