New to Stream: Peacock January 2021 Movie & TV Titles Announced

The schedule for the movie and TV titles coming to NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock in January 2021 has been revealed, which you can view below! This includes the upcoming Peacock debut of the iconic sitcom The Office with all nine seasons set to be exclusively available on the streamer on January 1.

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Available January 1 (* > Exclusive to Peacock)

2012, 2009*

Away We Go, 2009*

Baby Mama, 2008*

Balto, 1998*

Baseketball, 1998*

Born On The Fourth of July, 1989*

Bride of Chucky, 1998

Buried, 2010*

Burlesque, 2010*

Burn After Reading, 2008*

Cabin Fever, 2003*

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, 2009*

Cape Fear, 1991*

Casino, 1995*

Cloak & Dagger, 1984*

The Condemned, 2007*

Definitely, Maybe, 2008*

Deliver Us from Eva, 2003*

Delta Farce, 2007*

Drag Me to Hell, 2009*

Dragon Blade, 2015*

Duplicity, 2009*

E.T., 1982*

Fast Times at Ridgemont High, 1982

Fatal Attraction, 1987

Fifty Shades of Grey, 2015

Fifty Shades Darker, 2017

Fifty Shades Freed, 2018

Fletch, 1985*

Fletch Lives, 1989*

Freeheld Documentary, 2007*

Freeheld Feature, 2015*

Frost/Nixon, 2008*

Funny People, 2009*

Green Zone, 2010*

Half Baked, 1998*

Hamlet 2, 2008*

Howard the Duck, 1986*

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, 2007*

Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete, 2013*

Inside Man, 2006*

The Island, 2006*

Johnny English, 2003*

Jumanji, 1995*

Jurassic Park, 1993*

The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 1997*

Jurassic Park III, 2001*

Kicking and Screaming, 2005*

Knocked Up, 2007*

Land of the Dead, 2006*

Law Abiding Citizen, 2009*

Love Actually, 2003*

Lucy, 2014

Major Payne, 1995*

Mamma Mia!, 2008*

Monty Python’s Meaning of Life, 1983*

Nanny McPhee, 2006*

Nany McPhee Returns, 2010*

Non-Stop, 2014

Peter Pan, 2003*

Pride and Prejudice, 2005*

Promised Land, 2012*

Psycho, 1998*

Psycho II, 1982*

Pyscho III, 1986*

Repo Men, 2010*

Schindler’s List,1993*

Seed of Chucky, 2004

Skinwalkers, 2007*

Something New, 2006*

State of Play, 2009*

The Strangers (2008

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, 2000*

The Big Wedding, 2013*

The Bourne Identity, 2002*

The Bourne Supremacy, 2004*

The Express, 2008The Holiday, 2006*

The Land Before Time, 1988

The Motorcycle Diaries, 2004

The Pirated Who Don’t Do Anything, 2008

The Producers, 2005*

The Walking Dead, 1995

The Wolfman, 2010

They Live, 1988*

Traffic, 2001*

Wanted, 2008*

Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, 2008*

Wishmaster, 1997*

Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies, 1999*

Wishmaster 3: Sword of Justice, 2001

Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy Fulfilled, 2002*

Zombieland, 2009*

The Office, Seasons 1-9* (NBC)

Mr. Robinson, Season 1 (NBC)

Available January 2

Chicago Fire, Seasons 1-8 (NBC)

Chicago Med, Seasons 1-5 (NBC)

Chicago P.D., Seasons 1-7 (NBC)

Available January 6

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Season 2 (NBC)

Available January 7

Vanderpump Rules, Season 8 (Bravo)

Available January 8

The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock Original) – New Episode

Mr. Mayor, Season 1 (NBC)

Sox, 2013

Dear Dictator, 2017

Black and Cuba, 2015

Boys of Summer, 2010

Love, Antosha, 2019

Available January 10

NFL Wildcard Game (NBC)

Available January 11

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Geography Club, 2013

About Scout, 2015

Bare Knuckle Brawler, 2019

Breakdown Lane, 2017

Claire in Motion, 2016

Coldwater, 2013

Dark Sense, 2019

Eco-Terrorist: Battle for Our Planet, 2019

Fair Haven, 2016

Hollywood Chaos, 2013

Honeyglue, 2015

Lake Alice, 2019

Last Seen In Idaho, 2018

Laurence Anyways, 2012

Lost Child, 2017

Moss, 2017

Porcupine Lake, 2017

Sins of Our Youth, 2014

Sleeping with the Fishes, 2013

Southern Baptist Sissies, 2013

The Fields, 2011

The Merry Gentleman, 2008

The Odd Way Home, 2013

To Life (A La Vie), 2014

We are Boats, 2018

A Cry From Within, 2014

Available January 12

A Little Late with Lilly Singh, Season 2 (NBC)

Available January 13

US Championships Figure Skating

Available January 15

The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock Original) – New Episode

Available January 16 (* > Exclusive to Peacock)

A Serious Man, 2009*

Dallas Buyers Club, 2013*

Hanna, 2011*

Supercross Events

Speed Skating Events

Available January 18

On The Trail: Joe Biden’s Long Road to the White House (NBC News)

Available January 22

The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock Original) – New Episode

