Josh Hamilton & Dakota Goyo Join Dark Skies

Tue., August 07, 2012 Source

Scott Stewart‘s Dark Skies has just landed Josh Hamilton and Dakota Goyo to join Keri Russel. Blumhouse Productions recently dropped the news on Twitter. Blumhouse Productions is better known for horror movies such as Paranormal Activity 1, 2, 3, Insidious, Sinister (In Theaters Oct 5, 2012). Dark Skies is definitely looking better with the new cast members.

via Blumhouse Productions Twitter

Some great #DarkSkies news today! Josh Hamilton & Dakota Goyo have joined the cast! Stay tuned for more #BlumhouseExclusives

Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton cast in Dark Skies

Dakota Goyo

Dakota Goyo cast in Dark Skies

Keri Russel

Keri Russel cast in Dark Skies

From the Press Release:

Dark Skies, the upcoming supernatural thriller from Blumhouse Productions (Insidious, Paranormal Activity, Sinister) written and directed by Scott Stewart (Priest, Legion), continues to fill out its cast in advance of production beginning later this summer. Josh Hamilton (The Bourne Identity, Something in the Water) joins as the male lead opposite Keri Russell as well as the up and coming Dakota Goyo (Real Steel, Thor).

Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions are producing the film alongside Alliance Films which will fully finance the picture. Dimension Films will distribute the film in the U.S. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Alliance Films’ Charles Layton will executive produce. Alliance Films will distribute in Canada, in the UK (via its Momentum Pictures subsidiary) and in Spain (via Aurum). Octane, IM Global’s genre division, is handling international rights.

Dark Skies is the latest film from Blumhouse Productions, which has pioneered a new model of studio filmmaking- producing high-quality micro-budget films for wide release like Insidious and the Paranormal Activity franchise.