EXCLUSIVE: Oscar-nominated Brazilian producer Rodrigo Teixeira has boarded Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera’s upcoming drama-thriller Ornamento .

The moves sees Teixeira collaborate with one of Mexico’s hottest rising writer-directors of the moment, who is widely acclaimed for her bold approach to horror and feminist themes.

News of the partnership comes as she finishes post-production on 20th Century Studios’ reimagining of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle , starring Maika Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Ornamento is adapted from the 2020 novel ‘Ornamental’ by Colombian writer Juan Cárdena, with Garza Cervera taking co-writing credits on the screenplay with Alejandra Moffat.

The tense drama follows a successful scientist who develops a revolutionary recreational drug

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