Matilda: The Musical star Alisha Weir will star opposite Melissa Barrera in the upcoming untitled monster movie from Universal Pictures. It will hail from the directing duo of ‘Scream VI’, Radio Slience. The movie is set to be directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Stephen Shields.
Not much else is known about the film other then it was initially titled as Dracula’s Daughter. The story is expected to revolve around a group of kidnappers who abduct a band of young people, one of whom ends up being the title character. This film is one of many horror films on the way from Universal Pictures, others include Elizabeth Banks’ Invisible Woman, Matt Stawki’s Monster Mash, the Ryan Gosling-led Wolfman film, David Keopp’s long-in-development The Bride of Frankenstein reboot, Josh Cooley’s Little Monsters film, Blumhouse’s The Thing adaptation, the James Wan-produced Van Helsing movie.
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