But for Meghann Fahys single mom character in the coming Blumhouse thriller”Drop“, it can also quickly turn into a deadly game with iPhone cat and mouse.
Directed and co -written (with Jillian Jacobs) of Christopher Landon (“Happy Death Day”), The movie plays Fahy as a woman on a chic first date that has just started meeting the handsome man (Brandon Sklenar, “It Ends with Us”) over the table from her when she starts to sour with notifications. Someone in the restaurant AirDropping messages to her … Messages that become increasingly personal and threatening when they include pictures of her son. The rules for saving her boy are simple: she can’t tell anyone what happens … and she has to kill her date.
However, if someone can accomplish a lot with only facial expressions, it can be Fahy, who received an Emmy nomination for his work on “The White Lotus” season 2.
The trailer reveals that the film is brilliantly recorded and filled with some intense action sequences – including one of Fahy hanging outside a broken image window. Landon can one and the other about constructing cunning thrillers; In addition to the “Happy Death Day” series he is the director behind
“Freaky” and “We have a ghost.”
With Fahy in the cast are Sklenar, Violet Beane, Jacob Robinson, Ed Weeks and Jeffery Self.
“Drop” is produced by Jason Blum (“Five Nights at Freddy’s”, “M3GAN”) for Blumhouse and by Michael Bay (“Transformers” movies, “A Quiet Place” series), Brad Fuller (“A Quiet Place”– Movies, “The Purge” franchise). and Cameron Fuller (the upcoming “Flycatcher and the Astronaut”) for Platinum Dunes. Ron Lynch and Sam Lerner are executive producers.
Universal releases “Drop” at the cinema on April 11. See the trailer below. And remember to set your phone to do not disturb when you are on a date.
