Xochitl Gomez, Madeleine McGraw & Jack Champion Cast In ‘Bad Influence’ YA Horror

EXCLUSIVE: Xochitl Gomez, Madeleine McGraw and Jack Champion are hitting the road for the Jason Perlman-helmed YA horror film Bad Influence.

The trio has been cast in the film from screenwriter Brandon Cohen, which is described as a modern-day Thelma & Louise fueled by female rage, following Isabelle (McGraw) and Kira (Gomez) on a road trip home for spring break, when they pick up mysterious hitchhiker (Liam), who is not what he seems.

Bad Influence producers are Debbie Liebling, Joel David Moore and Zachary Burgess. Moore and Liebling previously collaborated on Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and Grandma’s Boy (2006). Executive producers include Steven Silverstein, Cathy Raduns, Raymond Merrill, Carmelo Chimera, Syed Ali Saeed, Denis Schoenhofer, Natalie Kline, Jarod Einsohn.

Gomez is known for her roles in Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Netflix’s The Babysitters Club and Season 32 of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, which she won. She can next be heard in the Warner Bros’ animated update on Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat.

McGraw reprised her role as Gwen Blake in The Black Phone 2, having also appeared in American Sniper, Cars 3, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Toy Story 4. She is repped by UTA, The Burstein Company, Coast to Coast Talent Group and Schreck Rose.

Champion has starred as Spider in the Avatar franchise, in addition to appearing in Scream VI. His next movie Don’t Say Good Luck premieres Aug. 14 on Netflix. Champion is repped by UTA, Amplified and Goodman Genow.