M.F.A. writer Leah McKendrick has been set to write and direct a mysterious, folkloric Untitled Monster Project for Atomic Monster and Universal Pictures, Deadline reports this afternoon. You had us at “Monster Project.”
Of course, plot details are being kept under wraps but we do know that it centers around a mythical monster.
James Wan will produce the project with Michael Clear and Judson Scott executive producing. Alayna Glasthal is overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.
More recently, McKendrick penned the upcoming I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot for Sony with Jennifer Kaytin Robinson attached to direct and Jennifer Love Hewitt and Freddie Prinze Jr in talks to reprise their roles. The film is currently slated for a Summer 2025 release.
This isn’t the only mysterious Untitled Monster project in the works from Atomic Monster and Universal Pictures either. Earlier this year, it was announced that Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin will next be directing an untitled horror movie for Blumhouse and James Wan’s Atomic Monster described as a modern take on something ancient. That project is currently dated to release in theaters on April 17, 2026. So don’t expect McKendrick’s feature any time soon.
In Leah McKendrick’s powerful feature debut, 2017’s M.F.A., in which she also starred, “Noelle (Francesca Eastwood), an art student struggling to find her voice, is sexually assaulted by a fellow classmate. Attempting to cope with her trauma, she impulsively confronts her attacker, leading to a violent altercation that culminates in his accidental death. Noelle tries to return to normalcy, but when she discovers she is only one of many silenced sexual assault survivors on campus, she takes justice into her own hands. A vigilante is born – retribution is the inspiration she’s been waiting for.”
It’s the type of debut that signals this Untitled Monster Project is one to watch.
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