has come aboard to fully finance the pic. Casting is underway with the a first-quarter 2020 start date being eyed.
The plot centers on a mother who investigates her daughter’s disappearance leading to inexplicable and terrible consequences. Phantom Four’s Goyer and Keith Levine are producing. CAA Media Finance arranged financing and will rep Appetite’s domestic rights. Celsius Entertainment will sell foreign. “J.T. has crafted a unique vision that completely upends the missing child genre in a fresh and unpredictable way,” Goyer said in a release announcing the news. “We are excited to help him bring to life this truly original tale.”, a comedy heist movie toplined by Simon Pegg and J.K. Simmons introduced at Toronto this fall. His feature directing credits include 2012’s, which he wrote based on his graphic novel.