Kevin bacon boards blumhouse john logan lgbtqia+ empowerment feature as star & ep

EXCLUSIVE:  Kevin Bacon is joining John Logan’s untitled horror project at Blumhouse and will also serve as an executive producer alongside executive producer Scott Turner Schofield. The

movie is a LGBTQIA+ empowerment tale set at a gay conversion camp and stars Theo Germaine. The role marks a return for Bacon to the horror genre, a space he appeared in early on in his

career with _Friday the 13th. _ Three-time Oscar nominee, Logan (_Skyfall, Gladiator, The Aviator_) will make his feature directorial debut with the film he also wrote. Jason Blum and

Michael Aguilar are producing. Bacon will serve as an EP, alongside Scott Turner Schofield. Golden Globe winner and Primetime Emmy nominee Bacon recently starred in season 2 of Showtime’s

hit series _City on a Hill _which was renewed for a third season. We reported over the summer that Bacon is joining his wife Kyra Sedgwick’s second feature directorial _Space Oddity. _He

also starred in and co-produced David Koepp’s _You Should Have Left _and can next be seen in the upcoming movies _One Way_ and _The Toxic Avenger_. The _Footloose _and _J.F.K. _star won a

Golden Globe in 2010 in the Actor Miniseries/Made for TV movie category for _Taking Chance _which also landed him an Emmy nom in the same category in 2009. In 1996, Bacon made his feature

directorial debut with _Losing Chase_, starring Kyra Sedgwick, Beau Bridges and Helen Mirren which received three Golden Globe noms. Bacon directed his second film, _Loverboy_, which he also

produced. He has also directed several episodes of Sedgwick’s hit show, _The Closer._ Bacon’s stage work includes off-Broadway productions such as _Album_, _Poor Little Lambs _and _Getting

Out_. He made his Broadway debut in 1983 with Sean Penn in _Slab Boys_, and starred in the 1986 production of Joe Orton’s _Loot_. He also starred in Theresa Rebeck’s comedy _Spike Heels_. In

2002, he starred in the one-man show A_n Almost Holy Picture_, written by Heather McDonald. With his musician brother, Michael, Bacon is the other half of The Bacon Brothers, and have

recorded eight CDs and a concert DVD. Bacon is represented by MGMT Entertainment and Gaines Solomon Law Group. Schofield is represented by Lisa Evan Blumenthal of Momentum Talent Management.

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