LaKeith Stanfield, Ben Mendelsohn to Star in Molepeople

Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount Primal are developing Molepeople, a horror film directed by Rob Savage and starring LaKeith Stanfield and Ben Mendelsohn. The companies announced the project at a New York Comic Con panel and set its theatrical release for August 27, 2027. The story follows a man who descends into abandoned tunnels beneath New York City and discovers a society living below the streets, according to the film’s announced premise. The reports provide no further details about the characters played by Stanfield and Mendelsohn. Savage will direct from a script by Nathan Elston. Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Paramount Primal are set to co-finance and co-produce the film, with Paramount handling worldwide distribution. Producers include Jason Blum, J.D. Lifshitz, Raphael Margules and James Harris. Savage, Elston, Ryan Turek and Tracy Rosenblum are executive producers. The project was previously in development as an independent film before moving to Paramount when Lifshitz and Margules established the Primal genre label.