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A Serial Killer Stalks a Theater in ‘The Last Matinee’ [Cannes]
Grab your popcorn because this movie just got very real.
Paris-based sales co Reel Suspects has added Uruguay-Argentina horror Al Morir La Matinee (The Last Matinee) to its line-up ahead of the Cannes Virtual Marche, Deadline reports, while Bloody Disgusting has the first image.
“The Spanish-language movie is set in a Montevideo movie theatre, following events after a silent killer enters the venue’s final screening.
“The young girl in charge of the screening will have to face the threat to save her life and that of the present audience.”
Directed by Maximiliano Contenti, the cast is led by Luciana Grasso and Ricardo Islas.
It was written by Manuel Facal and produced by Contenti with Lucia Gaviglio, Alina Kaplan, Daniel Pensa and Miguel Rocca.
Watch for acquisition news as it comes in.
In addition to Leigh Whannell’s upcoming Universal Monsters movie Wolf Man, Julia Garner (The Royal Hotel) has also joined the cast of Weapons, THR has announced tonight.
Weapons is the new horror movie from New Line Cinema and director Zach Cregger (Barbarian), with Julia Garner joining the previously announced Josh Brolin (Dune 2).
The upcoming Weapons is from writer/director Zach Cregger, who will also produce alongside his Barbarian producing team: Roy Lee of Vertigo and J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules of BoulderLight Pictures. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon also produces.
The Hollywood Reporter teases, “Plot details for Weapons are being kept holstered but it is described as a multi and inter-related story horror epic that tonally is in the vein of Magnolia, the 1999 actor-crammed showcase from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.”
Cregger was a founding member and writer for the New York comedy troupe “The Whitest Kids U’Know,” which he started while attending The School of Visual Arts. The award-winning group’s self-titled sketch comedy show ran for five seasons on IFC-TV and Fuse. He was also a series regular on Jimmy Fallon’s NBC series “Guys with Kids” and the TBS hit series “Wrecked,” and was featured in a recurring role on the NBC series “About a Boy.”
Weapons will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
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