The film is co-written by Giaco Furino and Wexler, who also produced along with horror veteran Larry Fessenden, Heather Buckley, Ashleigh Snead and Andrew van den Houten.
“I always wanted to direct, that was kind of a dream of mine,” said Wexler of where The Ranger originated from.
“In 2016, Glass Eye -myself and Larry- and Heather Buckley, we all went to the Frontiers program,” Wexler explained.
The film got a special leg up from Fantasia Fest’s Frontieres program, where Wexler, Buckley and famed New York producer Larry Fessenden (Habit, House of the Devil) were able to secure the financing they needed to make it.