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ABOUT US
Witchcraft is a film and television production company run by filmmakers Rod Blackhurst and Noah Lang.
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OUR MISSION
Our industry has a blind spot.
There is an entire creative class out there who is overlooked by systemic institutional failures. A creative class that has the talent, work ethic, drive, and love for storytelling and craft that can make iconic cinema and TV. And they need partners to help them achieve their dreams.
We founded Witchcraft as a tastemaker label to live by the ethos we’ve long adhered to; send the elevator back down and be a part of making the entertainment industry more egalitarian.
It’s about the work and finding creative, crafty, and economical ways to tell undeniable stories.
Our slate will always reflect that ethos.
We are scrappy, motivated, and completely and utterly in love with filmmaking and the impact that great storytelling can have.
Witchcraft is our investment in that belief.
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NEWS
OCT 2018 - THE WHITE ROOM lands on 2018 THE BLOOD LIST
Jan 2019 - Amblin partners acquires THE WHITE ROOM
MAR 2019 - feature documentary RED, WHITE & WASTED to premiere at Tribeca 2019
APRIL 2019 - THE CLIMB to premierE at CANNES 2019
MAY 2019 - Cannes Film Review: ‘The Climb’
MAY 2019 - Cannes: 'Amanda Knox' Director Rod Blackhurst to Helm 'Blood for Dust'
JULY 2019 - Witchcraft Acquires Psychological Horror ‘She Came Back’ As Part Of Their Underrepresented Writer Mandate
MARCH 2020 - Witchcraft Motion Picture Company Acquires Rights To Thriller ‘Empire Of Dirt’
FEB 2021 - Peacock Orders John Wayne Gacy True Crime Docuseries
MAR 2021 - [review] Peacock's John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise Isn't the Usual Killer-Clown Claptrap
MAR 2021 - [review] ‘John Wayne Gacy: Devil in Disguise’: The killer speaks in the definitive history of a Chicago horror
MAR 2021 - Devil in Disguise’s Rod Blackhurst Says That John Wayne Gacy Interview Is “Chum in the Water” for the Real Story
April 2021 - [filmmaker profile] Chilling New Docuseries Delves Into Unsolved Questions In John Wayne Gacy Murders
Sep 2021 - Venice First Look: Jena Malone in Carter Smith’s Queer Midnight Movie ‘Swallowed’
Sep 2021 - WarnerMedia OneFifty Acquires ‘This Is Not a War Story’ for HBO Max, Executive Produced by Rosario Dawson
Dec 2021 - Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations 2022; Cassavetes award nominee ‘THIS IS NOT A WAR STORY’
FEB 2022 - “HERE ALONE” CREATOR UNVEILS CREEPY “BABYGIRL” PROOF-OF-CONCEPT VIDEO
MAY 2022 - Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington, Josh Lucas Starring in ‘Blood For Dust’
Oct 2022 - Kit Harington Is Ready to Get “Gnarly” in Indie Thriller ‘Blood for Dust’
Jan 2023 - Atomic Monster & Blumhouse Going For ‘Night Swim’ With Wyatt Russell & Kerry Condon
April 2023 - Tribeca Film Festival Includes 2016 Audience Award Winner Rod Blackhurst’s ‘BLOOD FOR DUST’
June 2023 - [variety] ‘Blood for Dust’ Review: ‘Breaking Bad’ Meets ‘Fargo’ in Rod Blackhurst’s Montana-Set Drug Smuggling Thriller
JUNE 2023 - [The hollywood reporter] ‘Blood for Dust’ Review: Scoot McNairy and Kit Harington Carry a Sleek if Familiar Crime Flick
JULY 2023 [variety] Deauville American Film Fest Unveils U.S. Indie Comp Titles Including ‘Blood For Dust, ‘Past Lives’, ‘The Sweet East’; Guillaume Canet President Of Jury
SEP 2023 [variety] - Jack Huston’s ‘Day of the Fight,’ ROD BLACKHURST’S ‘BLOOD FOR DUST’ to Bookend London’s Raindance Film Festival
OCT 2023 - Producers James Wan and Blumhouse Drag You Into a Haunted Swimming Pool in 2024
Oct 2023 - Wyatt Russell's house has a haunted pool in the chilling trailer for his new horror movie Night Swim
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OUR DEVELOPMENT SLATE
THE WHITE ROOM
LOGLINE: Deep in the winter woods of upstate New York a retiring public school teacher, Liz Klein, uncovers a carefully guarded secret while searching for her missing student in the shuttered homes of a vacation community. As Liz navigates this impossible evil she will be forced to make a choice that will define the final chapter of her life.
GENRES: Horror, thriller
DIRECTOR: Rod Blackhurst
STUDIO: Amblin Partners
PRODUCERS: Evan Hayes, Andrew Rona, Noah Lang, Alex Heineman
SCREENWRITERS: Bryce McGuire and Rod Blackhurst
STORY BY: Rod Blackhurst and Bryce McGuire
THE MACHINE STOPS
LOGLINE: Once upon a time humans created The Machine. Designed for good, to help civilization, The Machine did just that. But as time passed people corrupted The Machine, which in turn did the same to them.
GENRES: Science fiction
DIRECTOR: Rod Blackhurst
PRODUCERS: Rod Blackhurst, Noah Lang, Realization Films
SCREENWRITER: Rod Blackhurst
STORY BY: Rod Blackhurst, Noah Lang and Bryce McGuire
NO MAN LEFT BEHIND
LOGLINE: This is the true story of U.S. soldiers left for dead in Iraq, their epic battle for survival, and the military cover-up that kept them silent – until now.
GENRES: War, Thriller
DIRECTOR: Rod Blackhurst
SCREENWRITER:
STORY BY: Rod Blackhurst and Patrick McConville
BASED ON: Seth Harp's Rolling Stone article "Abandoned in Iraq: Inside Two Soldiers’ Harrowing Escape"
BABYGIRL
SYNOPSIS: A young woman, Macy, fights for survival after being abducted by a deranged, monster-like figure who wants to raise Macy as their child.
GENRES: Horror
DIRECTOR: Rod Blackhurst
SCREENWRITERS: Rod Blackhurst and Brandon Weavil
PROOF OF CONCEPT: WATCH HERE
THE LIFE OF YOUR TIME
TAGLINE: Don’t believe everything that you think.
LOGLINE: Almost thirty, Rose Bergman is biding her time working at a sleepy travel agency in Manhattan. Feeling adrift post divorce and post law school, she begins to wonder if anything she’s experiencing is real.
GENRES: Thriller
DIRECTOR: Rod Blackhurst
SCREENWRITERS: Rod Blackhurst & Brandon Weavil
GAME
SYNOPSIS: Four mostly ill-equipped co-workers on a hunting trip are shot at, repeatedly, from a distance.
GENRES: Genre? Lolz
DIRECTOR: Rod Blackhurst
SCREENWRITER: Ross O’Connor
COMPS: CHEAP THRILLS meets DELIVERANCE
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CONTACT US
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