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[Sundance ’13] ‘Magic, Magic’ Joins Midnight, ‘Wrong Cops’ For New Frontier
Sundance Institute today announced the addition of four films to the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, including Sebastián Silva’s Magic, Magic and Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong Cops.
The 2013 Festival will be January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
Magic Magic, starring Michael Cera, Juno Temple, Emily Browning, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Augustín Silva, joins the Midnight line-up. It follows “An American girl vacationing in remote Chile mentally unravels, putting herself and those around her in danger.”
Wrong Cops, starring Mark Burnham, Marilyn Manson, Steve Little and Eric Wareheim, joins New Frontier. In it, “Imagine a Los Angeles where crime is so low that a bored cop sells drugs and harasses a teenager to pass the time. Shot in standalone chapters, as it is being financed, screened and released, watch the 45 minutes of crazy.”
Get new Magic, Magic stills below.
We have an exclusive first look at A Man in the Woods With an Axe, a blood-soaked, genre-twisting homage to 1980s slasher films.
Spanning four decades, A Man in the Woods With an Axe begins in the summer of 1987 before pushing into the modern era, weaving together timelines and perspectives in a way that builds both dread and intrigue.
Drawing inspiration from genre standouts like Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, Hatchet, and The Cabin in the Woods, the film blends visceral horror with moments of dark humor, creating a uniquely balanced experience that honors tradition while carving its own identity.
Writer-director Dillon Brown (Primal Darkness) aims to deliver everything fans crave from a slasher while boldly subverting expectations with a mid-film twist that redefines the story.
“This is an unapologetic love letter to the films that made me fall in love with horror,” Brown tells Bloody Disgusting. “But I didn’t just want to recreate that feeling; I wanted to challenge it. About halfway through, the film takes a turn that completely changes how you view not only this story, but the genre itself.”
Brown describes the vintage-inspired production as “far and away the bloodiest film I’ve ever made,” with practical effects helmed by Cody Ruch (The Mill, Pig Hill), an instructor at Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program.
From Horror Dadz Productions, A Man in the Woods With an Axe is currently in production and targeting an early 2027 release.
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