TikTok star Bella Poarch and Sasha Lane (“American Honey,” “Twisters”) are set to star in the horror movie “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.
The project is 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.
The cast also stars Carter Jenkins (“After We Fell”), Nicole Maines (“Yellowjackets”), Devin Druid (“13 Reasons Why,” “Cam”), Assaf Cohen (“Entourage”), Tyler Hardwick, and Trang-Anh Dong.
The movie 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.
It 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.