Available January 27

La Suerte de Loli, Season 1 (Telemundo)

Buscando a Frida, Season 1 (Telemundo)

Available January 28

Bob Saget: Zero to Sixty, 2017

Brody Stevens: Live From the Main Room, 2018

Brother Sam: A Tribute to Sam Kinison, 2005

Cameron Esposito: Marriage Material, 2016

Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional, 2015

D.L. Hughley: Clear, 2014

D.L. Hughley: Reset, 2012

Darrell Hammond: Mayhem Explained, 2018

David Cross: Oh, Come On, 2019

Eddie Griffin: You Can Tell ‘Em I Said It, 2011

Finesse Mitchell: The Spirit Told Me to Tell You, 2018

Harland Williams: A Force of Nature, 2011

Henry Rollins: Keep Talking, Pal, 2018

Iliza Shlesinger: Over & Over, 2019

Iliza Shlesinger: War Paint, 2013

Janeane Garofalo: If I May, 2016

Jasper Redd: Jazz Talk, 2014

Jay Pharoah: Can I Be Me?, 2015

Jermaine Fowler: Give ‘Em Hell, Kid, 2015

Jimmie JJ Walker & Mike Winslow: We are Still Here, 2018

Joel McHale: Live From Pyongyang, 2019

Joe Coco Diaz: Sociably Unacceptable, 2016

Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again, 2015

Kevin Hart Presents – Keith Robinson: Back of the Bus Funny, 2014

Kevin Hart Presents – Lil Rel Howery: Relevant, 2015

Kevin Hart Presents – Plastic Cup Boyz, 2014

Kevin Nealon: Whelmed…But Not Overl, 2012

Kevin Smith: Silent, But Deadly (Extended Edition), 2018

Larry the Cable Guy: Remain Seated, 2020

Lavell Crawford: Home for the Holidays, 2017

Louie Anderson: Big Baby Boomer, 2012

Marc Maron: Thinky Pain, 2013

Margaret Cho: Psycho, 2015

Maria Bamford: Weakness is The Brand, 2020

Michael Ian Black: Very Famous, 2011

Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend, 2013

Sam Kinison: Family Entertainment Hour, 1991

Sasheer Zamata: Pizza Mind, 2017

Sinbad: Make Me Wanna Holla, 2014

Sinbad: Where U Been?, 2010

Tim Allen: Men are Pigs, 1990

Tom Arnold: Past & Present Imperfectly, 2018

Tom Segura: Completely Normal, 2014

Whitney Cummings: Money Shot, 2010

It’s Showtime at the Apollo

Available January 29

The Amber Ruffin Show (Peacock Original) – new episode

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The Little Things Trailer: Denzel Washington Stars in New Crime Thriller

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the official trailer for John Lee Hancock’s upcoming crime thriller film titled The Little Things, starring Oscar winner Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. This marks Washington’s first acting project after three years since starring in 2018’s The Equalizer 2. The film will be arriving in theaters and on HBO Max on January 29, 2021. Check out the video in the player below!

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In The Little Things, Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe “Deke” Deacon (Washington) is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a killer who is terrorizing the city. Leading the hunt, L.A. Sheriff Department Sergeant Jim Baxter (Malek), impressed with Deke’s cop instincts, unofficially engages his help. But as they track the killer, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes of Deke’s past, uncovering disturbing secrets that could threaten more than his case.

The film will be led by Academy Award winners Denzel Washington (Training Day, Glory), Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club). It will also feature Natalie Morales (Battle of the Sexes), Terry Kinney (Mile 22), Chris Bauer (Sully), Joris Jarsky (Bad Blood), Isabel Arraiza (Pearson) and Michael Hyatt (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend).

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The Little Things is written and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks). It is produced by Mark Johnson and Hancock with Mike Drake and McCormick set as executive producers.

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MGM Looking to Sell Entire Film Library and Studio

According to The Wall Street Journal, MGM is planning to sell its entire film studio which includes its wide and rich film library as well as TV-titles they’ve produced. The company, who has a reported market value of around $5.5 billion, has already tapped two investment banks -Morgan Stanley and Lion Tree LLC.- in order to kick-start the formal sale process.

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According to the outlet, MGM is hoping that their vast library content would attract companies, who are interested in expanding into the streaming landscape. MGM currently has ownership on over 4000 titles and 17,000 hours of television programming. This includes big franchises such as the James Bond films (with No Time to Die currently slated for a April 2, 2021), Rocky, The Hobbit, Pink Panther, Candyman, and RoboCop as well as acclaimed TV series The Handmaid’s Tale and Stargate.

The studio also has the rights to upcoming projects such as: Ridley Scott’s star-studded crime drama film Gucci; a third Creed film; a Pink Panther reboot; Ron Howard’s Thai cave rescue film Thirteen Lives; Peter Dinklage-led musical film Cyrano; a Tomb Raider sequel starring Alicia Vikander; and the long-awaited Legally Blonde sequel featuring the return of Reese Witherspoon’s Elle Woods.

Are you sad to see MGM selling off their studio? Who do you think will acquire it? Sony? Warner Bros.? Apple? Let us know in the comments below!

