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Good Fiend Films – David Dastmalchian Launches Genre-Focused Production Company
Actor David Dastmalchian (The Suicide Squad, Dune) has just launched his own production company, Deadline reports this afternoon, and the focus is entirely on genre projects.
The production company is titled Good Fiend Films, “which will look to produce character-driven projects across horror, sci-fi and fantasy for film, television, audio and publishing.”
Deadline adds that the actor “envisions his shingle as a home for stories about complex characters from all walks of life,” noting that the company will “generate nostalgic, entertaining content that captivates audiences while reminding them they’re not alone in this scary world.”
“It’s an exciting time for elevated genres and I am grateful to be entering the marketplace with a strong collection of ideas and projects at various stages of creation,” Dastmalchian told Deadline. “I have been blessed with the good fortune of collaborating with some of the best minds in entertainment and I have learned so much about myself and the craft of storytelling.
“At this stage in my journey of mental wellness and addiction recovery, I’m honored to be leading Good Fiend Films as we wrestle with tough questions through the entertaining lens of science fiction, horror, and superhero narratives.”
The first project from Good Fiend Films will be the SXSW horror movie Late Night With the Devil, which stars Dastmalchian. In the film from Colin Cairnes and Cameron Cairnes, “A live television broadcast of a popular late night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong during a demonstration of demonic possession, unleashing evil into the nation’s living room.”
Late Night With the Devil premieres at SXSW this coming March.
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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