Platinum Dunes is producing a gym culture horror film titled, Shredded.

Mortal Kombat actor Josh Lawson is writing and directing the horror film, described as “an electric descent into diabolical mayhem where brains prove far more valuable than brawn.”

It follows Eileen who, reeling from a breakup, enrolls in an intense gym class run by a charismatic but deranged coach. When she quits the program, he abducts her and imprisons her in his sadistic training compound, forcing her — and other captives — through punishing, often lethal workouts.

As the physical toll mounts, Eileen must outwit the coach’s vicious regimen and turn his obsession with control and perfection against him before it’s too late.

Variety notes, “Designed as a viscerally entertaining crowd-pleaser, Shredded fuses relentless suspense with viciously sharp commentary, delivering nonstop chills and an unflinching look at the darker side of modern fitness culture and self-obsession.”

Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, and Alex Ginno produce for Platinum Dunes along with Jeff Golenberg (Powder Blue) for Strand Entertainment.

Executive Producers include Frédéric Fiore, Ryan Wickers, and Andrei Kamarowsky for Logical Pictures Group, Dave Bishop, James Pugh, and George Hamilton for Protagonist Pictures, and Troy Lum.

“Josh has crafted a deeply personal story that brings the horror directly into the audience’s lives,” Platinum Dunes stated. “After Shredded, audiences won’t look at gym equipment — or those wall-length mirrors — the same way again. We’re beyond excited to support him in bringing it to life.”

Protagonist Pictures and Logical Pictures Group and will launch international sales at the European Film Market in Berlin this week. UTA Independent Film Group will represent North American rights.

“Shredded is a high concept horror as brutal and unapologetically intense as the ultimate workout from hell,” added Protagonist CEO Bishop. “Tapping directly into contemporary anxieties around control, self-obsession and self-improvement, Shredded is set to put worldwide theatrical audiences through their paces.”

Variety first reported on the film.