“The Walking Dead” icon Norman Reedus has joined Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Phoebe Dynevor (“Bridgerton”) in Pendulum, Deadline reports.
Produced by filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, Requiem for a Dream), production is now underway in New Mexico.
Black Swan and The Boogeyman screenwriter Mark Heyman makes his feature directorial debut from his own script.
Described as a “terrifying new genre film,” Pendulum follows young couple Patrick (Gordon-Levitt) and Abigail (Dynevor) on a journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico, drawn by the possibility of healing after a traumatic event.
Patrick is willing to do anything to help his wife but becomes distrustful of the retreat’s enigmatic leader even as Abigail falls under her spell. As paranoia builds, the couple must determine if the group’s unconventional spiritual practices offer genuine healing – or mask a terrifying truth that threatens to consume them both.
Reedus plays the couple’s friend who introduces them to the retreat.
Aronofsky produces through his Protozoa outfit along with Jacob Jaffke (X, Dream Scenario) for Motel Mojave and Dave Caplan (Longlegs, The Monkey) for C2.
Reedus recently wrapped production on the third season of “The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon,” which is expected to premiere later this year on AMC.
