| Shell | |
| Director: | Max Minghella |
| Cinematography: | Drew Daniels |
| Editing: | Gardner Gould |
| Music: | Eldad Guetta |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Shell is an upcoming American horror film[2] film directed by Max Minghella, written by Jack Stanley, and starring Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson and Kaia Gerber.
It will have its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 13, 2024.
Down on her luck actress Samantha Lake (Elisabeth Moss) is invited into the ultra-glamorous world of Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson), CEO of wellness company SHELL. When SHELL patients begin to go missing, Samantha realizes Zoe may be protecting a monstrous secret.
In July 2020, it was announced Max Minghella would direct the film, from a screenplay by Jack Stanley, with Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh, and Alicia Van Couvering producing. HBO Max was set to produce and distribute the film.[3] In May 2023, Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson and Kaia Gerber joined the cast of the film, with Moss set to produce under her Love & Squalor Pictures banner, and HBO Max no longer attached.[4] [5] In February 2024, Arian Moayed, Lionel Boyce, Este Haim, Ziwe Fumudoh, Peter MacNicol, Blake Lee, Dustin Milligan, Peri Gilpin and Mary Lynn Rajskub were announced to be cast in the film.[6] On March 24, at the Academy Museum's special screening of Showgirls, Elizabeth Berkley announced she had recently completed a role in an undisclosed film project. The TIFF's official program, published on August 13th, revealed that the movie was Shell.[1]
Principal photography began in Los Angeles in December 2023 and finished in February 2024.[7]