Sizzling off her Emmy nomination for her work in HBO’s The Penguin, Cristin Milioti is leaping into her subsequent display screen venture, an unbiased horror thriller titled Buddy.

Casper Kelly, who co-created Grownup Swim exhibits reminiscent of Your Fairly Face Is Going to Hell and the horror comedy viral sensation Too Many Cooks, is directing the function, which started manufacturing this week in Ohio.

J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules are producing by way of their BoulderLight Footage, the banner that’s having a, um, banner yr with Companion, Friendship, and the upcoming horror film Weapons, on their slate.

Tyler Davidson and Drew Sykes are producing for Low Spark Movies, the Cleveland, Ohio based mostly manufacturing firm that counts Emily The Felony and Take Shelter amongst their credit. The corporate is co-financing the venture.

Plot particulars are being saved beneath wraps, however the venture is being described as a “new expertise in horror.” Kelly co-wrote the script with Jamie King, who beforehand labored on the Disney+ household film World’s Greatest.

BoulderLight vp of growth & manufacturing Tracy Rosenblum is government producing.

The function is being produced in affiliation with Sipur Studios (Unhealthy Boy) & Substance. This marks Sipur’s first funding in the horror area.

Coming from Kelly, the film is prone to be a genre-defying piece of labor. Too Many Cooks, made for Grownup Swim, was a brief that started as a parody riff on the opening credit of Nineteen Eighties and Nineties sitcoms and different exhibits earlier than slowly turning right into a slasher story that interacted with the textual content of the credit. He additionally contributed a faux business titled “Goblin Chedder” to cult horror film Mandy.

Milioti performed Sofia Falcone, the daughter of a deceased gangster, in Penguin in which she stars reverse Colin Farrell. She earned an Emmy nomination final week, and was additionally nominated for a Golden Globe and Critics Selection Tv Award.

Amongst her different credit is the acclaimed 2020 time loop darkish comedy Palm Springs and highly-regarded episodes of Black Mirror.

Milioti is repped by UTA and Jackoway Austen. Kelly is repped by Kaplan/Perrone Leisure.