Max Brooks Bigfoot Horror Thriller ‘Devolution’ Finds Its Director (Exclusive)

James Ashcroft, who made a splash with Sundance horror flick 'Coming Home in the Dark,' has been tapped to direct Legendary Entertainment's adaptation

premiered virtually at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and was nabbed by Netflix. The movie, also co-written by Kent, told of a school teacher and his family’s hiking trip going horribly awry when two violent drifters with mysterious intentions show up. It generated strong reviews, withcalling it a “taut and sinewy first feature” and “an assured debut from a promising new director.

From 2006-13, Ashcroft served as the artistic director and chief executive of national Māori theater company Taki Rua Productions, developing and touring New Zealand works both nationally and internationally. He is an alumnus of the Venice Biennale Cinema College, the Torino Film Festivals Up & Coming Programme, and is a creative advisor for the Sundance 2021 Native Scriptwriter’s lab.

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