‘Superman’s María Gabriela De Faría To Topline Serial Killer Pic ‘Romanticizing Monsters’ From Director Berkley Brady

EXCLUSIVE: María Gabriela de Faría, the Venezuelan actress recently tapped to play villain The Engineer in Warner Bros/DC’s Superman, has signed on to play the lead in Romanticizing Monsters, a new serial killer pic from director Berkley Brady (Dark Nature).

The film centers around De Faría’s character, Amelia Velez, a reporter and true crime podcaster investigating a series of missing person cases linked to an active serial killer that her boss and the police don’t believe exists.

With Justin Kelly and Katisha Shaw aboard to produce, the project is set to participate in the Frontières International Co Productions Market at Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal later today. Nicole Hilliard-Forde and Matthew Lessall are overseeing casting.

Soon to wrap her role in James Gunn’s Superman, the first title in a revamped DC slate, which is slated for release on July 11, 2025, De Faría will next be seen starring alongside Dylan Sprouse in the comedy The Duel, which Lionsgate and Grindstone Entertainment are releasing in theaters at the end of July.

Prior to Superman, De Faría was best known for a lead role in Lionsgate’s The Exorcism of God, a supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Alejandro Hidalgo, which was released through Saban Films after world premiering at Fantastic Fest. In addition to the indie drama R#J, a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the actress has also been seen on Fox’s Animal Control and The Moodys and Syfy’s Deadly Class.

Previously, Brady co-wrote and directed the horror pic Dark Nature, also contributing to Screambox’s Creepypasta.

De Faría is represented by Buchwald; Brady by Great North Artists Management.