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''Forbidden Fruits'' is an upcoming American
horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit physical or psychological fear in its viewers. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with Transgressive art, transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements of the genre include Mo ...
starring
Lola Tung Lola Tung (born October 28, 2002) is an American actress, singer and model. She is known for her performance as Isabel "Belly" Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video series '' The Summer I Turned Pretty'', based on the novel of the same name by Jenny ...
,
Lili Reinhart Lili Pauline Reinhart (born September 13, 1996) is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Betty Cooper on the CW teen drama series '' Riverdale'' (2017–2023). She has also starred in the crime drama film '' Hustlers'' (2019) a ...
,
Victoria Pedretti Victoria Pedretti (born March 23, 1995) is an American actress. She gained wide recognition for starring in the Netflix horror series ''The Haunting of Hill House'' (2018) and '' The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), which established her as a s ...
,
Alexandra Shipp Alexandra Shipp (born July 16, 1991) is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence for portraying singer Aaliyah in the Lifetime television film '' Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B'' (2014) and Kimberly Woodruff in the film ''Straight Ou ...
,
Emma Chamberlain Emma Frances Chamberlain (born May 22, 2001) is an American social media personality, influencer, podcaster, businesswoman and model. She won the 2018 Streamy Award for Breakout Creator. In 2019, ''Time'' magazine included her on its ''Time'' ...
and
Gabrielle Union Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade ( Union; born October 29, 1972) is an American actress. Her career began in the 1990s, when she made dozens of appearances on television sitcoms, prior to landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films '' She's All That ...
.


Premise

Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.


Cast

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Lola Tung Lola Tung (born October 28, 2002) is an American actress, singer and model. She is known for her performance as Isabel "Belly" Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video series '' The Summer I Turned Pretty'', based on the novel of the same name by Jenny ...
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Lili Reinhart Lili Pauline Reinhart (born September 13, 1996) is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Betty Cooper on the CW teen drama series '' Riverdale'' (2017–2023). She has also starred in the crime drama film '' Hustlers'' (2019) a ...
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Victoria Pedretti Victoria Pedretti (born March 23, 1995) is an American actress. She gained wide recognition for starring in the Netflix horror series ''The Haunting of Hill House'' (2018) and '' The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), which established her as a s ...
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Alexandra Shipp Alexandra Shipp (born July 16, 1991) is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence for portraying singer Aaliyah in the Lifetime television film '' Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B'' (2014) and Kimberly Woodruff in the film ''Straight Ou ...
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Emma Chamberlain Emma Frances Chamberlain (born May 22, 2001) is an American social media personality, influencer, podcaster, businesswoman and model. She won the 2018 Streamy Award for Breakout Creator. In 2019, ''Time'' magazine included her on its ''Time'' ...
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Gabrielle Union Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade ( Union; born October 29, 1972) is an American actress. Her career began in the 1990s, when she made dozens of appearances on television sitcoms, prior to landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films '' She's All That ...


Production

The film is directed by Meredith Alloway, in her feature-length debut, which she co-wrote with Lily Houghton, and adapted from Houghton's play ''Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin, and Through Her We All Die''. It is produced by Mason Novick,
Diablo Cody Brook Maurio (previously Busey-Hunt; ''née'' Busey; born June 14, 1978), known professionally by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American writer and producer. She gained recognition for her candid blog and subsequent memoir, ''Candy Girl: A Year ...
, Trent Hubbard, and Mary Anne Waterhouse through MXN Entertainment. The script featured on the
Black List Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority compiling a blacklist of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list; if people are on a blacklist, then they are considere ...
in 2023 of the "most liked" scripts currently not in production. The cast is led by
Lola Tung Lola Tung (born October 28, 2002) is an American actress, singer and model. She is known for her performance as Isabel "Belly" Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video series '' The Summer I Turned Pretty'', based on the novel of the same name by Jenny ...
,
Lili Reinhart Lili Pauline Reinhart (born September 13, 1996) is an American actress. She gained recognition for playing Betty Cooper on the CW teen drama series '' Riverdale'' (2017–2023). She has also starred in the crime drama film '' Hustlers'' (2019) a ...
,
Victoria Pedretti Victoria Pedretti (born March 23, 1995) is an American actress. She gained wide recognition for starring in the Netflix horror series ''The Haunting of Hill House'' (2018) and '' The Haunting of Bly Manor'' (2020), which established her as a s ...
,
Alexandra Shipp Alexandra Shipp (born July 16, 1991) is an American actress and singer who rose to prominence for portraying singer Aaliyah in the Lifetime television film '' Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B'' (2014) and Kimberly Woodruff in the film ''Straight Ou ...
and
Emma Chamberlain Emma Frances Chamberlain (born May 22, 2001) is an American social media personality, influencer, podcaster, businesswoman and model. She won the 2018 Streamy Award for Breakout Creator. In 2019, ''Time'' magazine included her on its ''Time'' ...
, in her acting debut.
Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...
took place in spring 2025. In April 2025,
Gabrielle Union Gabrielle Monique Union-Wade ( Union; born October 29, 1972) is an American actress. Her career began in the 1990s, when she made dozens of appearances on television sitcoms, prior to landing supporting roles in 1999 teen films '' She's All That ...
joined the cast.


Release

The Independent Film Company and Shudder plan to release the film theatrically during 2026.


References

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