As Deep as the Grave

As Deep as the Grave

As Deep as the Grave is an upcoming American historical action adventure film written and directed by Coerte Voorhees. It stars Abigail Lawrie, Tom Felton, the likeness of Val Kilmer, Abigail Breslin, Tatanka Means, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Wes Studi, and Finn Jones.

Premise

As Deep as the Grave

The film follows the true story of North America's first female archaeologist Ann Axtell Morris (1900-1945), who along with her husband Earl H. Morris, worked with the Navajo in 1920s in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona to uncover North America's first civilization - the Ancestral Puebloans or "Anasazi."

Cast

As Deep as the Grave

• Abigail Lawrie as Ann Axtell Morris • Tom Felton as Earl H. Morris • Likeness of Val Kilmer as Father Fintan • Abigail Breslin as Anne Morrow Lindbergh • Tatanka Means as Seechi • Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Jean Charlot • Wes Studi as Tsali • Finn Jones as Charles Lindbergh • Ewen Bremner as Sylvanus G. Morley • Hanako Footman as Elizabeth Bixler

Production

As Deep as the Grave

In October 2020, it was reported that Coerte Voorhees would be writing and directing a historical action adventure film titled Canyon Del Muerto, starring Abigail Lawrie, Tom Felton, Val Kilmer, Abigail Breslin, Tatanka Means, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Wes Studi, Finn Jones, Ewen Bremner, and Hanako Footman. Principal photography began in November of 2020, without Kilmer's involvement, due to his cancer diagnosis. Kilmer died in his sleep at his Los Angeles home on April 1, 2025, at the age of 65. Filming occurred in New Mexico and Arizona in collaboration with the Navajo Nation. In March 2026, details shared about the film include that it had been retitled to As Deep as the Grave, and that Voorhees used artificial intelligence to complete the scenes featuring Kilmer, with the cooperation of Kilmer's family estate, and the support of his children.