‘It Follows’ Filmmaker David Robert Mitchell to Direct Superhero Film ‘Heroes & Villains’ at MGM

MGM has acquired the rights to “Heroes & Villains,” a new take on the superhero genre from the director of “It Follows” and “Under the Silver Lake” David Robert Mitchell.Mitchell has written the screenplay and will direct the feature film, though additional plot details are being kept under wraps.Mitchell will also produce “Heroes & Villains” along with Good Fear Content’s Chris Bender and Jake Weiner.

Casting on the film will begin shortly.Also Read: Mindy Kaling, Dan Goor to Write MGM%u2019s %u2018Legally Blonde 3%u2019MGM’s film chair Michael De Luca previously produced “Under the Silver Lake” with Bender and Weiner, a neo-noir that starred Andrew Garfield and Riley Keough and premiered at Cannes in 2018 but was released by A24 in spring of 2019.Next up on MGM’s slate is “Candyman,” the horror remake directed by Nia DaCosta and produced and written by Jordan Peele, followed

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