Sophie Cookson Books The Crucifixion

Starring in Xavier Gens' new horror

Sophie Cookson Books The Crucifixion

by Owen Williams |
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While lots of young actresses pay their dues in a horror movie or two before breaking out into something more mainstream, Sophie Cookson is doing it the other way round. Having turned heads in Kingsman: The Secret Service, she's now signed up for **The Crucifixion{ =nofollow}, a supernatural thriller from genre staple Xavier Gens.

It's another project that comes courtesy of screenwriters Carey and Chad Hayes (see also The Conjuring and its sequel). This one involves an investigation into the death of a nun. Did the priest responsible simply murder a woman with a mental illness, or did he genuinely lose a battle with a demonic entity during an exorcism-gone-wrong?

Shades of the real-life story of Anneliese Michel there, previously filmed as both the German Requiem and Scott Derrickson's The Exorcism Of Emily Rose. But with the director of the bonkers Frontier(s) and The Divide at the helm, we can expect a decent spin on the material.

Javier Botet (Mama) is also starring, and the shoot - which will take place in the UK and Romania - got underway yesterday.

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