JOE LYNCH SET TO DIRECT THE FOODIE-THEMED HORROR THRILLER ‘TASTE’ FROM PENCHANT ENTERTAINMENT
Lynch most recently helmed critically-acclaimed ‘Mayhem’ at SXSW; production set for late summer
Penchant Entertainment has announced that Joe Lynch has come onboard
to direct the horror film TASTE. Written by David Cohen, the project
will be produced by Cohen, and Penchant partners Erin Eggers,
Chase Hudson and Matthew Porter. TASTE has qualified for the California
tax credit and will shoot in Los Angeles later this summer.
When a young
chef-on-the-rise is invited to cook for a revered master’s private
supper club, what at first seems like a career-launching opportunity,
soon turns deadly with the discovery that she and her husband are at
risk of becoming
dinner themselves. Redefining the term “farm-to table,” this
deliciously disturbing film will leave audiences and foodies alike
forever questioning what arrives on their plates.
“We are thrilled to be
collaborating with Joe on TASTE. His genre track record and irreverent
sensibility are the perfect fit for this quick-witted and timely horror
film,” said Eggers.
“I’ve been dying to direct
something darker in the genre and when I read David’s script, which had a
fantastic take on the current Foodie/Haute Cuisine culture, I was
pretty much salivating, pun intended. I’m thrilled to be working with
Penchant to bring this fantastically twisted and exciting tale to life
and make people rethink what’s for dinner,” said Lynch.
Lynch’s latest film MAYHEM
(starring THE WALKING DEAD’s Steven Yeun) recently premiered at the SXSW
Film Festival to glowing reviews, won the Audience Award at the
Chattanooga Film Festival and is currently screening at festivals
worldwide.
RLJ Entertainment and AMC Networks' Shudder are partnering on the North
American release of the film through a deal finalized at the 70th
Cannes International Film Festival.
In addition to MAYHEM,
Lynch is best known for helming WRONG TURN 2: DEAD END with Henry
Rollins, KNIGHTS OF BADASSDOM with Peter Dinklage and EVERLY with Salma
Hayek. Prior to his feature work, Lynch directed music videos for Faith
No More, 311, Pete Yorn, DevilDriver, Strapping Young Lad among others,
and created the hit show URANIUM for Fuse. Lynch is also one half of
the popular THE MOVIE CRYPT podcast with fellow director Adam Green
(HATCHET, FROZEN), which was named one of 2015’s
Top Podcasts by Entertainment Weekly and is consistently on iTunes Top
25 Film & TV podcasts. Lynch and Green previously collaborated on
multiple projects together, including the cult TV sitcom HOLLISTON for
ArieScope and FEARnet.
Dave Cohen is currently
packaging his script SUBJECT ZERO, which was featured on the Black List.
Previously, Dave wrote NO ONE LIVES, directed by Ryûhei Kitamura,
starring Luke Evans. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival as
part of the Midnight
Section and was released by WWE Studios. Pathe International produced
and financed. Dave also wrote THE VATICAN, a conspiracy-driven thriller,
for Warner Bros., director William Brent Bell (THE DEVIL INSIDE) and
producer Roy Lee.
Feature film and television
executives and producers Eggers, Hudson and Porter launched Penchant
earlier this year to create sophisticated, commercial entertainment for
audiences worldwide. Their current slate of projects include the
critically-acclaimed New York Times and Amazon bestselling book Hostage
to the Devil, TV project “THE SCRAWL,” from recent Oscar® nominee, Eric
Heisserer (THE ARRIVAL) and WGA-award-winner Zach Crawly (HEROES
REBORN) and the feature THE MEAN TIDE, written
by Liska Ostojic & Justin Partridge, from a screenplay by Mark
DeGaetani, and helmed by award-winning indie director Shana Betz (FREE
RIDE starring Anna Paquin).
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