EXCLUSIVE: Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural announced the start of production on the latest Shudder original film, Birth/Rebirth.
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Brandy Norwood will star in a new psychological horror film called The Front Room, which is being written and directed by Max and Sam Eggers – the younger brothers of The Witch, The Lighthouse and The Northman filmmaker Robert Eggers.According to Variety, the A24 film – which was adapted from a short story by English author Susan Hill – follows a “young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.” Alongside Norwood, The Front Room will also star Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap and Neal Huff.“It’s official! THE FRONT ROOM from The Eggers’ Brothers. Can’t wait for y’all to see this,” Norwood wrote on Instagram when sharing the news.
“God you’re Awesome!!!! I trust you with my entire life. Thank you for this amazing opportunity to work with this unbelievable cast, crew, and the studio everyone wants to work with and of course my Eggers fam.”A post shared by 4 e v e r b r a n d y ♠️ (@brandy)The Front Room will mark the latest in a long line of films that Norwood has starred in over the past 25 years, debuting in the titular role of 1997’s Cinderella. She appeared in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer the following year, was in the voice cast for 2001’s Osmosis Jones, and in 2016 appeared in romantic comedy The Perfect Match.The film will mark the younger Eggers brothers’ directorial debut.
Max Eggers co-wrote the screenplay for The Lighthouse with brother Robert, which was also released by A24. Sam Eggers wrote and edited Olympia, a 2018 documentary about Olympia Dukakis, and was also a production assistant on The Witch.Coincidentally, the announcement of The Front Room comes the same week as another A24 horror film that will feature musicians.
EXCLUSIVE: Shudder, AMC Networks’ streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural announced the start of production on the latest Shudder original film, Birth/Rebirth.
plays a gay British cop named Tom during the 1950s, and his secret lover Patrick (David Dawson) is a museum curator and artist. When Tom’s girlfriend Marion (Emma Corrin of “The Crown”) notices a drawing of Tom by Patrick on the wall, she expresses her shock that her so-so beau was the chosen subject.Tom shoots back: “Patrick says ordinary people are the best faces to draw!”The Toronto International Film Festival crowd at the Princess of Wales Theatre roared with laughter at the line, knowing full well that Styles, who was in attendance, has graced covers of Vogue, GQ and Rolling Stone and regularly has headlines written about him such as “Harry Styles Is ‘Uncomfortable’ as a Sex Symbol.”This summer, Styles has been everywhere.
The great acting legend Sidney Poitier died in January at age 94. He did not live to see the thrilling new documentary on his life and career, Sidney, which had its World Premiere Saturday night at the Toronto International Film Festival. However it had its blessing, and that of his family, for the film which has been percolating and in development and then production for five years. And although Poitier himself didn’t get to see the finished work, everyone else will beginning on Friday September 23 when it begins streaming on Apple TV+ and playing in selected theatres.
“The Summer I Turned Pretty”, actor Christopher Briney will also appear in TIFF’s closing night film “Dalíland” alongside Sir Ben Kingsley, Barbara Sukowa, Ezra Miller, Suki Waterhouse and more. Directed by Mary Harron, from a screenplay by John C.
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