Forbidden Fruits
{{Short description|American horror film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
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| director = Meredith Alloway
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- Mason Novick
- Diablo Cody
- Trent Hubbard
- Mary Anne Waterhouse
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- Lily Houghton
- Meredith Alloway
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| production_companies = MXN Entertainment
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Forbidden Fruits is an upcoming American horror film starring Lola Tung, Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Chamberlain and Gabrielle Union.
Premise
In Forbidden Fruits, Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.{{cite web|url= https://www.fangoria.com/forbidden-fruits-shudder/|website=Fangoria|date=18 March 2025|accessdate=18 March 2025|title= Shudder Acquires Witchy Horror FORBIDDEN FRUITS With Lili Reinhart And Victoria Pedretti}}
Cast
Production
The film is directed by Meredith Alloway, in her feature-length debut, which she co-write with Lily Houghton, and adapted from Houghton's play Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin, and Through Her We All Die. It is produced by Mason Novick, Diablo Cody, Trent Hubbard, and Mary Anne Waterhouse through MXN Entertainment.{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2025/02/diablo-cody-meredith-alloway-forbidden-fruits-lily-houghton-1236288388/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=March 18, 2025|title=Diablo Cody Producing Meredith Alloway's Feature Directorial Debut 'Forbidden Fruits' Based On Lily Houghton Play|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=February 13, 2025}} The script featured on the Black List in 2023 of the "most liked" scripts currently not in production.{{cite web|date=December 11, 2023|first=Mia|last=Galuppo|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-list-2023-revealed-1235738110/|title=2023 Black List Includes Patsy Cline, FTX and Tom Hanks Doppelganger Scripts|accessdate=March 18, 2025|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
The cast is led by Lola Tung, Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp and Emma Chamberlain, in her acting debut. Principal photography took place in spring 2025.{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2025/03/ifc-films-shudder-forbidden-fruits-lili-reinhart-lola-tung-1236329115/|website=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=March 18, 2025|title= IFC Films And Shudder Aquire 'Forbidden Fruits' Starring Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp And Emma Chamberlain|first1=Dessi|last1=Gomez|first2=Matt|last2=Grobar|date=March 18, 2025}} In April 2025, Gabrielle Union joined the cast.{{cite web|date=April 7, 2025|first=Matt|last=Grobar|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/gabrielle-union-joins-forbidden-fruits-movie-meredith-alloway-1236362346/|title=Gabrielle Union Joins Meredith Alloway's 'Forbidden Fruits'|accessdate=April 7, 2025|website=Deadline Hollywood}}
Release
The Independent Film Company and Shudder plan to release the film theatrically during 2026.