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Optimum Acquires UK Rights to Guillermo del Toro Produced ‘Julia’s Eyes’
While this news doesn’t do much for us here in the States, it does give us an idea of how powerful the EFM promo was for the Spanish thriller Julia’s Eyes, which was jointly produced by Guillermo del Toro and Barcelona’s Rodar and Rodar (both teams behind The Orphanage). Those in the UK, Optimum Releasing has scored theatrical rights to Guillem Morales (An Uncertain Guest) chiller after witnessing a three-minute promo and screenplay. An atmospheric psychological thriller, said Medina, Eyes unfolds in a Spanish hamlet. A young blind woman’s sudden death provokes a local blackout. Her sister (played by Orphanage lead Belen Rueda), an astronomist, investigates. But her sight is also failing. The feature is now in post-production. Check out the first ever images below.
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Maika Monroe (Longlegs) and director David Robert Mitchell are reuniting for It Follows sequel They Follow, and Deadline brings us the latest casting news this week.
Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children, A Nightmare on Elm Street), Justine Lupe (Succession), Anna Mirodin (Ivan), Jayne Taini (Unbelievable), Michael Gandolfini (Daredevil: Born Again), Tom Pecinka (Stereophonic), Melora Walters (Magnolia), Ben Krieger (Song Sung Blue), Natalie Shinnick (The Brutalist) and Jan Hoag (The Fabelmans) have joined the cast this week.
Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice) has also been confirmed to join They Follow.
Deadline notes in their report this afternoon, “Plot details for the long-anticipated sequel are under wraps, other than it taking place a decade after the events of the original film.”
They Follow is expected to enter production this Summer. Stay tuned for updates.
In the first movie, Maika Monroe’s Jay Height is a young woman followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter. In the sequel, the threat is now EVERYWHERE.
“It’s very dark,” Monroe recently teased. “We’re pushing the boundaries on this one for sure.”
“It’s very different from the original,” Monroe told Discussing Film. “The original is a little more heightened and dramatic, and this is really quite grounded and follows the story of these two women that are mentally dealing with a lot. I thought it was really an interesting take on it.”
NEON and Good Fear Content are producing They Follow.
They Follow will feature a new score from Disasterpeace.
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