Since The Office closed its doors in 2013, Rainn Wilson has been steadily turning in supporting performances in independent productions. That run looks set to continue, with news that the actor has joined the cast of The Boy, which began filming in Columbia in February.

The Boy is envisioned as the first part of a film trilogy that will chart the development of a mass murderer named Ted Henley – visiting him at the ages of 9, 14 and 18. In this initial instalment, Ted will be played by Jared Breeze, with David Morse and Mike Vogel – both about to be seen in the mystery thriller, McCanick – also in the cast. Craig Macneill (The Afterlight) is directing from a script he co-wrote with Clay McLeod Chapman.

The origins of this planned trilogy lie in Chapman’s own novel – ‘Miss Corpus’ – published in 2003. That story follows two unconnected strangers on their respective, but particularly disturbing, roadtrips.

Cinema Purgatorio has acquired Craig MacNeill and Alexei Kalaina's "The Afterlight" and David Barker's "Daylight;" two films that share a similar title and little else in common. "The Afterlight" concerns itself with a young couple who move to an abandoned schoolhouse to start anew. Once relocated, their relationship begins to take a negative turn, one that affects the lives of everyone around them. The low-budget thriller "Daylight" pits a couple ...