Oscar winner Octavia Spencer (The Help) is reuniting with director Tate Taylor on Ma, a combo of horror movie and psychological thriller.
Ma is produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions, which made” Insidious,” “The Purge,” and the Oscar-nominated smash “Get Out.”
“It’s dark material, but it’s also really fun,” Taylor said. “Octavia is so damn likable that we usually see her in certain roles. But she’s such a good actress and this is such a complex character that if I do my job right, people in the audience are going to want to push pause and say, ‘Can we please take you out for coffee so you don’t do what you’re about to do.’”
Juliette Lewis, an Oscar nominee for “Cape Fear,” and Luke Evans, who appeared in “Beauty and the Beast,” will co-star.
Production begins in Mississippi on Monday, with some of the shooting taking place on Taylor’s mansion. Spencer had lived with Taylor when they were beginning will be staying with him.