Danielle Panabaker Checks Into "THE WARD"

Danielle Panabaker will star opposite Amber Heard ("ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LAND" in "THE WARD", a psychological horror thriller that John Carpenter is directing for Echo Lake Entertainment and A Bigger Boat.

The Hollywood Reporter says the story follows a girl (Heard) who is admitted to a psychiatric ward, meets other girls there with distinct personalities and discovers a mysterious girl haunting the halls at night.

Panabaker plays a patient in the institution, a snobbish girl who flirts with orderlies and faces electroshock therapy.

Mamie Gummer ("TAKING WOODSTOCK") also has been cast as a patient.

Michael and Shawn Rasmussen wrote the script, with revisions by Jim Agnew and Sean Keller.

Principal photography is scheduled to begin next month in Spokane, Washington.