Lou Ferrigno Plays Cannibalistic Pig Farmer in Horror ‘The Hermit,’ With Scatena & Rosner Selling in Cannes – First Look (EXCLUSIVE)
Los Angeles-based Scatena & Rosner Films has acquired worldwide rights to horror film “The Hermit,” starring Lou Ferrigno as a cannibalistic pig farmer in his first role playing a creature since CBS TV series “The Incredible Hulk.”
They will be launching sales on the chiller, which is now in post, at the Cannes Marché du Film.
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“The Hermit” is directed by U.S.-based Italian helmer Salvatore Sclafani and produced by Los Angeles- and New York-based Gerry Pass via his Chrome Entertainment shingle in tandem with Sclafani’s First Child Prods.
Dragged on a vacation to the woods, two self-absorbed teens named Lisa and Eric, played by Malina Weissman (“A Series of Unfortunate Events”) and Anthony Turpel (“Bloody Bridget”), venture off trail, stumble across a farm, go in, see animal heads hanging from the wall and “fight for their lives against an unstoppable cannibal pig farmer,” the synopsis says.
In the horror film with an undercurrent of quirky irony, Ferrigno — seen in the first-look images above and below — makes and sells jerky made of human flesh.
“We are very excited to have this film and its team in the S&R family,” said Scatena & Rosner co-founder Jordan Rosner in a statement. “On a personal note, I’ve been a fan of Lou’s since childhood, and seeing him bring such a compelling performance to the horror genre is very exciting.”
“The Hermit” is the first English-language feature directed and produced by Sclafani, a Palermo, Italy, native who has been living Los Angeles, where he produced the 2019 pandemic thriller “Tyger Tiger” starring Dylan Sprouse.
Ferrigno, who as a bodybuilder won several top titles and famously competed with Arnold Schwarzenegger for the 1975 Mr. Olympia crown and failed — as depicted in the film “Pumping Iron” — is represented by Eric Kind at Brave Artists Management.
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