American production company, La Brea Pictures has acquired LIFE STORY rights for one of the most well-known haunted items, THE ANGUISHED MAN painting. The script for the film has been written by an American-Finnish female director, Tii Ricks, who will also direct the film.
Based on a true story, and set in the United Kingdom, "Anguished" tells the story of an English man who inherits a weird painting locked away in an attic, away from sight. The real-life painting, "The Anguished Man" is acclaimed to be one of the most haunted items in the world. It has been a subject of several paranormal studies, and it is one of the most referred haunted items amongst the "Annabelle Doll", and "Dybbuk Box". The 2014 self-titled film "Annabelle" about the Annabelle Doll grossed over $256 million dollars worldwide, whereas "The Possession", telling the story of the Dybbuk Box, crossed 78.5 million dollars. Tii Ricks has won several awards for her work as a director and editor in her other home country, Finland. "Anguished" will be her third feature film. In 2015, she directed the Arctic Circle based horror feature "Rage: Midsummer's Eve". The owner of the "The Anguished Man" painting, Sean Robinson has been attached as an Associate Producer for the film.Videos