"Ant-Man" actress Evangeline Lilly and "Parks and Recreation" star Adam Scott has teamed up to star in Netflix's horror comedy "Little Evil." The writer-director Eli Craig from "Tucker and Dale vs. Evil" movie will be writing and directing it.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Little Evil" follows Gary (Scott) story. He just married the woman of his dreams Samantha (Lilly), and he then finds out that her 6-year-old son Lucas (Owen Atlas) is the Antichrist, making him the step dad. It will be the second feature for Craig. Other cast members include Donald Faison, Chris D'Elia, Bridget Everett, Clancy Brown, Brad Williams, Marcus Terrell Smith, and Tyler Labine.
Bluegrass Films and Mandalay Pictures will produce the "Little Evil." Scott Stuber of Bluegrass Films with Jason Michael Berman and Dylan Clark of Mandalay Pictures will be the producers, and Nicholas Nesbitt and Mark Moran act as the executive producers.
"Little Evil" was originally set up at Universal Pictures where Stuber has a first-look deal, as Variety reported. The studio let it go. However, Craig delivered a script that Stuber could not pass up. The project soon gained momentum with Netflix eventually coming on to finance and distribute.
Lilly was last seen opposite to Paul Rudd in Marvel's "Ant-Man" as Hope van Dyne and is expected to return as The Wasp in the superhero sequel "Ant-Man and the Wasp." She is well known to audiences from the TV series "Lost" and as Tauriel in the blockbusters "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" and "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies." She is represented by UTA, Silver Lining Entertainment, and attorney Robert Offer.
Scott recently wrapped production on HBO's limited series "Big Little Lies." He is currently filming Tommy O'Haver's biopic film "The Most Hated Woman in America," starring Juno Temple. He will be seen next in "My Blind Brother." He is also a producer on "Other People," starring Molly Shannon. The film is currently in theaters and on VOD. He is repped by WME, Rise Managment, and Wendy Heller.
"Little Evil" will hit the streaming service Netflix sometime in 2017. The production begins next week in Cleveland.
Watch the video of Adam Scott and Evangeline Lilly in Netflix horror comedy "Little Evil":
