Kathryn Newton and Lana Condor are teaming up for Jeff Wadlow's next project, "Devil’s Mouth."
The survival thriller, a co-production between Amazon MGM Studios and Lionsgate, follows college friends who, on a trip to get to Thailand who get trapped in an underwater cave system with a bull shark. Old tensions and power struggles resurface as they fight to survive.
Aja Gabel (Sunny, The Staircase, upcoming Five Star Weekend) and Myung Joh Wesner (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, High Potential) wrote the script, which was featured on the 2019 Black List, with the latest revisions by Wadlow.
Producers include Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, and Wadlow. Thunder Road is natch, behind the John Wick movies. Carsten Lorenz will executive produce. Chelsea Kujawa will oversee for Lionsgate.
Helen Lee-Kim and Michael Meyer negotiated the deal on behalf of Lionsgate.
Newton most recently starred opposite Dan Stevens in Universal’s vampire thriller "Abigail".
Last year, she starred in Lisa Frankenstein for Focus Features. She also made her debut in the Marvel Universe as Cassie Lang in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania", and headlined Amazon MGM Studios’ sci-fi romance "The Map of Tiny Perfect Things".
She also starred in the body-swap slasher "Freaky" opposite Vince Vaughn. Her earlier credits include blockbusters like "Pokémon Detective Pikachu", Netflix’s fan-favorite series "The Society", and Universal’s "Blockers", the top-grossing R-rated comedy of 2018. Up next, she will star in Searchlight’s "Ready or Not 2", opposite Samara Weaving.
Condor was recently seen starring in "Valiant One", which was released in January, and will next be seen in the romantic comedy "Worth the Wait" for Tubi.
Next in film, Condor will star in the action-thriller "Ballerina Overdrive", produced by David Leitch. She also stars in "Coyote vs. Acme" alongside Will Forte and John Cena, which is expected to release worldwide in theaters sometime next year.
On TV, Condor recently appeared in several episodes of "Abbott Elementary".
She became a household name in 2018 with the launch of Netflix’s feature film "To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before", based on Jenny Han’s New York Times bestselling novel.
Condor reprised her role in "To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You" (2020) and "To All the Boys: Always and Forever" (2021). Additional credits include "Moonshot", "Alita: Battle Angel", "Boo, Bitch", "Deadly Class", "X-Men: Apocalypse", and "Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken".
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