Primate: Oscar Winner to Star in Johannes Roberts’ New Horror Movie

Paramount Pictures has greenlit Johannes Roberts’s new horror movie Primate, which will star Oscar winner Troy Kotsur.

Primate plot details are currently unknown, but it is going to be a horror movie.

Primate is part of former DC Films boss Hamada’s mainstream horror genre push for Paramount, which plans to release several low-to-mid-budget films each year across theatrical and streaming platforms.

Johannes Roberts Adds Primate to growing slate

Johannes Roberts will direct Primate, which adds to a growing slate of upcoming projects for the 47 Meters Down and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City filmmaker. South African Roberts is set to direct Border Patrol with James Wan’s Atomic Monster at Screen Gems. At Paramount, he already has the film Flight in the works.

Kotsur won Best Supporting Actor for his role as the deaf father of an aspiring singer in Sian Heder’s 2021 movie CODA. He will lead the cast of the Walter Hamada-produced movie.

The deaf actor’s other notable credits include Wild Prairie Rose, The Mandalorian, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. He is set to appear in the third season of Apple TV+ show Foundation.

Walter Hamada also has the live-action adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin on the cards.

Who are in the 28 Years Later set photos?

The latest photos from the set of 28 Years Later have unveiled the first look at Killing Eve star Jodie Comer‘s character. In most of the photos, the Emmy winner can be seen running away from what seems to be naked zombies. In addition to Comer, Young Royals star Edvin Ryding has also been spotted in some of the photos, teasing the Swedish actor’s role in the highly-anticipated sequel.

The upcoming horror sequel is once again being directed by Boyle from a screenplay written by Civil War’s Alex Garland. The ensemble cast also includes Aaron Taylor Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, and Erin Kellyman, with Oscar winner Cillian Murphy reprising his role from the 2002 movie. According to Sony Pictures chairman, Murphy’s character will return “in a surprising way and in a way that grows.” It is produced by Garland, Boyle, Andrew Macdonald, Peter Rice, and Bernie Bellew, with Murphy also set as an executive producer.