Ranjeet S. Marwa will direct psychological horror thriller, Dig Me No Grave, later this month in the U.K.. The Birmingham-based filmmaker had been touting some preliminary artwork for the last few months (which you can check out below) as production ramped up.
Casting has firstly added Warren Hicks, James Bryhan and Mark Strange, all rejoining Marwa from his previous work. Marwa will direct from a multi-award winning screenplay storied and written by Gary A. Piazza (upcoming Red Scarlett), which centers on an aging hunter who tangles with a bear and traps himself underneath its body for days before being found on death’s doorstep by a vengeful sociopath who terrorizes him in a remote cabin.
“It’s a story about isolation, the human condition – both mentally and physically. What the human body is able to endure.” says Marwa. “Essentially, at it’s core, it’s a story about not only man V. nature, but man V. life. It’s cold. It’s brutal. Gary’s done an incredible job with the script. It’s inspired by a true story – Garys uncle, Scott who the story is based on.”
Marwa and Hicks are serving as producers with Charmaine Binji, Gurnam Marwa, Barry Nash and Nick Khan, and Silent D Pictures’ Djonny Chen also producing.
I am told that Marwa’s dystopian survival thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones, is currently on par for a stateside release announcement in North America while in final negotiations for theatrical releases throughout Asia. In addition, Marwa’s cyberpunk successor, Rupture, headlined by the aforementioned Strange, is now in final stages of post production with a possible Summer release in tow.