MONITOR: Brittany O’Grady Joins High-Concept Horror Planning March Shoot
Matt Black and Ryan Polly are rolling cameras beginning March 10 for high-concept horror, Monitor. The two serve as writer and director on the pic with a cast announcing actress Brittany O’Grady (“The White Lotus,” It’s What’s Inside) for the Temple Hill Entertainment production, which intially launched late last year at AFM where it immediately secured top distributors.
Monitor centers on a group of social media moderators who begin getting stalked by a demonic creature across every screen in their lives after refusing to publish a horrifying video. Feeding off fear, the creature hunts them down one by one and attacks until it gets what it wants… to be let out beyond the screen.
Cameras will roll in Barcelona and the Canary Islands, bringing aboard cinematographer Philip Lozano (The Nun II, The Transporter), production designer Núria Guardia (Bird Box: Barcelona; Nextflix’s “The Crown”) and editor Guillermo de la Cal (The Orphanage, Sleep Tight).
Monitor marks the third collaboration between Protagonist Pictures and Temple Hill, which began with Clown in a Cornfield, the award-winning book to film adaptation scheduled for a wide U.S. theatrical release on May 9th 2025.
“We’re delighted to see cameras roll on this smart and twisted horror film that is sure to scare the hell out of cinemagoers worldwide,” said Protagonist Pictures’ Chief Commercial Officer George Hamilton. “Temple Hill delivers once again with a wickedly clever film that offers a timely commentary of what we experience online.”
Temple Hill team added, “We’re thrilled to be diving into production on Monitor. Matt and Ryan have crafted a story that is haunting and deeply relevant. With Brittany leading our cast, we’re confident that Monitor will be as gripping as it is terrifying.”
Monitor is produced by Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey and John Fischer, the team behind the critically acclaimed box office megahits Smile and Smile 2, The Twilight Saga and The Maze Runner Trilogy, and Adrián Guerra (Buried) for Nostromo Pictures. Protagonist’s Dave Bishop and Hamilton serve as exec producers. Protagonist Pictures is continuing international sales on the film at the upcoming EFM.
Elevation took rights for Canada, Capelight for Germany and Austria, Le Pacte for France, Sun for both Spain and LatAm, and Spentzos for Greece. Plaion came on board for Italy, NOS Audiovisuais for Portugal, MisLabel for Scandinavia, Monolith for Eastern Europe, Red Cape for Israel, Front Row for the Middle East and Fabula for Turkey.
O’Grady is repped by CAA, Suskin/Karshan Management and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein. Black and Polly are represented by Circle of Confusion and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
