EXCLUSIVE: Saltburn star Sadie Soverall and Bottoms actress Havana Rose Liu have been set to star in action fantasy project I Am A Monster.
AGC is launching international sales on the project ahead of the Cannes market with CAA Media Finance aboard for domestic. Commercials and music video director Léo Berne directs.
Pic is being produced by Iconoclast’s Robert Walak and Jacob Perlin with Madants and Mid March Media. Film 4 will executive-produce and co-finance.
The logline reads: “While grieving the death of her mother, eighteen-year-old Mila (Soverall) suddenly discovers she possesses a supernatural ability to see a parasitic entity that is invisible to humans and leeches off their sorrow. With her visionary friend Dawn (Liu), Mila sets out to use her newfound ability to save her little sister Luna from being preyed upon by the vicious demon.”
Léo Berne founded the French collective Megaforce with Raphaël Rodriguez, Clément Gallet, and Charles Brisgand in 2009. They have directed campaigns and music videos for Rihanna, Madonna, Tame Impala, Kid Cudi and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, among others. In 2013, they were awarded Best Director at the UK Music Video Awards. Their campaign Nothing Beats a Londoner for Nike became an industry hit and subsequent campaigns won gold and Grand Prix at Cannes Lions in 2021. Berne went on to direct short film Censor of Dreams, which was shortlisted in the Live Action Short Film Category for the 94th Academy Awards.
Model and actress Rose Liu will next be seen in Alex Russell’s Lurker. Soverall starred last year in ITV series The Gathering and action film Arcadian.
Berne is repped by CAA and Iconoclast; Soverall is repped by Independent Talent Group, Anonymous Content and Goodman Genow; Havana Rose Liu is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content and Schreck Rose.
