Following her breakout, debut picture “Girlfight,” there were likely many doors kicked open for director Karyn Kusama. And her next step, like many filmmakers have taken, was to jump to the big leagues and helm “Aeon Flux” for Paramount. It did not turn out well. Four years later, she headed over to 20th Century Fox and helmed “Jennifer’s Body,” and it too didn’t get a great reception. The filmmaker seemed to get her mojo back in indie territory with this year’s terrific, knuckle-biter “The Invitation,” but now she’s headed back to major studio territory….
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20th Century Fox has announced that Kusama will direct “Breed,” with the project adding the talents of Scott Frank (“The Lookout,” “A Walk Among The Tombstones“) as an executive producer. Based on the book by Chase Novak, the horror flick follows a wealthy New York couple who turn to a controversial Eastern European fertility clinic to conceive when all conventional methods fail. Ten years later, the nightmarish side effects of the procedure begin to manifest for—and in—the couple and their twin children.
That’s a premise that sounds like some solid popcorn entertainment at the very least, and perhaps something even more in Kusama’s hands. The project will have a budget between $20 and $30 million, and we’ll be interested to see who signs up to star. And for a director who tends to take four to five years between movies, let’s hope the wait isn’t so long this time around.