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See Ryan Phillippe And Joey King In WISH UPON Featurette, Just In Time For Father’s Day

By Michelle McCue | June 15, 2017

Be careful what you wish for.

Ryan Phillippe started his career in horror films like I Know What You Did Last Summer and now returns to the genre as a horror movie dad in WISH UPON. Hear from Ryan and the cast on how he brought his experience in the genre, and as a father, to his role as Jonathan Shannon in WISH UPON in this New Featurette.

In the latest horror thriller from the director of ANNABELLE, 17-year-old CLARE SHANNON (Joey King) is barely surviving the hell that is high school, along with her friends MEREDITH (Sydney Park) and JUNE (Shannon Purser). So when her dad (Ryan Phillippe) gifts her an old music box with an inscription that promises to grant the owner’s wishes, she thinks there is nothing to lose. Clare makes her first wish and, to her surprise, it comes true.

Before long, she finally has it all: money, popularity and her dream boy. Everything seems perfect – until the people closest to her begin dying in gruesome and twisted ways. Now, with blood on her hands, Clare has to get rid of the box, before it costs her and everyone she loves the ultimate price.

Broad Green Pictures’ WISH UPON is directed by John R. Leonetti (ANNABELLE) and produced by Sherryl Clark (CLOVERFIELD).

Throughout history, the source of mystical powers was often ascribed to the feminine within the culture. This is a notion not lost upon producer Sherryl Clark and writer Barbara Marshall, who—following a less-than-desired result during one of their earlier collaborations in the industry—began to think about undertaking their own joint projects.

Sherryl Clark explains, “Barbara and I were working on a different project together that didn’t turn out the way we thought it would. But that experience pushed us into thinking that we wanted to kick ass—we love genre movies, what people consider ‘boy’ movies, and we wanted to work on something that we could have a little bit more control over. We thought, ‘We’re going to do this right next time.’”

The resulting screenplay for WISH UPON combined the women’s love of horror films with their appreciation of teen films from such filmmakers as John Hughes.

See the film in theaters July 14.

www.wishuponmovie.com