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Sundance Thriller ‘Alice’ Acquired by Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions for March 2022 Release
Hot off of the announcement of its upcoming world premiere at Sundance, Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have snapped up U.S. rights to the dramatic thriller Alice, written and directed by Krystin Ver Linden (Ride, Love in Vain), Bloody Disgusting just learned.
The wait to see this hyped thriller won’t be long as we’re told that Alice will be released theatrically on March 18, 2022!
“The film stars Keke Palmer as Alice, an enslaved person yearning for freedom on a rural Georgia plantation under its brutal and disturbed owner Paul (Jonny Lee Miller). After a violent clash with Paul, she flees through the neighboring woods and stumbles onto the unfamiliar sight of a highway, soon discovering the year is actually 1973. Rescued on the roadside by a disillusioned political activist named Frank (Common), Alice quickly comprehends the lies that have kept her in bondage and the promise of Black liberation.”
Inspired by true accounts, Alice is said to be a modern empowerment fable tracing Alice’s journey through the post-Civil Rights Era American South.
We’re told there are some horror elements and it’s a title we should be paying close attention to at the forthcoming Sundance Film Festival. Meagan Navarro will be reviewing for Bloody, assuming it’s of the genre. More soon.
Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day, Freaky) is staying busy here in 2024, directing not only the werewolf movie Big Bad but also an upcoming thriller titled Drop.
The project for Blumhouse and Platinum Dunes is being described as a “fast-paced thriller,” and Deadline reports today that Violett Beane (Truth or Dare) has joined the cast.
Newcomer Jacob Robinson has also signed on to star in the mysterious thriller. Previously announced, Meghann Fahy (“White Lotus”) will be leading the cast.
Landon recently teased on Twitter, “This is my love letter to DePalma.”
Jillian Jacobs and Chris Roach wrote the script.
Michael Bay, Jason Blum, Brad Fuller and Cameron Fuller — “who brought the script in to Platinum Dunes” — are producing the upcoming Drop. Sam Lerner is an executive producer.
THR notes, “The film is a Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse production for Universal.”
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