The Lambert family’s story is over (theoretically). But the Insidious franchise remains. Deadline reports that Mandy Moore (Dr. Death) and Kumail Nanjiani (Obi-Wan Kenobi) are set to star in Thread: An Insidious Tale, which is described as “an offshoot project” rather than a film in the main franchise narrative.
Presumably it will still be quite frightening, regardless.
Deadline sums up the story like this: “The story here is that of a husband and wife (Nanjiani and Moore) who enlist the help of a spell to travel back in time, such that they can prevent the death of their young daughter. The consequences, of course, prove to be severe.”
The film comes from busy Moon Knight writer/creator Jeremy Slater, who wrote the script and will also direct. (Slater is also writing Mortal Kombat 2 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.) The film’s horror pedigree is simple: it comes from Screen Gems, Blumhouse, and James Wan’s Atomic Monster.
Mandy Moore doesn’t have a lot of horror or SFF in her background; as well as her career as a singer, she starred in This is Us and was the voice of Rapunzel on the animated Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure. Nanjiani, on the other hand, has been busy with superpowers and space for a while: as well as his role on Obi-Wan Kenobi, he starred in Eternals (pictured above) and is in the upcoming sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
No release date has been announced for Thread: An Insidious Tale.
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