Kate Siegel To Topline Dark Comedy ‘Damned If You Do’ From Directors Jake Rubin & Evan Metzold
EXCLUSIVE: Kate Siegel (The Fall of the House of Usher) is currently in production as the exec producer and star of Damned If You Do, a dark comedy marking the directorial debut of Jake Rubin and Evan Metzold.
Written by Ellen Adair and Eric Gilde, and produced by Objectively Good Media, the film follows a group of teenage friends who sold their souls to the devil. Naturally, life grants them different paths: a rock star, a tech mogul, and a high-profile activist. Years later, they must rely on an old classmate to try and escape Hell’s grasp before the contract’s deadline of their 25th high school reunion.
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OGM’s Matthew R. Cooper and Uwakokunre (Kokie) Imasogie are producing, alongside Lior Haas. Executive producers include Rubin, Metzold and Siegel.
In a joint statement to Deadline, Rubin and Metzold said, “We feel very lucky to be working with such a talented and hilarious cast. They make our job easy and bring a wealth of experience to the table that has helped to elevate an already spectacular script. Between our incredible cast and crew, we have formed a remarkable team that truly feels like family, and we are excited to collaborate with this group on our debut feature.”
The pair added that they “feel very blessed to be working on such a damn great production with such a damn good cast and crew. It’s almost as if we sold our own souls.”
Siegel is best known for turns in such acclaimed horror series as Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher, Midnight Mass, The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor, along with films like Oculus and Hush, the latter of which she also co-wrote. The actress will next be seen starring alongside Tom Hiddleston in Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation The Life of Chuck, which is set to world premiere at TIFF. Recently, she also made her directorial debut with the seventh installment of Shudder’s series V/H/S/Beyond, which will debut on the horror streamer on October 4th.
Siegel is represented by Paradigm, Stride Management, and VanderKloot Law.
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