Deadline studies that Gabrielle Union is the most recent addition to the forged of Forbidden Fruits, a style movie marking the function directorial debut of Meredith Alloway.
Character particulars are beneath wraps, however Union joins an ensemble that features the beforehand introduced Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp and Emma Chamberlain. The movie is in manufacturing and has been picked up for distribution in 2026 by IFC Movies and Shudder
Based mostly on Of the Girls Got here the Starting of Sin, and By means of Her We All Die, a play by Lily Houghton, who wrote the script with Alloway, Forbidden Fruits follows Free Eden worker Apple, who secretly runs a witchy femme cult within the basement of the mall retailer after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. However when new rent Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the ladies are pressured to face their very own poisons or succumb to a bloody destiny.
Producers on the challenge embody Mason Novick, Diablo Cody, Trent Hubbard and Mary Anne Waterhouse. Charlie Traisman and Katherine Romans are exec producing for Madhouse Movies, alongside Casey Durant and Rachel Douglas from Vary Media Companions.
Just lately, Union garnered Gotham and Spirit Award nominations for her starring flip reverse Jeremy Pope in Class Bratton’s A24 drama The Inspection, and in addition starred reverse Octavia Spencer in Apple TV+’s Reality Be Informed. At the moment, she will be seen starring reverse the likes of Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris and Invoice Murray in Riff Raff, the crime comedy from Dito Montiel
Subsequent up, Union will likely be seen main The Casket Ladies, a brand new horror movie from Get Out producer QC Leisure.