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Violet and Madeleine McGraw, two sisters who are known for horror films such as “M3GAN,” “The Black Phone,” “Doctor Sleep” and “The Haunting of Hill House,” are leaving the scares behind for their next film.

Described as “Home Alone” meets “Die Hard,” the untitled holiday-set action film begins shooting this April in Las Vegas. Shaun Piccinino (Netflix’s “A California Christmas”) is directing the movie from a script by John Ducey (Netflix’s “A Hollywood Christmas”). Ali Afshar, Daniel Aspromonte and Christina Moore will produce the film. Violet, Madeline and their mother Jackie McGraw will also serve as producers.

Afshar, whose company Esx Entertainment has operated on the Warner Bros. lot for the past decade, will also produce a film adaptation of the television series “Casa Grande.” Production will commence in March around Lake Tahoe, Reno and Carson City.

“Casa Grande,” a bilingual limited series that follows California’s migrant workforce,...

Exclusive: The cast for Esx Entertainment’s horror movie The Necklace keeps mushrooming, with Nip/Tuck and Pretty Little Liars actress Roma Maffia joining.

Already cast in the movie directed by Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz and executive produced by Ali Afshar are sisters Madeleine and Violet McGraw, Henry Thomas, Sarah Lind, Felix Solis, Jacob Moran, Christina Moore and Brynne Kurland.

The Necklace centers on the Davis family, which is dealing with tough times in 1960. Laura Davis has separated from her husband Frank due to his unpredictable temper, fueled by alcohol. As she returns to work as a nurse, her daughters, 11-year-old Ellen (Violet McGraw) and 16-year-old Judy (Madeleine McGraw), grapple with the changes in the family dynamics. The plot thickens when Frank attempts to win Laura back with a beautiful antique necklace, which turns out to be a conduit for the tormented...