Jack Falahee (How to Get Away with Murder), Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), Chris Noth (Sex and the City) and newcomer Saphira Moran are set to star in The Block, a supernatural thriller directed and produced by Emmy nominee Craig Singer (6:45), which has wrapped production.
Marking Singer’s fifth collaboration with writer Robert Dean Klein (6:45, Dark Ride), the film follows Mitch James (Falahee), who was once the golden boy of horror fiction, until an unshakable writer’s block brought his meteoric rise to a halt. Years later, with his career in ruins, Mitch stumbles into a dark and inexplicable event, after which, the words begin to flow again. But inspiration proves fleeting and something shadowy and malevolent seems to be demanding more in return. As Mitch becomes entangled in a chilling cycle of creation and consequence, the true cost of his craft may be far greater than he ever imagined.
Hailing from Three 777 Film, Inc. and Cascrator Films, the indie also features Thomas G. Waites (The Thing), Armen Garo (The Departed), Gabrielle Lee (Chicago P.D.), and Elias Koreas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Maria Jorjezian and Gigi A. Boyle served as co-producers, with Falahee as exec producer.
The Block brings together an ensemble of standout talent led by the legacy of genre mainstay Haley along with fearless queer advocates Corcoran and Falahee who are certain to bring a blend of intensity and vulnerability making the film’s descent into darkness all the more gripping.
Of the film, Singer says, “The question of what an artist is willing to do or how far he’s willing to go to realize his vision is always something that fascinated me. The Block gave me an opportunity to explore that very topic in a deeply psychological, personal and meaningful way.
