Johannes Roberts is back with another horror film, and he’s got an Oscar winner attached as Troy Kotsur (CODA) will lead the upcoming feature Primate from a script Roberts co-wrote with Ernest Riera.
Little is known about the project, but given the title and Roberts’ history with animal-focused horror, it seems safe to assume we could see something along those lines. Stay tuned for more plot details as they come.
Troy Kotsur is a deaf American actor who has worked since the ’80s before his mega breakout role as a guest in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian. He followed it up with the Best Picture-winning CODA in 2021. Kotsur won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for that film, making him the first male deaf actor to win an Oscar.
Horror-producing titan Walter Hamada will head the production of Primate. As per Deadline, the project falls under Hamada’s exclusive first-look deal with Paramount. The company will see Hamada serve as “the architect of Paramount’s mainstream horror genre pod, with the mission to release several low-to-mid-budget films per year across theatrical and streaming.”
Roberts is best known for breakout horror hits like 47 Meters Down and its sequel, The Strangers: Prey at Night, and the polarizing Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. Kotsur meanwhile will next appear in Season 3 of the Apple TV+ series Foundation.
