‘Seeker’: Cooper Tomlinson, Jessica Rothe & Mika Abdalla to Star in Adam Rehmeier’s Original Mystery Thriller!!

Los Angeles, CA (Nov 4th, 2026) Cooper Tomlinson, who recently starred in Blumhouse/Focus Features’ global box office sensation Obsession, is set to star in the mystery-thriller Seeker, opposite Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day, Happy Death Day 2U, upcoming River) and Mika Abdalla (Prime Video’s Off Campus, HBO Max’s The Pitt, Snack Shack), with acclaimed filmmaker Adam Rehmeier (Carolina Caroline, Snack Shack, Dinner in America) directing from an original screenplay by Michael Learner. Tomlinson will next star in Anything But Ghosts, for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster, Spooky Pictures and Focus Features, which he co-wrote alongside longtime collaborator Curry Barker of That’s.A.Bad.Idea. Tomlinson leads the cast opposite Barker (who also directs), Bryce Dallas Howard and Aaron Paul in the film, which is slated for release May 7, 2027.

Seeker follows “Grant” (Tomlinson), a man haunted by the unexplained disappearance of his fiancée “Caroline” (Abdalla) five years earlier. Now a ride-share driver, his life is upended when he picks up a passenger who he is convinced is responsible for her disappearance. What starts as a tense game of cat-and-mouse spirals into something far stranger, more disturbing, and deeply unhinged – challenging everything we think we know.

Rothe will next star in Universal Pictures and Blumhouse’s River, opposite Jane Levy, which will open in theaters on January 15, 2027. The film premiered to rave reviews in the Midnight Madness slot at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. Rothe is well known for starring in Universal Pictures and Blumhouse‘s Happy Death Day, which grossed over $125 million worldwide, and the sequel, Happy Death Day 2U. Her additional credits include Damien Chazelle’s Oscar-winning La La Land, Forever My Girl, Valley Girl, All My Life, and Boy Kills World.

Mika Abdalla is best known for her breakout role as fan-favorite ‘Allie’ in Amazon Prime Video’s global hit “Off Campus”, which premiered in May as one of the most-watched Amazon Prime Video series debuts of all time, reaching over 36M viewers in its first 12 days. Based on Elle Kennedy’s bestselling book series, Season 2 just wrapped production with Abdalla as the lead.

Abdalla also starred as the female lead in the coming-of-age summer comedy Snack Shack from acclaimed filmmaker Adam Rehmeier and Rian Johnson’s T-Street. The film was released in theaters nationwide through Paramount/Republic, earning rave reviews, and ultimately becoming a NYT “Critic’s Pick.” She previously led the cast of the Hulu Original comedy Sex Appeal from Jeremy Garelick’s production banner American High. Reviews called her turn as school-obsessed teen ‘Avery’ a “stellar performance” and “exceedingly charming.” On the television side, Mika can be seen in the award winning first season of HBO Max’s The Pitt and originally got her start leading the Netflix franchise “Project MC²” across six seasons.

Producers are currently casting the roles of “Steve” and “Kate” now.

Alex Lebovici and Michael Learner will produce for Hammerstone Studios (Barbarian, Don’t Move, By Any Means, Flight Risk), with Academy Award® Winner Adam McKay and Two-time Emmy® Nominee Todd Schulman for HyperObject Industries (Don’t Look Up, Succession, The Menu, Fresh, Thrash), and Noah Centineo and Enzo Marc of Arkhum Productions (Our Hero, Balthazar, Union County, upcoming Gundam). Samuel Hall and Warren Goz will executive produce for north.five.six. (By Any Means, Regretting You, Beware Boiúna, The Surfer, Locked), alongside Ibrahim Mohammed (Silent Night, Deadly Night, By Any Means), Yasmyne Mohammed (By Any Means), and Chase Vergari (By Any Means, The Beast).

