‘The Walking Dead’s’ Laurie Fortier and SAG Nominee Stelio Savante into Survival Thriller ‘Hazel’

Laurie Fortier (The Walking Dead), SAG award nominee Stelio Savante (Nefarious), and Madelyn Dundon (Getting Grace), lead a ‘Hazel’ cast that includes David Michael Reardon (Running The Bases), Timothy E. Goodwin (Promising Young Woman), and Todd Terry (Breaking Bad). The survival thriller is written and directed by Daniel Bielinski (Sanctified, End Of The Rope) for Canticle Productions. 

Based on the true story of Hazel Miner, the synopsis reads as follows:  

A gentle March snowfall suddenly transforms into a furious blizzard. The Miner children, Hazel (Madelyn Dundon), Emmet, and Myrdith; struggle to make it home from school as they become lost in the blinding wind and snow. As their parents (Stelio Savante and Laurie Fortier) and friends hunt desperately for the lost children, Hazel must keep her younger siblings alive in the face of impossible odds.

Hazel is being filmed in North Dakota, and is produced by Daniel Bielinski, Dave Diebel, Carson Nordgaard, and J Brockton Holbert.  

Canticle Productions has produced three feature films: A Heart like Water, Sanctified (distributed by Film Rise),  and End of the Rope, which recently signed with Saban Films for distribution.  

Canticle is dedicated to honoring the history, land, and people of North Dakota, telling powerful stories of courage and redemption.