Award-winning studio NEON announced today it has acquired the North American rights to Chloe Okuno’s (Watcher) horror film Brides starring Maika Monroe. Monroe recently starred in Osgood Perkins’ horror film Longlegs for NEON, which is the highest grossing independent film of the year at $75 million domestically. Pre-production is now underway and it is set to begin shooting in March 2025. NEON will release the film theatrically.

The film will be produced by Anthony Bregman and Stefanie Azpiazu through Likely Story. Okuno will direct the film which is based on her original screenplay. Sally Bishop (Monroe) and her husband travel to a remote Italian villa where the villa’s owner, a mysterious count, takes a peculiar interest in Sally.

The deal for Brides was negotiated by Jeff Deutchman and Jason Wald on behalf of NEON. FilmNation Entertainment launched international sales at the American Film Market in Las Vegas last month. UTA Independent Film Group represented global and domestic rights.