‘The Witcher’ Star Freya Allan to Lead Joachim Rønning’s Horror Movie ‘System’ (EXCLUSIVE)

“The Witcher” and “Planet of the Apes” star Freya Allan is set to star in “System,” the upcoming horror film from Norwegian director Joachim Rønning.

Plot details remain under wraps, but production is currently underway on location in the old, abandoned underground stations and tunnels under London. Freya will be joined by Denzel Baidoo (“Last Swim”) and Felix Edwards (“MobLand”) in supporting roles.

Rønning, who broke out with “Kon-Tiki” and would go on to direct major franchise titles including “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” and the recent “Tron: Ares,” will write, direct, and produce for The Saga Company. He penned the screenplay with his brother, Andreas Rønning.

Roy Lee (“Weapons,” “It,” “The Ring”) and Steven Schneider (“Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious,” “Pet Sematary”) will produce for Spooky Pictures. Stewart le Maréchal and Anna Mohr-Pietsch produce for MetFilm. Image Nation Studios’ CEO Ben Ross (“Watcher,” “Company”), Spooky Pictures’ Rami Yasin (“Hokum”), and Andreas Rønning will executive produce.

UTA Independent Film Group arranged the financing and is representing the film’s sale.

Under the Spooky Pictures-Image Nation Studios partnership, the companies have produced genre projects including “Late Night with the Devil,” Charlie Polinger’s “The Plague,” “Hokum” starring Adam Scott, Casey Affleck’s “Company” and Guy Nattiv’s “The Liberation.”

Allan is perhaps best known for her role as Ciri, in Netflix’s global phenomenon “The Witcher,” a performance that earned her two Saturn Award nominations. She will return to her role for the fifth and final season, which is expected to release in late 2027. She recently finished shooting Nick Hamm’s |Black Palace” for Tempo Productions. Freya also was seen leading Wes Ball’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” the fourth instalment in the Planet of the Apes reboot series, with her acclaimed performance landing her a slot on Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood Impact Report in 2024.

She is represented by CAA, United Agents, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner Auerbach Hynick Jaime LeVine Sample & Klein. Rønning is represented by UTA and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.