EXCLUSIVE : Brit multi-hyphenate and comedian Alice Lowe has inked a two-picture deal with UK production company Western Edge Pictures (WEP) after they previously collaborated on Lowe’s feature directorial debut Prevenge and 2024 comedy Timestalker .

Lowe, who also co-starred in and co-wrote cult comedy Sightseers , is now lining up a horror version of Shakespeare classic A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Sprites , a dark comedy horror about a little girl joining a girl guide group. The plan is for her to write, direct, and have a key — but not lead — role in both.

Lowe told Deadline of the former, which the team is hoping to make next summer: “I wanted to make a classic and it struck me that Midsummer Night’s Dream , which I know so well, is always made in the same way over a

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