Dylan O’Brien Joins Rachel McAdams In Sam Raimi Horror Thriller ‘Send Help’ At 20th Century

EXCLUSIVE: Dylan O’Brien is set to star opposite Rachel McAdams in Send Help, the horror thriller from 20th Century Studios that Sam Raimi is producing and directing.

The film is a survival horror thriller about two colleagues who become stranded on a deserted island, the only survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must overcome past grievances and work together to survive, but ultimately, it’s a battle of wills and wits to make it out alive.

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Send Help is based on an original script by Baywatch scribes Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. Zainab Azizi will also produce under the Raimi Productions banner, and the film is expected to nab a theatrical release.

O’Brien is coming off a banner 2024 with a diverse slate of projects. He is one of the stars of Jason Reitman’s acclaimed Saturday Night, which chronicles the behind-the-scenes drama leading up to the first-ever broadcast of Saturday Night Live. O’Brien received outstanding reviews for his portrayal of a young Dan Aykroyd in the film, which premiered in the U.S. at the Telluride Film Festival and in Canada at the Toronto Film Festival.

O’Brien also starred in Caddo Lake, a thriller from producer M. Night Shyamalan and the writing-directing team of Logan George and Celine Held. Additionally in 2024, O’Brien had a guest appearance on Julio Torres’ series Fantasmas, which premiered on Max in June.

In January 2024, O’Brien premiered the film Ponyboi in competition at the Sundance Film Festival. It went on to win the Grand Jury Award at NewFest, New York’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival and will be released later this year.

O’Brien will return to Sundance this year to premiere the film Twinless, which is in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. He also served as an exec producer on the film.

He is repped by WME, Principal Entertainment, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark.

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