John Gallagher Jr, Michael Shannon & Emma Roberts Join ABANDONED

John Gallagher Jr., Michael Shannon, and Emma Roberts have been announced to star in Abandoned, a new psychological thriller by Spencer Squire.

Deadline reports that the film recently wrapped production. The plot follows a mother, father, and their infant son as they move into a remote farmhouse, which harbors a dark, haunting history. As they begin to uncover their home's past, the mother's fragility escalates to a state of psychosis that jeopardizes their family's safety.

Also written by Jessica Scott and Erik Patterson, the film is financed through the partnership between Vertical Entertainment and Three Point Capitol.

John Gallagher Jr. has shown his talent and versatility across the mediums of television, film and theater. For the past three seasons, John starred opposite Jeff Daniels in Aaron Sorkin's "The Newsroom." The series came to a dramatic conclusion last fall when at the same time John was starring opposite Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins in the critically acclaimed "Olive Kitteridge" miniseries for HBO. Gallagher's other television credits include: "Law & Order: SVU," "Love Monkey," "Law & Order: CI," "NYPD Blue," "Ed," "The West Wing" and "Law & Order." No stranger to the big screen, Gallagher's film credits include: The Belko Experiment (upcoming), Valencia (upcoming), Short Term 12, The Heart Machine, Margaret, Jonah Hex, Whatever Works, The Good Student and Pieces of April.

One of Gallagher's most notable achievements is his Tony Award-winning performance as "Moritz Stiefel" in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical Spring Awakening, for which he also received Drama Desk and Drama League nominations. John's other theatre credits include: Green Day's Broadway musical American Idiot, Broadway's Jerusalem, David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize-winning Rabbit Hole (Broadway), Current Events, Kimberly Akimbo, Port Authority and Farragut North.