Lena Headey will star in Jacqueline Ess, new horror flick based on Clive Barker story.
Cersei Lannister is scary enough already, with her veiled threats and insatiable hunger for power. Imagine if she had some kind of superpower, like twisting someone’s body around just by thinking of it. There’d be no living with her. Well, get ready to move the Iron Throne to the finished basement because Game of Thrones’ Lena Headey is set to star in a film adaptation of Clive Barker’s Jacqueline Ess.
Lena Headey will play the titular character, Jacqueline Ess, a housewife who gets so bored with life she attempts suicide. The suicide it botched and when she recovers, she finds out she can change people's body shapes simply by thinking about it. She learns by killing her therapist by accident. Then she tries it out on her husband. Then she goes pro and things get fun. Please read the book before seeing it. It gives a new dimension to losing yourself in sex too.
“Jacqueline Ess” was part of Barker’s Books of Blood anthologies. The films Lord of Illusions and Candyman were also culled from Books of Blood. I would love to see a Rob Zombie version of “The Skins of The Fathers.” Rob, if you’re reading this, read that again.
Jacqueline Ess will be directed by Jovanka Vukovic. Vukovic co-wrote the screenplay with Christian Francis and will co-produce the movie with Headey. Vukovic brought us the all-female horror anthology XX and directed the short film The Captured Bird, which was executive produced by Guillermo del Toro.
Clive Barker, who is executive producing, said “Lena Headey is a marvelous performer with an incredible presence. As far as I’m concerned, there is no better choice of actress for the role of Jacqueline. Her beauty and authority will carry the day.”
Lena Headey most starred recently in Warner Bros.’ 300: Rise of an Empire, but is probably best known for playing Sarah Connor on Fox's television series based on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. She also played the drug lord Ma-Ma in Dredd, the Judge Dredd reboot from 2012.
SOURCE: IGN
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