The Tall Man starring Jessica Biel and Jodelle Ferland, goes to Image at South by South West Fest
Image Entertainment has acquired U.S. rights the thriller which made its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, reports Variety.
Also in the cast of the film both helmed and scripted by Pascal Laugier (Martyrs) are Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris and Katherine Ramdeen.
Cold Rock, U.S.A. Children have gone missing over the years leaving neither a clue nor a witness. Superstitious locals talk of The Tall Man, a legendary, mysterious dark figure who takes children away never to be seen again.
Julia, a nurse living in cold rock, doesn’t believe in legends. Until one night, she goes to her son’s bedroom and finds his bed empty. She rushes after them willing to do whatever it takes to get her son back. The chase is on and with it the quest for answers: who is The Tall Man? What becomes of the children?
Clement Miserez of Radar Films produces with Mind's Eye Entertainment's Kevin DeWalt, Jean-Charles Levy of Forecast Pictures and Highwire Pictures' Scott Kennedy.