On May 15, 2026, Focus Features will be giving the horror movie Obsession, starring Inde Navarrette of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why and The CW’s Superman & Lois, a theatrical release – and three months out from that date, Deadline reports that Navarrette has signed on to star in the thriller Invertigo, which is coming our way from Fall and Obsession producers Capstone and Tea Shop. Filming is due to begin by the end of this month.
Synopsis
Matthias Hoene (Cockneys vs. Zombies) will be directing Invertigo from a screenplay written by Kathy Charles (Love Bomb) and Billy O’Brien (I Am Not a Serial Killer). The story centers on a group of reckless teens who convince a young park worker to sneak them onto a rollercoaster before its debut opening. However a system failure traps them hundreds of feet in the air, forcing them to fight for survival as buried traumas and hidden tensions erupt into chaos.
Despite being set on a busted-down rollercoaster, this movie will be filming in multiple locations: Thailand, the US, and the UK.
James Harris and Mark Lane of Tea Shop are producing the film alongside Christian Mercuri of Capstone Pictures.
Statements
Hoene provided the following statement: “Invertigo is a film about fear—both the immediate, visceral kind and the deeper fears we carry with us. Setting the story high above the ground allowed us to push the tension to an extreme, but it’s the emotional pressure between these characters that truly drives the film. Inde brings an incredible intensity and vulnerability to the role, and I’m thrilled to begin this journey with such a talented cast and crew.“
Mercuri added, “We are really excited to get Invertigo going and thrilled to be working on a third film with Inde. Her performance in our production Obsession has cemented her as an incredibly exciting emerging talent.“
Two years ago, it was reported that Ryuhei Kitamura was set to direct a thriller called Thrill Ride, which would show us what happens when “a group of people, including two young women, are trapped upside down on a rollercoaster taken over by a mysterious saboteur threatening to drop them all one-by-one to their deaths.” That’s an entirely separate project from Invertigo and has not yet gone into production.
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