Jordana Brewster is scaring things up…
The 39-year-old half-Brazilian actress and Fast & Furious franchise star, who was born in Panama, will star opposite Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Shrine, the Screen Gems feature adaptation of James Herbert’s 1983 horror novel of the same name.
Evan Spiliotopoulos is directing the film from a screenplay he adapted.
It centers on a disgraced journalist who discovers a series of seemingly divine miracles in a small New England town and uses them to resurrect his career, but the ‘miracles’ may have a much darker source.
Spiliotopoulos is producing with Ghost House’s Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert producing. Romel Adam will oversee production for Ghost House, while Scott Strauss and Michael Bitar will oversee on behalf of Screen Gems.
Production will begin on Shrinein February.
Brewster will return as Mia, a role she has filled since the beginning of the franchise, in Universal’s Fast & Furious 9. She also stars in the indie film Bailey & Darla with Brittany Snow and Sam Richardson. Her other credits include the films The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and American Heist, as well as a starring role on TNT’s Dallas reboot.