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The Croods: A New Age Tops Streaming Lists On Vudu and FandangoNOW

The Croods: A New Age topped the streaming lists for both Vudu and FandangoNOW this week, leaving new releases Greenland and Tenet vying for spots No. 2 and 3. The War With Grandpa rounded out the top four.

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Vudu’s list also included Love and Monsters, The New Mutants, Honest Thief, the holiday favorite Elf, Fatman and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation — a majority of which also featured on FandangoNOW’s list. Though, Fatman, Christmas Vacation and The New Mutants were bumped in favor of Songbird, Freaky and Let Him Go.

Vudu Top Ten

The Croods: A New Age
Tenet
Greenland
The War With Grandpa
Love and Monsters
The New Mutants
Honest Thief
Elf
Fatman
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation

FandangoNOW Top Ten

The Croods: A New Age
Greenland
Tenet
The War With Grandpa
Honest Thief
Songbird
Let Him Go
Freaky
Love and Monsters
Elf

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David Gordon Green in talks to helm The Exorcist sequel for Blumhouse

Coming off from the success of 2018’s Halloween film, the Observer brings word that director David Gordon Green is looking to reunite with Blumhouse Productions in order to breathe new life into another dormant horror franchise as he officially enters negotiations to helm the studio’s upcoming sequel feature to 1973’s The Exorcist. Should the deal push through, this will probably be his first directorial project following the upcoming two Halloween sequels titled Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends which are set to debut in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

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Based on a William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel, the original film was directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay also adapted by Blatty. It starred Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller and Linda Blair. The Exorcist centered around the sudden demonic possession of a 12-year-old girl named Reagan after encountering an old Ouija board. In a last attempt to save Reagan, two Roman Catholic priest were enlisted to conduct an exorcism on her.

Since its theatrical release in 1973 it became a pop culture phenomenon and was the first horror film to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. It was was then followed by two sequels in 1977 and 1990, as well as two alternate prequels in 2004 and 2005.

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The Exorcist sequel will be produced by Jason Blum, David Robinson and James Robinson with Morgan Creek Production also developing the project. It’s unclear if this sequel will lack any connection to the previous sequel installments, just like what Blumhouse did on 2018’s Halloween.

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Coming 2 America Trailer Journeys Back to Zamunda… & Queens!

Amazon Studios has released the trailer for the highly-anticipated Eddie Murphy-led sequel Coming 2 America. Releasing exclusively on Prime Video on March 5, 2021, you can check out the Coming 2 America trailer in the player below!

RELATED: Amazon Prime Video January 2021 Movie and TV Titles Announced

Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, Coming 2 America continues to follow newly-crowned King Akeem and his trusted confidante Semmi embark on an all-new hilarious adventure that has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens, New York – where it all began.

The sequel will feature the return of original cast cast members Eddie Murphy as Akeem, Arsenio Hall as Semmi, James Earl Jones as King Jaffe Joffer, Shari Headley as Queen Lisa, John Amos as Cleo McDowell and Louie Anderson as Maurice, and the motley barbershop crew. Joining this star-studded ensemble are Wesley Snipes, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, Jermaine Fowler, Bella Murphy, Rotimi, KiKi Layne, Nomzamo Mbatha and Teyana Taylor.

Purchase the first Coming To America film here!

Coming 2 America is directed by Craig Brewer from a screenplay written by black-ish creator Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein and David Sheffield, with story by Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield and Justin Kanew, based on characters created by Eddie Murphy. It is a co-production by Paramount Pictures, New Republic Pictures and Eddie Murphy Productions. The producers are Kevin Misher and Eddie Murphy, executive producers are Brian Oliver, Bradley Fischer, Valerii An, Kenya Barris, Charisse Hewitt-Webster, Michele Imperato Stabile and Andy Berman.

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The original film was directed by John Landis in 1988 and starred Murphy as a wealthy African prince who comes to Queens, New York posing as a poor man to search for a bride. It became a box-office hit with a worldwide gross of more than $280 million.

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New to Stream: OVID’s January 2021 Movie Lineup

OVID.tv, the curated streaming destination for documentaries and art-house films, has announced its January streaming lineup! Documentary premiere highlights for next month include Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter’s Space Dogs, which documents the life of Moscow’s street dogs and traces their story back to Laika, the first dog in space; Martina Kudlacek’s Notes on Marie Menken, the story of one of New York’s outstanding underground filmmakers who inspired and worked with Andy Warhol, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, and Kenneth Anger; and Wen Hai and Zeng Jinyan’s Outcry and Whisper, an intimate documentary chronicling women’s oppression in China as well as striking acts of resistance. You can learn more about these films and check out the full January slate below!

RELATED: Amazon Prime Video January 2021 Movie and TV Titles Announced

Friday, January 8th

Conviction

Directed by Antoine Raimbault; Distrib Films, Feature

France, 2019

As a juror at Jacques Viguier’s trial, Nora (Marina Foïs) is convinced that he did not kill his wife. This intuition quickly becomes an obsession. She persuades Eric Dupond-Moretti (Olivier Gourmet), the most famous lawyer in the country to defend him. Together they start a compulsive fight to prove his innocence against all odds. That quest has a price they might not be ready to pay.

