LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn Board Horror Thriller 'Molepeople' for Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount Primal

LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn will star in Molepeople, a horror thriller from Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount Primal. Rob Savage will direct from a script by Nathan Elston, with Paramount distributing and an August 27, 2027 release date set. Production is expected to begin in the UK in late November or early December.

LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn will lead Molepeople, a horror thriller co-financed and co-produced by Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount. Paramount will distribute worldwide, with an Aug. 27, 2027 release planned. Rob Savage directs from Nathan Elston’s screenplay. The story follows a man who enters New York City’s abandoned tunnels and finds a warped society below.

Production is expected to start in the UK in late November or early December. Jason Blum, Primal’s J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules, and James Harris produce; Ryan Turek, Tracy Rosenblum, Elston, and Savage executive produce. The film was formerly an indie project before moving to Paramount after Lifshitz and Margules launched their genre label, Primal.

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