EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek and Searching star John Cho and The White Lotus and Mayfair Witches star Alexandra Daddario have been set to star in horror-thriller Inground, which will be a hot genre package at the upcoming TIFF market.
Aaron Katz (Gemini) is directing from a screenplay by Dan Dworkin (American Horror Story) and Ridley Scott, Michael Pruss, and Sam Roston will produce for Scott Free Productions (Gladiator II). Joshua Harris and Nathan Klingher will produce for Gramercy Park (The Surfer), which is financing.
The logline reads: “A recently divorced father attempts to reconnect with his young son by building a swimming pool in his backyard that they can both enjoy over the course of a long, hot summer. What begins as an exciting project turns into a terrifying nightmare.”
Production is being lined up for March 2026. CAA Media Finance represents the film’s domestic distribution rights, while north.five.six. is handling international.
Michael Rothstein, Samuel Hall, and Warren Goz are executive-producing for north.five.six., alongside Mark Fasano and Ford Corbett for Gramercy Park Media.
Upcoming Scott Free has Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology Of Water and Dave Bautista’s Trap House, as well as Ridley Scott’s own The Dog Stars for 20th Century Studios.
Cho is represented by UTA, 3Arts Entertainment and Yorn, Levine. Daddario is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen. Katz is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment, and Sloan, Offer. Scott Free Productions is represented by CAA and Gang, Tyre. Dworkin is represented by Adventure Media and Goodman, Genow.