The Girl with the Bracelet

Directed by Stéphane Demoustier; Distrib Films, Feature

France, 2017

At 16 years old, Lise (Melissa Guers) is accused of murdering her best friend. As the trial starts, her parents (Roschdy Zem and Chiara Mastroianni) stand right by her side. But once her secret life is revealed in court, the truth becomes indistinguishable.

“I love you” means nothing. Everyone says “I love you”. A young girl called to the witness stand casually drops these disarmingly simple words that are enough to give one chills. That is a recurring feeling throughout this unusually precise courtroom drama, where words and their power are at the center of attention. In this case, the legal proceedings become the ritual of a society putting its own youth on trial.

Fool’s Mate (Le Coup de Berger)

Directed by Jacques Rivette; Icarus Films, Feature

France, 1957

An early film from the six-decade career of hugely influential French director and critic Jacques Rivette.

Claire (Virginie Vitry) is given a gorgeous fur coat by her lover, Claude (Jean-Claude Brialy). To avoid raising her sleepy husband’s suspicions (Etienne Loinod), she hatches a plan to “find” a baggage claim ticket on the floor of a cab. Claim the bag, see that it contains a fur coat – and voilà! – she can wear it without fear. “The perfect crime,” as her lover says… But is it?

While long-running times would become a Rivette trademark, FOOL’S MATE is a tautly paced short drama that unfolds like a chess match, with moves and counter-moves as each side tries to outwit the other. The digital restoration highlights the film’s exquisite cinematography. Virginie Vitry is a sexy, pouty, luminous lead, and the film features cameos by Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and Claude Chabrol.

Wednesday, January 13th

All the World’s Memories (Toute la Memoire du Monde)

Directed by Alain Resnais; Icarus Films, Short

France, 1956

This recently restored early short by French New Wave director Alain Resnais (perhaps best known for Hiroshima Mon Amour), pays homage to the National Library of France. For centuries, the library has served as a repository for all the country’s publications, and more: Maps, prints, comic books, priceless manuscripts, gems, and medals all form part of the collection.

Much like Susan Orlean’s The Library Book, ALL THE WORLD’S MEMORY takes us on an impressive and impressionistic tour, from the reading rooms, to the stunning architecture, to the stacks and the physical plant. We also accompany a new arrival to the library – a recently published book – on its journey from reception to cataloguing to the moment it takes its place on a shelf, joining millions of other items that have made their home here for centuries. At the intersection of artistic and informative, ALL THE WORLD’S MEMORY is a unique look at the effort to catalogue as much knowledge as possible in one of the world’s great libraries.

Cannes Film Festival 1957, Best Picture Award

Cannes Film Festival 1981, Grand Prix award

Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival 1958, gold medal

Van Gogh

Directed by Alain Resnais; Icarus Films, Short

France, 1957

Classic French New Wave director Alain Resnais’ early film, VAN GOGH won an Oscar for best short documentary film. Recently restored, this 1948 boundary-pushing short brilliantly evokes the life of Vincent Van Gogh, using only his paintings as visuals. VAN GOGH traces the great painter’s life and work, from his early days as a realist in the Netherlands, to his stay in Paris, the peak of his career in Provence, and then the dark days of madness that descended on him.

The black-and-white renderings of Van Gogh’s paintings, coupled with a dramatic musical score, are surprisingly evocative.

Notes on Marie Menken

Directed by Martina Kudlacek; Music by John Zorn; Icarus Films, Documentary

US, 2007

Martina Kudlacek, director of the critically acclaimed “In the Mirror of Maya Deren,” brings us the story of Marie Menken (1909-1970), one of New York’s outstanding underground filmmakers, who inspired and worked with renowned artists Andy Warhol, Stan Brakhage, Jonas Mekas, Kenneth Anger and Gerard Malanga, and became known as “the mother of the avant-garde.”

Originally an abstract painter and collage artist, Menken produced nearly two dozen experimental shorts, gracefully using a hand-held Bolex camera to create rhythmic patterns of light, color, form and texture, and compose exquisite visual poems. Rich in excerpts of Menken’s work, the film also features the rare and fascinating footage of “The Duel of the Bolexes” she conducted with Andy Warhol on a New York rooftop.

The large, loud and tempestuous Menken, whose volatile relationship with husband Willard Maas reportedly inspired Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, became a Warhol superstar making memorable appearances in The Life of Juanita Castro and The Chelsea Girls.

Featuring interviews with Jonas Mekas, Kenneth Anger, Gerard Malanga, Peter Kubelka, Alfred Leslie, Billy Name, and the Chelsea Girls star Mary Woronov.

Thursday, January 14th

Santiago, Italia

Directed by Nanni Moretti; Distrib US, Documentary

Italy, 2018

In the early seventies, the world was watching as Chile democratically elected Socialist leader Salvador Allende. His political ideals and aspirations—among them providing education for all children and distributing land to the nation’s workers—terrified the country’s right-wing, as well as the U.S., who helped orchestrate a military coup that replaced him with dictator Augusto Pinochet. This tragic history has been well documented, but Italian director Nanni Moretti (Caro Diario, Ecce Bombo) adds an angle many viewers may not know about: the efforts of the Italian Embassy to save and relocate citizens targeted by the fascist regime. Told through the testimonies of those who were there, Santiago, Italia is a chilling depiction of living under junta rule and an ultimately inspiring expression of hope amidst dire circumstances.

