A Cure for Wellness

A Cure for Wellness

A Cure for Wellness is an upcoming 2017 American-German psychological horror thriller film directed by Gore Verbinski and written by Justin Haythe. The film stars Dane DeHaan, Mia Goth, and Jason Isaacs. The film is scheduled to be released on February 17, 2017, by 20th Century Fox.

Premise

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests there longing for the cure.

Production

A Cure for Wellness is an American-German co-production.On October 7, 2014, it was announced that Gore Verbinski would direct the supernatural horror film A Cure for Wellness, scripted by Justin Haythe, for New Regency Pictures. On April 8, 2015, Dane DeHaan and Mia Goth were cast in the film, DeHaan to play an employee who has been sent to rescue his boss from a European "wellness spa," while Goth would play a patient at the facility. 20th Century Fox would handle the distribution rights while Verbinski would produce the film through his Blind Wink Productions. Jason Isaacs was added to the cast on June 2, 2015 to play the villainous role of the facility's director who has dark designs on a patient.

Principal photography for the film began on June 22, 2015. The greater part of the film was shot at Hohenzollern Castle in the German municipality of Bisingen. The castle was completely closed off to the public for filming from July 13 to July 24, 2015. Aside from Hohenzollern, parts of the film were also shot in Saxony-Anhalt and Zella-Mehlis, Germany.

The film received funds of €8.1 million, from the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF), as well as €500,000 from Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg.

Cast

• Dane DeHaan as Mr. Lockhart, an employee who has been sent to rescue his boss from a European "wellness spa".
• Mia Goth as Hannah, a patient at the facility.
• Jason Isaacs as the facility's director who has dark designs on a patient.
• Adrian Schiller as Deputy Director
• Celia Imrie
• Ashok Mandanna as Ron Nair
• Godehard Giese as Prim Technician
• Tomas Norström as Franc Hill
• Angelina Häntsch
• Jeff Burrell as Funeral Director
• Annette Lober
• Eric Todd as Josh
• Christian Brauer as Technician
• Thomas Richter as Water Trainer
• Chris Huszar as Wedding Guest
• Marko Buzin as Wedding Guest