By Brooks Welch

Multi-hyphenate and ‘Empire’ alum Tasha Smith recently joined Mo’Nique and Andra Day in Lee Daniel’s new horror film.

The project marks Smith and Daniels’ reunion after “Empire”. She also directed two episodes of Fox drama series “Star”, co-created by Daniels, Outlook reports.

According to Deadline, Oscar nominee Andra Day plays Ebony, the mother of an Indiana family whose children purportedly became demonically possessed in a thriller inspired by an actual case. Smith will play Asia, who is Ebony’s best friend.

The film is based off a true story that first became public in 2014. As reported by Deadline, Latoya Ammons and her three children experienced strange incidents in their Gary, IN, home that grew progressively worse, with the children levitating, becoming violent with one another and speaking in growls and deep voices with no recollection afterward. Skeptics abounded, but the Gary Police Department, Department of Child Services and the local church and hospital all became involved, filing reports that took the supernatural occurrences seriously. Officers, doctors and social workers said they witnessed many of the incidents, including one in which her 9-year-old son walked backward up a wall. The Indianapolis Star covered it closely as the Department of Child Services investigated it.

The film will also feature Oscar nominee Glenn Close, Rob Morgan, Caleb McLaughlin and recent ‘King Richard’ Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis.

Back in January, Deadline also reported that the package closed upward of $65 million, covering the film’s budget and buyouts. Daniels, Tucker Tooley and Pam Williams are producing. It will begin production by the middle of this year.