Sasha Lane (“American Honey,” “Twisters”) and TikTok star Bella Poarch are set to star in horror feature “Six Till Midnight,” from director Andrew Donoho and produced by Timur Bekmambetov (“Unfriended,” “Searching”).
“Six Till Midnight” will mark the film acting debut for Poarch, the Filipino-American platinum-selling singer-songwriter and one of the top TikTok creators with more than 125 million followers and 2 billion music streams. It’s also the feature directorial debut for Donoho, who has directed various music videos for artists such as Janelle Monáe, Paul McCartney and Twenty One Pilots. He has also directed the viral Billboard 100 hit “Build a B*tch” for Poarch.
Written by Gregg McBride, “Six Till Midnight” follows six strangers lured into a cryptic online game show run by the anonymous “Host” who knows their darkest secrets. If they uncover their hidden connection before midnight, they’ll win the prize of a lifetime. Fail, and they won’t make it out alive.
Also starring are Carter Jenkins (“After We Fell”), Nicole Maines (“Yellowjackets”), Devin Druid (“13 Reasons Why,” “Cam”), Assaf Cohen (“Entourage”), Tyler Hardwick and Trang-Anh Dong.
The film is produced by Bekmambetov under his Bazelevs banner, Majd Nassif through Longevity Pictures, and Ara Keshishian and Petr Jakl of ZQ Entertainment. Aysel Lyatifova serves as executive producer, along with McBride. The film was financed and developed by ZQ Entertainment and their partner RTF.
“Six Till Midnight” is the first movie to come out of a slate deal between Bazelevs and ZQ. The second is set to go into production in the fall. Bazelevs and ZQ are also developing a Stan Lee universe in the horror space.
Bekmambetov pioneered the Screenlife format which sees stories play out across phone and laptop screens and brought it to commercial success with films such as Universal’s “Unfriended” and “Unfriended: Dark Web,” as well as Sony’s techno-thrillers “Searching” and “Missing”. His latest Screenlife production, the digital heist feature “LifeHack,” premiered earlier this year at SXSW. Bekmambetov next film “Mercy,” starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, which he directed and produced alongside Charles Roven for Amazon MGM Studios, is set for release in January.
