Deadline has exclusively revealed the latest casting details for an upcoming horror film, The Seventh Day. Guy Pearce and Mexican actor Vadhir Derbez had previously been tapped to star. The film will follow a renowned exorcist who teams up with a rookie priest for his first day of training.
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Rounding out the cast are actors Stephen Lang (Don’t Breathe), Keith David (The Thing), Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty), Robin Bartlett (Immortal), and Brady Jenness (“The Sinner”).
Lang will be co-starring as a dedicated and pious archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of New Orleans. With David portraying Father Louis, a mentor to Father Peter (Pearce) in his youth. Galust will play the young version of Pearce, and Jenness will portray a boy accused of a heinous crime while allegedly under the influence of demonic possession. Justin P. Lange (The Dark) will direct the project with his original script.
The film will begin shooting sometime next month in Dallas and New Orleans. So stayed tuned and be sure to follow ScaryNerd for more of all things horror!