Forbidden Fruits

Forbidden Fruits is an upcoming American horror film starring Lola Tung, Lili Reinhart, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Chamberlain and Gabrielle Union.

Forbidden Fruits
Directed by	Meredith Alloway
Screenplay by	Lily Houghton Meredith Alloway
Based on	Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin, and Through Her We All Die by Lily Houghton
Produced by	Mason Novick Diablo Cody Trent Hubbard Mary Anne Waterhouse
Starring	Lola Tung Lili Reinhart Victoria Pedretti Alexandra Shipp Emma Chamberlain Gabrielle Union
Production company	MXN Entertainment
Distributed by	Independent Film Company Shudder
Country	United States
Language	English

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.^[1]

Cast

• Lola Tung
• Lili Reinhart
• Victoria Pedretti
• Alexandra Shipp
• Emma Chamberlain
• Gabrielle Union

Production

The film is directed by Meredith Alloway, in her feature-length debut, which she co-wrote 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.^[2] The script featured on the Black List in 2023 of the "most liked" scripts currently not in production.^[3]

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.^[4] In April 2025, Gabrielle Union joined the cast.^[5]

Release

The Independent Film Company and Shudder plan to release the film theatrically during 2026.^[4]