Production is lined up for January 2027 in Washington State, United States. The film is fully financed by Hammerstone Studios and Script 2 Screen. north.five.six. are representing international distribution rights and will present the film to distributors at the upcoming American Film Market (November 10th – 14th, 2026) in Los Angeles. CAA Media Finance represents US rights.

Adam Rehmeier said: “I was all-in the moment I finished reading Michael’s script – it’s dark, twisted, funny, terrifying; a perfect mash-up of genres I haven’t tackled yet. I couldn’t be more excited to get to work with my regular team of collaborators and this amazing group of producers at Hammerstone Studios, HyperObject Industries and Arkhum Productions.”

Alex Lebovici of Hammerstone Studios said: “It’s not every day your head of development turns in an absolute banger like Seeker. Michael Learner has written something truly special, and I couldn’t be more proud of what he’s accomplished. Bringing it to life with Adam Rehmeier, a filmmaker whose work I’ve been obsessed with for years, and this incredible cast makes it all the more exciting.”

Adam McKay of HyperObject Industries said: “HyperObject reads a LOT of scripts so anytime I’m genuinely surprised by one like I was with Seeker, we all turn into 16-year-old film nerds and get very excited.”

Enzo Marc of Arkhum Productions continued: “We’re thrilled to be teaming up with Hammerstone and HyperObject. This is our second collaboration with Hammerstone. The Seeker script was so captivating that I finished it just a couple of hours after Alex and Michael shared it with me. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. This is going to be an insane cinematic experience, and we couldn’t be more excited to get to Washington and work with Adam Rehmeier and this incredible team as we bring Michael’s script to life.”

Samuel Hall of north.five.six. said: “We couldn’t be more excited to bring this calibre of original genre filmmaking to distributors and audiences. Michael’s screenplay is a true one-of-a-kind mind-melter, and it’s no surprise Adam and the team have assembled such an insane of-the-moment cast who have experienced record-breaking success at the box office this past year. Seeker is our second time collaborating with Alex and his incredible team at Hammerstone, and it’s the perfect statement of intent for the kind of theatrical events we aspire to deliver.”

HAMMERSTONE STUDIOS

Founded in 2018, Hammerstone Studios is an independent film production and financing company focused on elevated, filmmaker-driven storytelling across genre and prestige cinema. Combining bold creative vision with sophisticated financing strategies and production infrastructure, Hammerstone has established itself as a dynamic force in independent filmmaking.

Since its inception, Hammerstone has produced 18 feature films, spanning breakout commercial hits and acclaimed filmmaker-driven projects. Its credits include the critical and financial breakout Barbarian, Netflix’s global #1 hit Don’t Move, Flight Risk starring Mark Wahlberg, By Any Means starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg, and Bill & Ted Face the Music starring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter.

Hammerstone’s upcoming slate includes Kung Fury the Movie, starring Michael Fassbender and Arnold Schwarzenegger; What We Keep, starring Amy Adams, Dan Levy, and Brett Goldstein; Iconoclast, written, directed by, and starring Gabriel Basso, alongside Courtney Eaton, Rain Spencer, and Noah Centineo; A Statement, directed by Academy Award winner Tom McCarthy and starring Paul Giamatti, Paul Rudd, and John Turturro; and Little One, starring David Harbour and co-produced by Zach Cregger.

The company is also producing Slime, an animated feature directed by Jeron Braxton, featuring an ensemble voice cast including Willow Smith, Kid Cudi, Teyana Taylor, Anna Sawai, John Cho, John Boyega, Winston Duke, and LaKeith Stanfield.

Looking ahead, Hammerstone continues to expan its slate of original properties, video game adaptations, and manga adaptations, partnering with distinctive filmmakers and talent to develop commercially ambitious, globally appealing entertainment.

