Hayden Panettiere Joins Survival Movie "A Breed Apart"

Hayden Panettiere has recently joined the cast of the movie "A Breed Apart". 

Known for playing Claire Bennet in Heroes, Kirby Reed in slasher franchise Scream and Juliette Barnes in Nashville, Panettiere will take an as yet unspecified role in the film, which uses Wes Craven’s cult 2006 picture "The Breed" as a jump-off point.

Joey Bragg, Troy Gentile, Riele Downs, and Page Kennedy will also star. They join the previously announced Virginia Gardner and Grace Caroline Currey, who were seen together in the vertigo-inducing Grindstone/Lionsgate release Fall.

Billed as a reimagining of Wes Craven-produced and Nicholas Mastandrea-directed "The Breed", the upcoming movie is more accurately a sequel of sorts and is set after the events of the first film. The new picture originally bore the same name, but the title has now been tweaked.

"A Breed Apart" sees a pack of dogs escape during the making of a fictional The Breed 2 movie during filming on a remote island. Years later, a group of YouTubers are drawn to the island to try and find the canines in a project they hope goes viral and which is the brainchild of influencer Vince Venture, who is played by Bragg. The reality is that they face a fight for survival and each of the influencers must use their unique skills to stay alive.

Brothers Griff and Nathan Furst are directing and producing the movie under their Curmudgeon Films banner. Daro Film Distribution is co-producing and financing. "A Breed Apart" is set for a 2025 release.