Will Poulter to Star Alongside Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd in Movie "Death Of A Unicorn"

Production has wrapped on Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega's dark comedy movie "Death of a Unicorn", officially adding the likes of Richard E. Grant and Will Poulter to its cast.

The cast also includes Téa Leoni, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Jessica Hynes, and Stephen Park.

Shot over the summer under a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement, "Death of a Unicorn" marks the directorial debut of Alex Scharfman, who also penned the script. 

The movie follows a father (Rudd) and daughter (Ortega) who accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where the former’s billionaire boss (Grant) seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.

(Clockwise L-R) Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Will Poulter, Anthony Carrigan, Sunita Mani, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Park, Alex Scharfman

A24 will globally distribute the pic after co-financing alongside Ley Line Entertainment. Producers on the project include Scharfman, Drew Houpt and Lucas Joaquin of Secret Engine, Tyler Campellone and Lars Knudsen of Square Peg, and Tim Headington and Theresa Steele Page of Ley Line Entertainment. 

Exec producers are Rudd, Ortega, Ari Aster, Michael Williams, Jacob Epstein, David Darby, and Nate Kamiya.

Halloween‘s John Carpenter is composing music for the pic alongside son Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies. Larry Fong (Kong: Skull Island) is on board as Director of Photography, with Amy Williams (Master of None) as Production Designer, Avy Kaufman (Tár) as Casting Director and Andrea Flesch (Midsommar) as Costume Designer.

A writer, director, and producer who co-founded the aforementioned Secret Engine, Scharfman also currently has film and television projects in development with Point Grey, Sugar23, Blumhouse, Lord Miller, Amblin, Amazon, and Sony TV. Prior to Death of a Unicorn, he’s produced such notable indies as Blow the Man Down and Resurrection, among other titles.