Cast, story and everything we know about Lou Ferrigno’s horror film

The Hermit is an upcoming horror film starring Lou Ferrigno and there have been some updates about the film. Lou Ferrigno is best known for playing the Incredible Hulk in the original series, and since then, most of his roles in films and TV shows have been inspired by this character. There have been some notable moments where he has deviated from his more parody-centric performances, such as in 2019 Ring Ring where he plays Mr. Daniel, or in Trauma Centerwhere he appeared as the recurring character John Six.

To most people, he will always be the Hulk. Lou Ferrigno’s version of the Hulk was much scarier than the one most people know, thanks to Mark Ruffalo’s performance as Bruce Banner and his alter ego in the MCU. It’s a wonder no one thought the intensity of anger would work well for a horror movie villain. Director Salvatore Sclafani obviously took note because your next horror movie, The Hermitwill star Ferrigno as the titular villain. There haven’t been many announcements about the film, but everything discussed can be found below.

The latest news from the hermit

Hermit Producers Are Buying Distributors

The latest news for The Hermit came in May 2024, with the announcement that Los Angeles-based Scatena & Rosner Films has acquired worldwide rights to The Hermit (through Variety). They plan to launch sales of the film at the Cannes Marché du Film when The Hermit post-production ends.

The hermit is confirmed

The Hermit was confirmed in May 2024

The Hermit was officially confirmed in May 2024although production for the original shoot in Syracuse, New York has been covered as early as September 2022 (via Syracuse).

The Hermit Cast

Lou Ferrigno, Malina Weissman and Anthony Turpel will star

The main cast of The Hermit was confirmed alongside the Variety announcement regarding the acquisition of film rights by Scatena & Rosner Films. Lou Ferrigno will appear as the titular “Hermit,” the villain of the horror film. Malina Weissman A series of unfortunate events and Anthony Turpel from the cast of Love, Victor will co-star as Lisa and Eric, respectively.

Other announced actors include Carlease Burke as Clarice, James Quattrochi as Tony, Marilyn Busch as Helen, Christopher Collins as Ranger Scott, Bruce Faulk as Ranger Martin, Brian Robert Carr as Barry and Isabelle McCalla in an unnamed role.

The details of the hermit’s story

Ferrigno will play a cannibalistic pig farmer

The official synopsis of The Hermit and,

“Dragged on vacation to the woods, two self-centered teenagers named Lisa (Weissman) and Eric (Turpel) venture off the trail, stumble upon a farm, go inside, see animal heads hanging on the wall, and ‘fight for their lives against a breeder. of unstoppable cannibal pigs.'”

From the description, The Hermit will certainly have a significant amount of dark comedy, with the “egocentric“The characteristics of teenagers are a point of humor. There is sure to be a lot of violence and bloodshed with a character described as”cannibal pig farmer“, particularly the one played by the burly Ferrigno.

The Hermit had a troubled start to production

Production eventually had to leave Syracuse, New York

Before Variety announced nothing about The Hermit, Syracuse. with was covering the filming of the movie that was taking place in the city and there were some notable fights early on. Problems began in August 2022 when filming for the film was halted due to several issuesincluding an actor injury, crew members walking off the set after a pay dispute, and a robbery that resulted in $24,000 worth of fists and electrical equipment stolen from the set.

All of these issues eventually led to the production’s departure from Syracuse in January 2023, with producer Gerry Pass saying:

“For now, Syracuse is an experience we had, whether we liked it or not. It’s a shame. There’s a lot to offer there.”

Filming later moved to Los Angeles and finally ended there. The Hermit is currently in post-production.