Space Dogs

Directed by Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter; Icarus Films, Documentary

Austria/Germany, 2020

With stunning cinematography and meditative pacing that recalls the work of Andrei Tarkovsky, SPACE DOGS is a singular work that de-centers humans in order to uncover a forgotten history. Archival footage of the Soviet space program is interwoven throughout the film, reveling in the bizarre tests and procedures the canines were subjected to in preparation for space travel. The hum of space-age machinery blends seamlessly with the hypnotic drone of the soundtrack, which in turn echoes the alien sounds of the modern city.

Friday, January 15th

An Elephant Sitting Still

Directed by Hu Bo; KimStim, Feature

China, 2018

Under the gloomy sky of a small town in northern China, different protagonists’ lives are intertwined in this furious tale of nihilistic rage. While protecting his friend from a dangerous school bully, 16-year-old WEI Bu pushes the tormentor down a staircase. WEI escapes the scene and later learns that the bully is hospitalized and gravely injured. WEI’s neighbor, the 60-year-old WANG Jin, is estranged from his family and, with nothing to lose, decides to join him. Later the pair is joined by HUANG Ling, WEI’s classmate. She is bedeviled by a destructive affair with a married school official.

Outcry and Whisper

Directed by Wen Hai and Zeng Jinyan; dGenerate Films, Documentary

China, 2020

A performance artist approaches a dais with a quiet formality, then proceeds to slowly and deliberately slice a series of cuts into her face with a razor. A doctoral student/filmmaker, under house arrest and constant surveillance, walks up to a vehicle following her and holds up a sign saying, “Shame to insult a woman.” Female factory workers describe being arrested and harassed when they stand up for their rights.

Shot over eight years, OUTCRY AND WHISPER is a highly personal and sometimes uncomfortably intimate documentary chronicling women’s oppression and resistance in mainland China and Hong Kong. One remarkable and tumultuous sequence is shot in the midst of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrations.

Zeng and Wen previously collaborated on WE THE WORKERS, a verite documentary about the struggles of largely male union activists organizing workers in China. With OUTCRY AND WHISPER, their focus on women broadens the scope beyond labor. From factory workers gathering to demand collective bargaining to women gathering for a feminist film group, they highlight the common struggles women face, and their inventive and powerful means of fighting back.

Wednesday, January 20th

Ricordi?

Directed by Valerio Mieli; Distrib US, Feature

Italy, 2018

A love story, seen through the memories of one young couple: recollections altered by moods, different perspectives, and time itself. A journey through the years of two individuals, united, divided, happy, unhappy, deeply in love or in love with others, told in a single stream of emotions and shades of feeling. Over the course of the film, he (Luca Marinelli) learns that love can last, while she (Linda Caridi) learns to live with nostalgia. Their memories change over time: fading or bursting in happiness, in a present that fast slips away.

La Biennale di Venezia 2018: Giornate degli Autori, Official Selection – BNL People’s Choice Award, Special Mention FEDIC, NuovoImaie Award (Linda Caridi)

The Invisible Witness

Directed by Stefano Mordini; Distrib US, Feature

Italy, 2018

Adriano Doria is “the entrepreneur of the year” in Milan. He drives a BMW, wears a flamboyant Rolex, has an adorable wife and daughter and a beautiful mistress. But now he is under house arrest, accused of murder.

Thursday, January 21st

Egg Cream

Directed by Nora Claire Miller, Peter Miller & Amy Linton; Icarus Films, Documentary

U.S., 2020

EGG CREAM is a short film about the enduring meaning of a beloved chocolate soda drink born on the Jewish Lower East Side. The egg cream contained neither eggs nor cream – it was a product of necessity and hardship, but a source of joy and sweetness. Through a tour of egg cream establishments led by a filmmaker and his young daughter, exhaustively researched archival imagery, and even a song by Lou Reed, the film examines the Jewish experience in America and the mythology of a simpler time.

Yiddish

Directed by Nurith Aviv; Icarus Films, Documentary

U.S., 2020

In Nurith Aviv’s unexpected, original documentary, seven young interviewees share their love for Yiddish avant-garde poetry written between the World Wars. An expressive hybrid “jargon” with roots in Hebrew, German and Slavic languages, Yiddish has been shamed, banned, and nearly wiped out, but it’s a vernacular with rich political, historical, religious, socio-economic and literary import. In her spirited film, Aviv brings its ancient words to life.

Friday, January 22nd

Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

Directed by Mouly Surya; Starring Marsha Timothy; Icarus Films, Feature

Indonesia, 2017

In the deserted hills of an Indonesian island, Marlina (Marsha Timothy), a young widow, is attacked and robbed of all her livestock by a gang of seven bandits. She then defends herself, setting out on a journey to find justice, empowerment, retribution and redemption. But the road is long, especially when she begins to be haunted by the ghost of her victim. A stunning Scope western set to a Morricone-inspired score, this unique tale of female cinematic revenge takes no prisoners.

Papicha

Directed by Mounia Meddour; Distrib Films, Feature

France/Algeria, 2019

Set in Algeria in the 1990’s, Nedjma (Lyna Khoudri, The French Dispatch), is an 18 year-old student passionate about fashion design who refuses to let the tragic events of the Algerian Civil War keep her from experiencing a normal life and going out at night with her friends. As the social climate becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set by the radicals and decides to fight for her independence by putting on a fashion show.

