Michelle Randolph, known for her work in the Taylor Sheridan series 1923 and Landman, is in talks to star in Malibu, a horror thriller that Tod Williams will direct for Screen Gems.
Roy Lee and Steven Schneider are the producing the low-budget thriller via their banner Spooky Pictures.
Plot details are being kept in the basement, but it is described as a thriller skulking around in the subterranean horror subgenre. The plan is to shoot later this year.
The project is a reunion between Williams with Schneider. The former helmed Paranormal Activity 2, which was part of the hit horror franchise on which Schneider acted as a producer and executive producer.
Spooky is the pairing of two big names in the horror genre. Together, Lee and Schneider produced Late Night with the Devil, last year’s supernatural horror thriller that starred David Dastmalchian, as well as Strange Darling, the well-reviewed thriller that put director JT Mollner on Hollywood’s radar.
Spooky is currently developing an adaptation of the Scott Snyder horror comic Dungeon. Lee and Schneider are also part of the producing team for The Long Walk, Lionsgate’s adaptation of the Stephen King story that will hit theaters Sept. 12.
Randolph in on Hollywood’s radar thanks to two key roles in two showy Sheridan TV series. She played Liz Strafford opposite Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and Brandon Sklenar in 1923, one of the spin-offs in Sheridan’s Yellowstone TV series empire. She then landed a role on Landman, in which she plays the daughter of Billy Bob Thornton’s titular character. The Paramount+ show was renewed for a second season in March.
The rising actress also has a role in Scream 7, which will be released in February 2026.
Randolph is repped by UTA and D2 Management.
