Sophia Takal News & Updates

Sophia Takal’s “Black Christmas” and the Producer Jason Blum on Horror with a Message

On a sound stage in Brooklyn, Sophia Takal is racing to finish her first feature film, in time for a...

Oct 28, 2019 • The New Yorker

Sophia Takal Wanted To Give The Slasher "Black Christmas" A Modern, Feminist Reboot

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director and co-writer Sophia ...

Dec 11, 2019 • Yahoo

First Trailer for Sophia Takal’s Horror Remake ‘Black Christmas’

After successfully teaming up for the “New Year, New You” episode of Hulu’s Into the Dark, pro...

Sep 06, 2019 • The Film Stage

‘Black Christmas’: Sophia Takal Set To Direct Blumhouse Remake Of 1974 Slasher

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The project re-teams Takal wit...

Jun 13, 2019 • Yahoo

Black Christmas's Sophia Takal on the Feminist Message in Her Remake

Blumhouse Productions is hoping that the public's desire for more horror fare and alternative progra...

Dec 11, 2019 • collider

‘Act One’ Review: Acting Is Overreacting in Sophia Takal’s Intriguingly Off-Kilter Psychodrama

Ella Beatty is the malleable teenage student to Ari Graynor's obsessive acting coach in an archly he...

Jun 13, 2026 • Variety

Sophia Takal

Sophia Takal is an American actress, writer and director, perhaps best known for her work in indepen...

May 11, 2026 • Moviefone

‘Black Christmas’ Filmmaker Sophia Takal to Direct ‘Where I End’ (Exclusive)

Sophia Takal, who most recently directed the Blumhouse slasher 'Black Christmas,' is getting back be...

May 13, 2020 • The Hollywood Reporter

No One Turns Female Competition Into Terrifying Cinema Quite Like Sophia Takal

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For her fourth film, Takal wan...

Jun 09, 2026 • Yahoo

'Act One' Review: An Intriguingly Off-Kilter Psychodrama

How far would you go for a woman who claims with a straight face to be “endeavoring to bring about...

Jun 13, 2026 • Variety on MSN

‘Black Christmas’ Trailer: Sophia Takal and Blumhouse Do Frat Bro Slasher

Imogen Poots leads the "Always Shine" director's take on the 1974 horror classic, about sorority sis...

Sep 05, 2019 • IndieWire

Carla Hacken In Blumhouse First-Look; Sophia Takal-Helmed ‘Coming Around Again’ Casting Up

EXCLUSIVE: Escalating a relationship at Jason Blum’s Blumhouse, Carla Hacken has signed her Paper ...

Mar 08, 2021 • Yahoo

Horror with a Real-Life Message

The director Sophia Takal is updating a misogynistic slasher film for the MeToo era. Her producer, J...

Oct 24, 2019 • The New Yorker

Netflix Sci-Fi Thriller WHERE I END Snags BLACK CHRISTMAS Director Sophia Takal

Sophia Takal recently helmed Blumhouse’s remake of Black Christmas. And today we hear she will ret...

May 14, 2020 • Dread Central

‘Act One’ Review: An Ingénue Falls Under the Spell of a Creepy Acting Teacher in Sophia Takal’s Gripping Backstage Thriller

Tribeca: The "Green" and "Always Shine" director again turns her lens on her own craft in another pe...

Jun 12, 2026 • IndieWire

Sophia Takal Directing Adaptation of Horror-Comedy Novel ‘Patricia Wants to Cuddle’ for Votiv (EXCLUSIVE)

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Votiv, a film and television p...

Sep 04, 2025 • Yahoo

Tribeca Review: The Diary Of A Teenage Actress, 'Act One' Embraces Its Darkness

Enter stage right the fearless Act One from writer-director Sophia Takal, which just premiered at th...

Jun 19, 2026 • Pajiba

'Act One' review: Tribeca Film Festival

'Act One' Pulls You Into a Web of Sex, Power, and Obsession You Won't Want to Escape....

Jun 15, 2026 • Nerdspin on MSN

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Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal (2015) - Where to Watch

Streaming platforms for Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal haven’t been announced yet. Check back so...

Aug 14, 2024 • Moviefone

'Act one' at Tribeca: Director Sophia Takal on the sexy thriller

Hannah, a teen actress, just wants to be great. And she'll sacrifice everything to get there. In wri...

Jun 09, 2026 • MSN on MSN

'Act One' Review: Sophia Takal Directs a Gripping, Perverse Thriller

Tribeca: The "Green" and "Always Shine" director again turns her lens on her own craft in another pe...

Jun 12, 2026 • IndieWire on MSN

No One Turns Female Competition Into Scary Cinema Like Sophia Takal

Tribeca: In "Act One," Ella Beatty and Ari Graynor play a formidable (and formative) acting student ...

Jun 09, 2026 • IndieWire on MSN

The Tribeca Festival at 25: Artists Reign

The standouts from this year’s lineup include films about a cultlike theater troupe and an experim...

Jun 02, 2026 • The New York Times

Bigfoot Gets a Darkly Funny Twist in Patricia Wants to Cuddle, Directed by Sophia Takal

Ah, finally. Patricia Wants to Cuddle, a new horror-comedy flick announced in the last few days, wil...

Sep 08, 2025 • Yardbarker

Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal (2015) - Full Cast and Crew

Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) ......

Aug 14, 2024 • Moviefone

With 'Black Christmas,' Sophia Takal Makes a #MeToo Slasher

GLENDALE, Calif. — In the new “Black Christmas,” a remake of the 1974 horror film, Cary Elwes ...

Aug 14, 2024 • Naija Gist - Latest