Coming off the success of HBO’s House of the Dragon, Olivia Cooke has been set to take on the leading role in the horror movie Visitation. She will be joined by a supporting cast consisting of Isla Johnston (Queen’s Gambit), Alfie Allen (Game of Thrones), Penelope Wilton (Downton Abbey), and Stephen Rea (V for Vendetta).
Nicolas Pesce, who helmed the 2020 remake of The Grudge, will direct the film. The script was written by first-time screenplay writer Helen Gaughran.
The horror movie with Olivia Cooke will follow a 14-year-old girl named Maria and her dying mother, who are sent to live with some Catholic nuns. Soon, the nuns are not as watchful and caring as a sinister plot starts to unfold for the teenager and her mother as their caregivers start to be fixated on the daughter for the wrong reasons. The House of the Dragon star will be one of the nuns, but other character descriptions and details for the other already-cast stars are under wraps.
Olivia Cooke takes on a leading role in the horror movie Visitation
The studios overseeing the film will include eOne, Rumble Films, and Blinder Films. David Lancaster, Stephanie Wilcox, Katie Holly, Jillian Share, Courtney Cunniff, and Chanel Vidal are producing the upcoming horror film.
Upon receiving the role for the horror movie, Olivia Cooke has come off the successful run of the Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon. She played one of the royalty personalities, Queen Alicent Hightower, during the later time jumps as she became a grown woman. In the past scenes of the first half of the season, she was played by Emily Carey (Wonder Woman). Her other notable roles include Bates Motel, Ready Player One, and Sound of Metal. She will be keeping up her busy schedule by taking on a major role in the thriller Mother’s Milk.
