We had learned earlier this year that Jaume Collet-Serra’s Orphan will be getting a prequel film, and today Variety breaks the news that Isabelle Fuhrman will be back!
The film is now titled Orphan: First Kill, formerly titled Esther.
It was back in 2009 that Fuhrman brought Esther to the screen, who looked to be a child but was actually revealed to be a murderous 33-year-old woman named Leena Klammer.
Fuhrman is now 23 years old, which begs the question of how she can possibly appear in a prequel to Orphan as Esther/Leena. We suppose all will be revealed soon enough.
Update: Deadline explains…
“In order to help Fuhrman bring her character to life again, filmmakers are utilizing a combination of forced perspective shooting and a world-class makeup team.”
In the film, “Leena Klammer orchestrates a brilliant escape from an Estonian psychiatric facility and travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But Leena’s new life as “Esther” comes with an unexpected wrinkle and pits her against a mother who will protect her family at any cost.”
Julia Stiles has also joined the cast, Deadline adds, with William Brent Bell (The Boy) directing the Orphan follow-up film. David Coggeshall wrote the script.
The project comes from Dark Castle Entertainment and Entertainment One.
