By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Game Chronicle
  • Home
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Reading: Arrow star Willa Holland to lead The Mortuary Assistant film adaptation
Game ChronicleGame Chronicle
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Search
  • Home
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Have an existing account? Sign In
Без рубрики

Arrow star Willa Holland to lead The Mortuary Assistant film adaptation

Автор
Last updated: 25.04.2025 14:12
Автор
3 Min Read
Share
SHARE

Production has started on the film adaptation of horror work sim The Mortuary Assistant, with Willa Holland in the lead role.

Holland – who has previously starred in Arrow and Gossip Girl, although I knew her first as Marissa Cooper’s little sister Kaitlin in The OC – will play Rebecca, a young woman who works as, you guessed it, a mortuary assistant.

Holland is joined by House of Cards and Boardwalk Empire Paul Sparks, who plays Rebecca’s boss Raymond Delver in the upcoming film. As reported by Deadline, Rebecca’s boss “appears to be a mentor, but also a potential threat”.

Let’s Play Mortuary Assistant – FIRST DAY ON THE JOB! Watch on YouTube

Indie horror The Mortuary Assistant initially released on PC in 2022, before becoming available on consoles. As you may have surmised, it casts players as a newly hired assistant at a mortuary who embalms corpses. However, there is a catch – the mortuary is haunted.

Film director Jeremiah Kipp told Deadline he and the game’s creator Brian Clarke “respond to character-driven storytelling within a disturbing horror space”. Kipp said as Clarke’s “influences have been largely cinematic, the whole process has organically felt like an expansion of his unique gameplay”.

“We’ve captured the atmosphere of singular dread that players responded to so powerfully – this movie will be scary as hell,” Kipp said.

Clarke added that “seeing the mortuary assistant evolve over the years from a small prototype to a full feature film is beyond anything I could have imagined as a solo developer”, calling Kipp an “insanely skilled director”.

“It has been one of the highlights of my life working with him,” Clarke said. “The entire team at Epic Pictures have done an amazing job capturing the spirit of the game while adding their own unique cinematic flair. It is an honor to see Willa and Paul bring these characters to life along with the rest of the film crew.

“I feel extremely fortunate and can’t wait for fans to see The Mortuary Assistant expand into new territory.”

Image credit: DarkStone Digital

The Mortuary Assistant adaptation was first heard of back in 2022, when Kipp said the film will be a “companion piece” to the game. According to Deadline’s report, the film will expand the game’s world further by “delving deeper into the lore of the demonic entities plaguing River Fields”.

Share This Article
Facebook Email Copy Link Print
Previous Article Ubisoft begins testing The Crew 2 offline mode next week
Next Article GTA 5 still the most-watched game on Twitch, 1.4bn hours viewed last year
Leave a Comment Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Contact Us

You Might Also Like

Без рубрики

Venture capital firm Kameha Ventures launches $27m fund to support European game start-ups

Venture capital firm Kameha Ventures has launched a €25 million…

1 Min Read
Без рубрики

Evercade maker pauses US orders over tariff fears

Evercade maker Funstock has become the first hardware manufacture…

3 Min Read
Без рубрики

“The heart has no bounds”: A study of polyamory in games, how it’s done well, and where we should go next

Hello! Eurogamer's week of features celebrating the intersection of queer…

16 Min Read
Без рубрики

Previously promised RoboCop VR game sounds super shady, as development halts following lack of official licence

A previously announced RoboCop VR title has been kiboshed after…

3 Min Read
Game ChronicleGame Chronicle
© 2025 Retro Board Games. All Rights Reserved.
  • Home
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?