David Dastmalchian to star in high-concept horror ‘Rosario’

According to news outlet Variety, the project will start production in mid-November in Bogota, Colombia, under an interim SAG-AFTRA agreement.

Rosario marks the feature debut of Colombian filmmaker Felipe Vargas. The story has been penned by Alan Trezza.

The New York-set film revolves around Rosario (Toubia), a successful Wall Street stockbroker who is trapped in her estranged grandmother Griselda’s apartment during a snowstorm.

Griselda has died, and supernatural forces possess her corpse. Rosario, now the target of a deadly family curse, must battle her past to save herself and her soul.

Rosario is produced by Silk Mass’ Jon Silk and Mucho Mas’ Javier Chapa and Phillip Braun. Highland Film Group’s Arianne Fraser and Delphine Perrier, as well as Toubia, Bruce Barshop, Vincent Cordero, Simon Wise and Kristopher Wynne will executive produce the movie.