Joe Russo(VII)
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Three-time BloodList writers Joe Russo & Chris LaMont's Netflix horror movie, The Inheritance, directed by Alejandro Brugues (Pooka Lives), is currently in post-production. They re-wrote The Locksmith, a thriller starring Ryan Phillippe, Kate Bosworth and Ving Rhames, which shot in November 2021. Their screenplay, Soul Mates, wrapped production in July 2022. All three are expected to release in 2023.
In 2020, the writing duo penned the thriller The Au Pair Nightmare, which Russo directed. The movie debuted to strong reviews and ratings, with USA Today saying it, "pushes all the right buttons." They wrote the Bruce Willis actioner Hard Kill, which was the #2 movie on Netflix over Thanksgiving.
Russo also directed the short film Be Mine for Crypt TV. His short, Midnight Clear (featured on Entertainment Weekly, Nerdist and io9), was released on Gunpowder & Sky's digital platform, Alter.
Russo produced the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema, which was the #2 movie on Shudder in 2019 and associate produced the Skydance/Apple movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever, starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe and directed by Peter Farrelly (Green Book), which debuted at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. He has The Untitled Hulk Hogan Biopic set at Netflix with Chris Hemsworth starring and Todd Phillips (Joker) directing.
Russo also produces the critically acclaimed podcast series Post Mortem with Mick Garris, featuring over a hundred in-depth conversations with genre legends like Stephen King, John Carpenter, Guillermo del Toro, Edgar Wright and many more.
Russo & LaMont are repped at Gersh, Fictional Entity and Morris Yorn.
In 2020, the writing duo penned the thriller The Au Pair Nightmare, which Russo directed. The movie debuted to strong reviews and ratings, with USA Today saying it, "pushes all the right buttons." They wrote the Bruce Willis actioner Hard Kill, which was the #2 movie on Netflix over Thanksgiving.
Russo also directed the short film Be Mine for Crypt TV. His short, Midnight Clear (featured on Entertainment Weekly, Nerdist and io9), was released on Gunpowder & Sky's digital platform, Alter.
Russo produced the horror anthology Nightmare Cinema, which was the #2 movie on Shudder in 2019 and associate produced the Skydance/Apple movie The Greatest Beer Run Ever, starring Zac Efron and Russell Crowe and directed by Peter Farrelly (Green Book), which debuted at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. He has The Untitled Hulk Hogan Biopic set at Netflix with Chris Hemsworth starring and Todd Phillips (Joker) directing.
Russo also produces the critically acclaimed podcast series Post Mortem with Mick Garris, featuring over a hundred in-depth conversations with genre legends like Stephen King, John Carpenter, Guillermo del Toro, Edgar Wright and many more.
Russo & LaMont are repped at Gersh, Fictional Entity and Morris Yorn.