Friday, January 29th

And So Angels Die

Directed by Moussa Sene Absa; California Newsreel, Documentary

Senegal, 2001

Moussa Sene Absa’s latest work pushes the formal boundaries of African cinema to explore the complex interplay of history and psychology in contemporary Africa. Intensely personal and at the same time deeply political, And So Angels Die (Ainsi meurent les anges) combines the elegiac lyricism of his Ça twiste à Poponguine with the acerbic social critique of Tableau Ferraille. What is perhaps most surprising is that this creative freedom was won precisely by working within the constraints of new low-budget video technology. Appearing the same year as Karmen Geï and Faat Kine, it attests to the continuing vitality of Senegalese filmmaking as it propels African cinema in boldly innovative directions.

Softie

Directed by Sam Soko; Icarus Films, Documentary

U.S., 2020

Boniface “Softie” Mwangi uses his teeth to pry the lid off a toddler’s sippy cup while carrying on a phone conversation about an upcoming demonstration. “I think it’s good for us to get arrested,” he says. A few minutes later, Softie, a photo-journalist and anti-corruption activist, heads out the door. “Where are you going?” one of his kids ask. “To topple the government,” he replies.

Softie made his name with a series of harrowing photos of the violence that followed the 2007 Kenyan elections. A decade later, after years of organizing, arrests, and police beatings, he decides to run for office, telling his wife, Njeri, about his decision on camera, with a hesitant laugh.

On the campaign trail in his inner-city district, Softie comes up against corruption and the expectation that candidates will hand out money and favors. One woman calls him a “broke idiot” when he refuses to bribe her for her vote. Meanwhile, he and his family receive death threats, forcing Njeri and the children to seek asylum in the US.

SOFTIE is the portrait of a committed activist, but it’s also about politics, family and what it means to be Kenyan. And it’s a gripping campaign film too. Director Sam Soko followed Softie for five years, as Softie’s activism tests their marriage and his ability to be present for their kids. Is winning worth any price?

Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival 2020

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Netflix’s The White Tiger Trailer: Create Your Own Fate

Netflix has released the full trailer for their upcoming drama film adaptation of The White Tiger, based on author Aravind Adiga’s 2008 novel of the same name. The trailer highlights the journey of a man’s rise from the bottom of the Indian social class. Check out the video in the player below!

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In The White Tiger, Balram Halwai narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India. Cunning and ambitious, our young hero jockeys his way into becoming a driver for Ashok and Pinky, who have just returned from America. Society has trained Balram to be one thing — a servant — so he makes himself indispensable to his rich masters. But after a night of betrayal, he realizes the corrupt lengths they will go to trap him and save themselves. On the verge of losing everything, Balram rebels against a rigged and unequal system to rise up and become a new kind of master.

Pick up a copy of the novel here!

The film is written and directed by Ramin Bahrani. It stars Adarsh Gourav, Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Rajkummar Rao, Mahesh Manjrekar, and Vijay Maurya.

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The White Tiger is produced by Chopra-Jonas, Mukul Deora and Bahrani with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay set as an executive producer.  The film will be available for streaming on January 22, 2020.

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CS Interview: Devon Sawa Talks New Horror Thriller Hunter Hunter

ComingSoon.net had the chance to speak with star Devon Sawa (Final Destination) about Shawn Linden’s new horror thriller Hunter Hunter, also starring Nick Stahl (Sin City) and Camille Sullivan (The Man in the High Castle). You can check out the interview below and order your copy of the movie here!

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Devon Sawa: How are you doing, man?

ComingSoon.net: I’m doing about as okay as we all can be right now.

Sawa: Awesome.

CS: How about yourself?

Sawa: Well, yeah it’s been a long eight months of quarantining and just I’m about to do my first film since this whole thing happened in a couple of weeks if all goes well. I’m very super excited. I’m like, on lockdown so that I’m not the one that shuts the production down. Other than that, everything’s good. Everything’s golden.

CS: That’s awesome. What’s the movie that you’re getting ready for?

Sawa: It’s called Black Friday. That’s all I can really talk about so far.

CS: Okay, okay. I already like the title. So looking at Hunter Hunter, though, I mean, this is really quite the interesting tale. I had no idea what to expect going in, and I was really intrigued and I really dug it. What about the project really drew you to want to be a part of it?

Sawa: A couple of things. I mean, first of all, the script is great. It is what it is. It’s not trying to be anything that it’s not. It’s done for a smaller budget. It’s performance-driven, and the director is a very, very smart guy that I knew could pull off the whole twist and all of that. And I just loved how my character, what happens to my character and how it happens. And that’s really what kind of drew me to it.

CS: So then, what was it like for you getting to the heart of your character? Because I mean, he feels like a very complex yet quiet person at the same time.

Sawa: Yeah, it’s a lot different than who I am. I mean, this is a guy that lives out in the middle of nowhere. He kind of lives off the land. You know, hey, we did a lot of talking with the director. He’s kind of lived this life a little bit like he’s lived off the grid a little bit. Other than, you know, it was a huge change for me.

