The Standoff
Added 2021-06-26 10:28:23 +0000 UTCLen Wiseman (Underworld series of films) to direct The Standoff for Blumhouse.
Logline: Two estranged brothers face a literal demon from their past after getting caught up in a hostage situation inside their abandoned childhood
home.
Roles:
[RYAN]
Lead, Male (40-49)
"AS weathered as the horse he rode in on." Sheriff Ryan Metz has had a rough life. As a child, his alcoholic mother convinced Ryan's brother, Tim, that he was possessed by a demon. Now, Tim is in jail for drugs. Ryan decides to sel his childhood home and move away from the town he grew up in. He feels guilty tor this decision because he promised Tim that he'd keep the house forever. Ryan also feels guilty because he's the ane who tumed Tim in. His plan to start anew comes to a screeching halt when the real-lile demon inside the house captures a crew of demoition workers, creating a hostage situation that the cops believe is orchestrated by a human. Ryan must now come to terms with the truth. He and Tim work together to escape alve and prove that there realy is a demon
[TIM]
Lead, Male Late 30's going an 50.
As a chid, Tim was possessed by a demon, but no one believes him. Now Tim is in jail for drugs. When the demon causes a hostage situation at Tim's childhood home, the
cops pull him out of jail because they believe he can stop things. Tim ends up getting possessed by the demon again, but Ryan helps him defeat it. In the end, Tim ends up back in jail (along with Ryan) because the cops beliave that the brothers caused the mayhem.
