James McAvoy to Star in "Speak No Evil" Remake

Scottish actor James McAvoy and Blumhouse are reteaming for a remake of the 2022 Danish thriller, "Speak No Evil". 

In the original movie, a Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness. It is based on the screenplay by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup.

James Watkins (The Woman in Black) will direct the project from his script. Jason Blum will produce the remake for Blumhouse, with Paul Ritchie, Christian Tafdrup, Jacob Jarek, and Bea Sequeira serving as EPs.

McAvoy and Blumhouse previously worked together on the combined half-billion-plus grossing hits, "Split" and "Glass".

The "X-Men" actor most recently starred in the third and final season of the BBC/HBO TV Series "His Dark Materials" reprising his role as Lord Asriel alongside Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ruth Wilson. 

In 2022, he returned to the stage to perform in the critically acclaimed and Laurence Olivier Award-nominated Cyrano de Bergerac with director Jamie Lloyd. 

McAvoy is most known for his performances on screen in "Atonement", "The Last King of Scotland", "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" and his role as Charles Xavier in the X-men franchise. 

Universal has set a theatrical release of Aug. 9, 2024. The studio always had Aug. 9, 2024, rsvp’ed for an event title. "Speak No Evil will" open in the wake of Warner Bros.’ M. Night Shyamalan movie Trap (dated Aug. 2, 2024), who recently went over to the Burbank, CA lot following the release of his Universal title this past winter, Knock at the Cabin ($54.4M WW).