{"id":483459,"date":"2026-05-14T00:39:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/483459\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:39:11","slug":"halsey-to-star-in-psycho-sexual-horror-replacer-avan-jogia-directs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/483459\/","title":{"rendered":"Halsey To Star In Psycho-Sexual Horror &#8216;Replacer&#8217;, Avan Jogia Directs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tU.S. pop star and budding actress <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/halsey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_halsey\" data-tag=\"halsey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Halsey<\/a> is set to star in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/replacer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_replacer\" data-tag=\"replacer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Replacer<\/a>, a \u201cpsycho-sexual horror\u201d written by the singer and actor-director Avan Jogia, with Jogia directing, and Lilly Wachowski exec-producing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe synopsis reads: \u201cStranded in Montreal, Proxy (Halsey), a troubled DJ, meets an alluring artist and his group of friends who run an underground radio station. The station\u2019s broadcast becomes warped by a mysterious signal hidden deep beneath the city\u2019s subway system. Proxy must escape before the sound turns her, and her new friends, into something raw, primal, and unrecognizable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe project is launching sales at this week\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/cannes\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cannes\" data-tag=\"cannes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cannes<\/a> market, with CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group representing North American rights and Film Mode Entertainment handling international sales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHalsey \u2014 the three-time Grammy nominee who has taken on a few film roles in recent years including MaXXXine \u2014 and Jogia \u2014 the actor-turned director who starred in Zombieland: Double Tap and has Backrooms upcoming \u2014 will be in Cannes supporting the launch and meeting with buyers as the film is introduced to the marketplace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tProduced by Kyle Mann of Independent Edge, Isabelle Deluce of Soft Focus Films, Damiano Tucci of Getaway Entertainment, in association with Anarchists United. The film is being executive-produced by Lilly Wachowski, Anthony Li, Lawrence Mattis, Sarah Flores, Christopher Renteria, Emily McCann Lesser, and Clay Epstein of Film Mode Entertainment. Olivier Picard and David Pierrat of Parce Que Films are co-producing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLilly Wachowski commented: \u201cAvan and Halsey\u2019s script is a surreal hyper-dive into a twitchy, conspiratorial genre mashing snarl of horror\/thriller\/comedy, set against the grit and grime of a rarely glimpsed Montreal subculture. This thing is packed! I have the sense that Avan\u2019s eyeballs have gulped down a steady diet of the films I grew up on- David Cronenberg, Alex Cox, Tony Scott, John Carpenter. Anarchists United is beyond excited to join the Replacer team and bring this super cool story to the screen!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tJogia commented: \u201cReplacer is a bright and electric club horror mashed together with a vulnerable romantic story about belonging and community. Come together. Leave as one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHalsey is represented by UTA and Anthony Li. Jogia is represented by CAA and Berwick &amp; Kovacik.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. pop star and budding actress Halsey is set to star in Replacer, a \u201cpsycho-sexual horror\u201d written by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[10404,199290,434,18,117,1978,19,17,211448],"class_list":{"0":"post-483459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-cannes","9":"tag-cannes-market","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-halsey","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland","16":"tag-replacer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116570145889885870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=483459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/483459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/483460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=483459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=483459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=483459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}