HYPEROBJECT INDUSTRIES

HyperObject Industries is a multi-platform production company from Academy Award winning writer-director-producer Adam McKay. The HyperObject Industries team includes McKay’s long-time producer Kevin Messick and producers Todd Schulman, Betsy Koch and Maeve Cullinane. HyperObject Industries’ focus is wide ranging from comedies, dramas, horror, documentaries and documentary series, as well as politically charged and challenging subjects with which McKay has become synonymous. McKay‘s Don’t Look Up is one of Netflix’s most successful films and received four Oscar and BAFTA nominations. Other productions include The Menu starring Anya-Taylor Joy, Nicholas Hoult and Ralph Fiennes, and Fresh starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan. Messick and McKay also produced Netflix hit-thriller Thrash. Upcoming film projects include the John Lee Hancock Netflix courtroom drama, U.S. chemical company Monsanto. Koch has produced Panos Cosmatos’ upcoming Flesh of the Gods, starring Kristen Stewart and Wagner Moura, while Schulman and McKay serve as producers on Michael Shanks’ upcoming sci-fi thriller Hotel Hotel Hotel Hotel for A24, and upcoming The Parlay for Amazon MGM Studios, directed by Shaka King and starring Daniel Kaluuya. For television, McKay and Kevin Messick served as executive producers on HBO’s award-winning series Succession and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Additionally, Todd Schulman and McKay developed and executive produced HBO’s most-watched comedy series debut in five years with The Chair Company.

McKay and Messick executive produced the 2026 Academy Award winning Documentary Short Film, All the Empty Rooms. In 2025, HyperObject Industries onboarded the Academy Award nominated live-action short film A Lien from directors Sam Cutler-Kreutz and David Culter-Kreutz, as well as Oscar short-listed documentary feature Union. Schulman and McKay’s documentary feature Stormbound for IMAX premiered at SXSW 2026 and won the Special Jury Award for Documentary Feature. Upcoming documentary projects include Shulman and McKay’s Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story. Previous documentaries include HBO’s Q: Into the Storm and 537 Votes. HyperObject Industries also executive produced Hulu’s most-watched documentary film God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty, and Men of War. HyperObject industries’ Schulman reteamed with investigative filmmaker Cullen Hoback (Q: Into the Storm) for another HBO documentary film Electric Money: The Bitcoin Mystery.

ARKHUM PRODUCTIONS

Arkhum Productions was founded by actor, producer Noah Centineo and producer Enzo Marc in 2023. Arkhum is committed to bold and innovative storytelling that pushes the boundaries of film. The company’s recent projects include Union County (Directed by Adam Meeks), Iconoclast (Directed by Gabriel Basso), Our Hero Balthazar (Directed by Oscar Boyson) and Company (Directed by Casey Affleck) which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Centineo and Marc also serve as producers on Legendary and Netflix’s highly anticipated live-action “Gundam” adaptation, based on the iconic anime franchise and directed by Jim Mickle.

NORTH.FIVE.SIX.

north.five.six. is the finance, sales and distribution group founded by company principals Samuel Hall and Warren Goz. Since launching in 2023 they have already amassed a slate of over 15 feature films at various stages of production, including Paramount Pictures worldwide box office hit Colleen Hoover’s Regretting You, Hammerstone Studios and Thunder Roads’ crime thriller By Any Means directed by Elegance Bratton and starring Mark Wahlberg and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Gore Verbinski’s sci-fi action adventure Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Juno Temple, Michael Peña, and Zazie Beetz, and Mike P. Nelson’s survival thriller Beware Boiúna. In post-production are sci-fi-survival thriller Homewrecker starring Allison Williams, Michelle Randolph, Pete Davidson’s crime thriller Tommy Karate, directed by Justin Chon, and supernatural horror thriller Inground starring Kyle Gallner and Alexandra Daddario. In prep are Johan Renck’s horror thriller Neoplasm; and Jimmy Chin’s WWII thriller Bartali, starring Miles Teller. Past titles include the Nicolas Cage psychological thriller The Surfer, which had its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival; the Sam Raimi produced crime thriller Locked starring Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins and crime thriller Dead of Winter starring Emma Thompson and directed by Brian Kirk.