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‘The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde’ – Kenneth Branagh’s Psychological Thriller Lines Up Ensemble Cast
A Haunting in Venice director Kenneth Branagh is helming contemporary psychological thriller The Last Disturbance of Madline Hynde. With production underway, Deadline reports today that the thriller has lined up an impressive ensemble cast.
Patricia Arquette, Michael Sheen, Tom Bateman, Vicky McClure, Michael Balogun, Kristina Tonteri-Young and Karla Crome join lead star Jodie Comer, along with Aiysha Hart and Gemma Whelan.
The logline and plot details for The Last Disturbance of Madline Hynde remain under wraps at this time, other than it being described as a contemporary psychological thriller. Branagh writes and directs the feature which is being independently financed through his Belfast producers Tamar Thomas, Laura Berwick and Becca Kovacik, along with Matthew Jenkins and Maximum Effort’s Ashley Fox and Johnny Pariseau.
Jodie Comer is high in demand lately. The actor recently joinced the cast of 28 Years Later, the long awaited follow-up to 2002’s hit horror film 28 Days Later, alongside Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Ralph Fiennes, and Jack O’Connell. Comer also signed on to The Death of Robin Hood, said to be a darker reimagining of the classic story from Michael Sarnoski (A Quiet Place: Day One, Pig).
Filming is underway in the UK, so expect to hear more details on The Last Disturbance of Madline Hynde soon.
Before updating the video nasty Faces of Death, director Daniel Goldhaber and writer Isa Mazzei explored the dangers of online life in tech-thriller Cam, their feature debut that was acquired by Netflix in 2018 after making waves on the festival circuit.
At the end of last year, the Netflix exclusive quietly departed from the streaming platform, left without another streaming home.
It’s not an isolated story; Mike Flanagan’s Hush also left streaming entirely for a period until it was finally picked up on both physical media and other streaming services.
While the tech-thriller currently isn’t available to watch on Netflix, Tubi, Hulu, or any other platforms, that’s not a problem for Cam thanks to a very cool move by Goldhaber: the director has made his breakout film accessible to watch online for free via his website.
As his site notes: “CAM is unfortunately not currently available to view on any platforms, so you can watch it here if you like :).“
No subscriptions or fees necessary, just hit play.
Cam follows Alice (Madeline Brewer), who works as an online cam girl obsessed with her ranking on the cam site. The higher her ranking goes, the more it draws unwanted attention, and Alice soon finds herself replaced on her own show with a doppelganger.
Written by Mazzei, a former camgirl, it uses the horror thriller premise to examine the life of a sex worker; Alice’s career ambition is directly at odds with the shame it brings to her family, and how she tries to spare them from it by keeping them in the dark. It only compounds her danger when the doppelganger enters the equation in Goldhaber’s engaging thriller.
For a deep dive into the treacherous world of Cam, listen to Horror Queers’ episode on it now.
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