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It has been announced that Natasha Lyonne will produce and star in a Basketful of Heads movie, which will be based on the comic book series by Joe Hill. The Basketful of Heads comic follows June Branch, a woman who wields a magical ax that leaves talking heads behind when she decapitates people.
Deadline reported that Lyonne will star in and produce the Basketful of Heads movie, which will be directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Lyonne and Amirpour shared their statements about their excitement about the project. Read their statements below:
Lyonne: Thrilled to work with the ingenious auteur Ana Lily Amirpour on such beloved IP and so grateful that Akiva and Bluestone brought it to us at Animal to develop. This one’s gonna be a knockout!
Amirpour: I’m very excited to team up with the wickedly funny and brilliant Natasha Lyonne to adapt this comic into a film. We’re going to bring to life a new type of antihero who gets pulled into a bizarre adventure that unleashes something inside her and turns her life inside out. It’s gonna be darkly funny, surreal and bloody as hell.
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