John Logan (“Penny Dreadful”) will be making his directorial debut with a new horror film in the works over at Blumhouse Productions. Deadline provides an update on the project today, reporting that Theo Germaine (“The Politician”) will lead the cast.
The film was formerly titled Whistler Camp, but is currently untitled.
“Whistler Camp is a queer empowerment story set at a gay conversion camp.”
The press release notes, “Logan received the Tony award for his play Red and wrote the book for the musical Moulin Rouge. As a screenwriter, he is a three-time Academy Award nominee and has received Golden Globe, BAFTA, WGA, and Edgar awards. His films include Skyfall, Spectre, Gladiator, The Aviator, Hugo, The Last Samurai, Sweeney Todd, Rango, Alien: Covenant and Any Given Sunday. He also created Penny Dreadful for Showtime.”
Jason Blum and Michael Aguilar (Penny Dreadful, Kidding) will produce.
Ryan Turek is the creative executive overseeing the film for Blumhouse.