Author and filmmaker Owen Egerton is set to direct debut feature, Follow, starring Noah Segan (Looper, Deadgirl) and based on short story collection, How Best to Avoid Dying.
Egerton took to Facebook with the news, writing Happy to announce that this spring I’ll be directing my first feature film – FOLLOW. Follow is a psychological horror set in Austin. I wrote the script based on two stories from my collection How Best to Avoid Dying. The cast includes Noah Segan, Don Most, and Southern Longoria. I’m teaming up with producers Seth Caplan, Chris Colbert and executive producer Tim League. Thanks for all the enthusiasm!
How Best to Avoid Dying, Egerton’s source material, is described as follows, In this devilishly clever collection of short fiction, renowned humorist Owen Egerton leads us on a wildly surprising, darkly comic, and often heart-wrenching ride into the terrible beauty of life’s end. With razor wit and compassionate insight, Egerton has a crafted a work that brilliantly explores the pain and wonders of life knowing that with the turn of any corner death could be panhandling for your soul.
No word yet on which stories Follow is based on.