CS: What would you say then were some of your biggest creative challenges getting to the heart of your character?

Sawa: The biggest creative challenge is that this guy was a hunter. You know, he skins animals, he hunts things and that’s just not me. You know, I don’t disagree with hunting. I mean… I’ve never done it. I’ve always been a city guy. I’ve always been on locations, so I’ve never really dealt with that world. So some of the skinning, although we didn’t use real animals, there was a deer thing. Also, there was a beaver thing. But other than that, the effects guy was so good and we discussed in detail what actually happens and what you can’t do and how you can’t pierce the stomach. And so, that was kind of the stuff that I had to, you know, get over this is gross or this is, like get out of my comfort zone and kind of realize this guy has grown up with that. He’s done this all his life. He doesn’t flinch when it comes to this stuff. He’s teaching his daughter. He doesn’t look at his daughter like the typical father/daughter relationship. It’s kind of like you’ll go on to be the next hunter. This is what happens. And so, that was kind of the process and the most challenging of it all.

CS: So I mean, since you mentioned that Shawn kind of has the background of living off the grid, I mean, did you find that you did additional research for your role aside from conversations with him? Or did you rely a lot on his own expertise in the field?

Sawa: I relied all on his expertise. I just listened. I was a sponge. You know, he’s done it. He’s done a lot of this stuff. And so, we just discussed in detail why and how and what and that’s basically it. We didn’t have a lot of it. We shot this thing so quickly and we didn’t have a lot of time. Not to mention, we were hit with one of Winnipeg’s biggest storms of late September, early October and had to shut down. And I mean, it was cold out there. And yeah, there was a lot of listening, a lot of learning on location.

CS: What was it then like also building the rapport with Camille and Summer in such a fast-paced nature of a shoot?

Sawa: You just got to do it. I mean, we didn’t have the luxury of spending a week before, you know, rehearsing or whatnot. It was kind of like, you got off the plane, you went to wardrobe, you’re going to shoot the next day. Here’s your costar. By the way, you’ve been married for 15 years. Go do it. But Camille has been doing this for so long I think also, and she’s so talented and I mean, I was blown away. I didn’t get to see a lot of the stuff that she was shooting, you know, because it was on her own. But you know, I saw the film and she just, she blew me away with her chops. And I mean, she’s just such a talented actor. And then Summer’s an up and comer. So we just turned it on. You know, we just met. We realized and we would talk about our characters. We talked with Shawn and we just turned it on. And the elements in a movie like this really play into it. I mean, when the snow is going and you’re up early in the morning and you’re in those clothes and you’ve got those heavy backpacks, it all starts to feel, you know, authentic.

CS: Would you say that you were pretty outdoorsy prior to the production or did you have to become outdoorsy for the project?

Sawa: Well, luckily I grew up in Canada, so that I always had a little bit of outdoorsy in me and it was easy to get back into that. But I wouldn’t say that I am anymore. My wife wants to go camping all the time and I’m just not that guy anymore. But I definitely grew up in that outdoorsy Canadian feel, you know? We had that in our backyards.

CS: Were you familiar with the area that you shot in?

Sawa: No, we were in rural Winnipeg. I mean, we stayed in Winnipeg in the city and then we drove. Every day it was an hour in some direction, in some location. So I wasn’t at all familiar. But I mean, it’s obviously colder in Winnipeg than it is Vancouver, but it’s the same. It’s the same kind of feel, you know, that wet, cold, bone-chilling feel.

CS: So did you find that being in that location really helped you get into your character and the story even further?

Sawa: Yeah, 100 percent. If we had shot that same movie in Oregon, for instance, where it looks kind of the same, it probably would have the same feel. It was cold. I mean, it was getting to winter in Winnipeg and you don’t want to be outside in winter in Winnipeg. It’s like a whole different. Americans don’t really understand Canadian winters. It’s a little nutty.

CS: I’ve heard, I’ve heard.

Sawa: Yeah, and Winnipeg is the spot. If you want to feel a real solid—you know, people complain about Toronto and Montreal, but you want to feel a real solid Canadian winter, you go to Winnipeg.

CS: I’ll have to add that to the travel list. So being a father yourself, I mean, what did you find you were able to bring into your role as a father, as well as did you find that you learned anything from your character for your real life?

Sawa: You know, it’s funny because for the last year, I’ve just started, or the year before this whole pandemic hit, I’d just started getting the father roles, and it’s really weird. I don’t know. I mean, I think I’m a different father than the father I’m playing in, for instance, this movie. I’m a little bit more fun and my wife is a little bit more the disciplinarian, whereas this one, I’m the disciplinarian. I think it’s a whole different father than I am in real life, yeah. I don’t know. I’m more of a pushover in real life. Actually, I’m way more of a pushover in real life.

CS: That’s funny. So this film, I mean, it’s also getting a select theatrical release as well as the digital and the VOD. How are you feeling about the release plan for it?

