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Ben Wheatley’s ‘Normal’ with Bob Odenkirk Hits Digital Next Week, Physical Media in July
From director Ben Wheatley (Meg 2: The Trench, Kill List) and writer Derek Kolstad (John Wick, Nobody), Normal is locked and loaded to watch at home next week.
The violent action thriller will be released on Digital May 19 before hitting 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on July 14 via Magnolia.
Bob Odenkirk stars as Sheriff Ulysses, whose provisional posting to the quaint Midwestern town of Normal was meant to be a welcome respite from both his marital woes and recent moral injuries in the line of duty.
But when a botched bank robbery interrupts the municipality’s tranquil pace, a dark secret is inadvertently exposed, and Ulysses soon discovers that the town is anything but its namesake.
Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Reena Jolly, Brendan Fletcher, Peter Shinkoda, and Jess McLeod round out the cast.
Odenkirk and Kolstad produce alongside Marc Provissiero (Nobody), in partnership with QWGmire (The Life of Chuck).
Special features:
- The Making of Normal
- Ben Wheatley: Storytelling
- Bob Odenkirk: Normal and Ulysses
- Derek Kolstad: The Characters
- Henry Winkler: Mayor Kinbner
- Marc Provissiero: The Team
- Trailers
“Normal successfully juggles high-octane action, neo-noir crime, well-placed humor, and small-town dynamics,” I wrote in my review. “Director Ben Wheatley dips back into Free Fire territory to deliver another explosively chaotic genre-bender.”
Normal is rated R for “strong bloody violence and language.”
After scaring up a strong theatrical run, Oddity director Damian McCarthy’s Hokum heads home to Digital this week.
Settle in for a spooky supernatural chiller as Hokum arrives on all Digital platforms to rent or own beginning June 2, followed by a Blu-ray/4K Ultra HD Combo and DVD release on August 11, 2026.
Adam Scott (“Severance”) stars in Hokum as reclusive novelist Ohm Bauman. When he retreats to a remote Irish inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, the staff’s tales of an ancient witch haunting the honeymoon suite take hold of his mind. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance draw Ohm into a nightmarish confrontation with the darkest corners of his past.
Peter Coonan (“The Alienist: Angel of Darkness”), David Wilmot (“Station Eleven”), Florence Ordesh (“Departure”), Michael Patric (“Frontier”), Will O’Connell (“Game of Thrones”), Brendan Conroy (“Bodkin”), and Austin Amelio (“The Walking Dead”) also star.
Get a peek at the upcoming physical media release below, including a few special features.
Spooky Pictures’ Roy Lee (Weapons) & Steven Schneider (Insidious) produce alongside Image Nation’s Derek Dauchy (Late Night with the Devil), Tailored Film’s Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, & Mairtín de Barra, and Cweature Features’ Ken Kao & Josh Rosenbaum.
I wrote in my review for Bloody Disgusting, “A quaint Irish hotel with a deeply haunted history awaits an American writer in McCarthy’s third outing, continuing his streak for folkloric tales of supernatural karma and spine-tingling terror with a dark sense of humor.”
What’s next from Damian McCarthy? He’s currently writing a haunted house movie, but recent comments suggest he may be moving into other genres beyond that upcoming project.
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