'Occult' draws Rufus Sewell, Anne Heche

SewellHecheDebnam-CareyMickey Liddell provides the thriller "The Occult" with Rufus Sewell, Anne Heche and newcomer Alycia Debnam-Carey in final discussions to star.Christian Christiansen is aboard to direct the pic.Story follows a little commune near seeing a time old prediction, that forecasts the approaching from the devil's daughter, arrived at fruition. Because the shared eighteenth birthday of 5 women approaches a sequence of killings causes stress to spread with the community making individuals to question if the prediction is originating true or someone is silencing individuals that known an excessive amount of..Liddell, Pete Shilaimon will produce with Michael Zelman, Jennifer Hilton and Scott Holroyd will professional produce. Liddell will even finance the pic through his Liddell Entertainment banner in addition to distribute it with the company's new distribution wing.The pic goes into production afterwards this month in New York.Liddell most lately created Open Road's "The Gray" that has made a lot more than $50 million worldwide for only costing around $20 million to film.Sewell is visible next in Fox's "Abraham Lincoln subsequently: Vampire Hunter" and Christiansen most lately helmed "The Roommate."Sewell is repped by WME, Julian Belfrage Affiliates and Parseghian/Planco and Debnam-Carey is repped by ICS and Management 360.Christiansen is repped by WME. Contact Justin Kroll at justin.kroll@variety.com