“Having had my very own attention-grabbing experiences on the Skirvin Lodge, I linked with this concept instantly.”
Boston Celtics All Star level guard Kyrie Irving has reportedly signed on to star in, and govt produce, an upcoming movie about Oklahoma’s notorious Skirvin Lodge.
Quite a few NBA groups, together with these which Irving has performed on, have stayed on the Skirvin Lodge over time however some gamers refuse to remain there as a result of its haunted status.
“Having had my very own attention-grabbing experiences on the Skirvin Lodge, I linked with this concept instantly,” stated Irving (H/T Variety). “To work with Brian Grazer is a dream come true, and I’m excited to carry this undertaking to life with the Think about Leisure workforce.”
The lodge was opened in 1911, and the paranormal exercise is believed to have began within the 1930s when the lodge’s proprietor had an affair with a chambermaid, resulting in her tragic demise. The horror movie, produced by Think about Leisure chairman Brian Grazer and Bobby Cohen, will mix scares with satire, wit and social commentary impressed by the historical past the Skirvin Lodge, in response to Variety.
“I’d heard rumors concerning the Skirvin earlier than, however as soon as we realized that by coupling the deliciously eerie with the fascinatingly related, we had been on to one thing large with this one,” Cohen stated. “Kyrie is a perfect collaborator and it is a nice film to make with Think about.”