Sawa: You know, at some point a few years ago, you start realizing, I did a movie called The Fanatic with John Travolta, and John Travolta, he’s old school. Some of his biggest films are the 70s, 80s, and 90s. And so, he’s got that theatrical just kind of like, in him. It’s got to be theatrical or it’s nothing. But I’m trying to crossover now because I don’t think theatrical is as important, especially during the pandemic. There’s something now about having a Netflix or a Hulu or any of these things is just as good as theatrical, unfortunately. And I mean, I love theatrical, but it’s just the way it is nowadays. So I’m fine with just blasting this thing into people’s living rooms the day it comes out. I mean, I think people are really jonesing for content right now. And so, I’m all for it, man. Get it in there. Let’s watch this.

CS: I couldn’t agree more. So I mean, obviously there’s the thrill element of the film. But I mean, do you feel there’s any deeper themes that you hope audiences can sort of take away from the story?

Sawa: God, I don’t know how to explain it. It’s a good old fashioned psychological thriller. I wish I could talk about it more, but one of the main things that drew me to the script is one of the things that happens to my character that I can’t talk about because then I would just give it away. But it’s a smart psychological thriller. It leans more psychological thriller than it does horror. Obviously, it has a little bit of the horror feel. But it’s just a good time, man. It’s just a good time.

CS: Yeah, I definitely agree, because it’s hard for me not to spoil it for my readers as well.

Sawa: Yeah, I think the ending is going to blow people. When I read that script, I’m like, oh my god, that happened. But when you see it, when you see the ending, it’s just like, okay. That’s pretty awesome.

CS: Oh yeah. I had to rewind the ending because I was like, wait. Am I seeing this all correctly?

Sawa: Yeah, it’s pretty cool.

CS: So one of the cool things about this year at least was that we got to see a collector’s edition of Idle Hands come out. And so, I’m curious, what was that like for you, seeing that sort of collector’s edition come out and the big fan praise for it?

Sawa: You know, it was the first time that Elden, myself, Vivica Fox, and Seth Green sat in a room. We did the commentary for that for the first time in, I don’t know how many years. And we just had such a great time. We laughed and we also, we did this, I guess every year Seth and Elden have been doing it every year. I just didn’t think anything of it. I guess a bunch of people get together on a rooftop and they project it on a big screen. And I thought like five or six people, but there was a lot of people that showed up for it. And I went for the first time and I’m just so damn flattered that the movie has got legs and is still making people happy and somebody, a producer contacted me about potentially approaching Sony for a sequel. You never know. I’m flattered. I’m flattered that people still love it.

CS: And so, since there’s been such a better appraisal amongst fans and everything, and since you just mentioned approaching Sony about it, have you heard any kind of rumblings or possibilities for a follow-up?

Sawa: People have talked about it a lot. Nobody at Sony or Columbia or anything, but you never know. It’d be interesting to have a new cast kind of reboot it and somehow mix us in there somehow. Who knows? But it’s definitely a little cult classic.

CS: That’s for sure. That’s a great one at that and I am looking forward to Hunter Hunter also getting a good following as well because I think it’s quite the treat. Thank you so much, Devon, for taking the time to chat with me. I really appreciate it.

Sawa: Thank you for talking. Thank you for watching the film, man. I appreciate it.

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Hunter Hunter follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault, his wife Anne and their daughter Renée struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him.  When they hear a strange noise outside their cabin, Anne hopes it is Joseph but instead finds a man named Lou, who has been severely injured and left for dead. The longer Lou stays and Joseph is away, the more paranoid Anne becomes, and the idea of a mysterious predator in the woods slowly becomes a threat much closer to home.

The cast for the film also includes Summer H. Howell (Cult of Chucky, Clouds), (Sin City, The Man Without a Face), Gabriel Daniels (The Ice Road, Goon, Fractured), and Lauren Cochrane (The Pinkertons, Tales From the Loop).

The film is written and directed by Shawn Linden (Nobody, The Good Lie, The Fixer) with Neil Elman producing the film alongside Linden while Fernando Szew, Tony Vassiliadis, Hannah Pilleer, Jennifer Westin, Peter Bevan, Mariana Sanjurio, and Tomás Yankelvich are all attached as executive producers.

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CS Interview: Nick Stahl on indie thriller Hunter Hunter

Ahead of the film’s select theatrical and digital debut, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with star Nick Stahl (Sin City, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) to discuss his role in the indie thriller Hunter Hunter, in which he stars alongside Devon Sawa (Final Destination) and Camille Sullivan (The Man in the High Castle). You can check out the interview below and order your copy of the movie here!

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ComingSoon.net: So Hunter Hunter is such an intense and quietly chilling movie at the same time, but what about it really drew you to want to be a part of it?

Nick Stahl: It was just a solid script, you know? Yeah, it was a fun role to play, very dark, but fun, it was just really well written. You know, Shawn [Linden] did such a great job with the script, so I liked it, it kind of reminded me of kind of a more old school horror movie with really well explored characters and things like that. So those would be the ingredients, man.

CS: Because we don’t know too much about your character, there’s so much mystery around him, what was it like trying to get in that head space?

NS: Man, it’s fun for me. I don’t know. It’s dark and a little creepy, right? But at the same time, that’s part of the fun of it, the challenge and to approach a character like that and try to understand the psychology behind it and bring it to life, make it real. Those are all aspects that I look for in roles I want to play.

CS: Did you and Shawn talk at all in the lead up to filming about developing a back story that only you two would know for the character?

NS: Somewhat, you know, somewhat. I kind of listened and I mean, he had it so well thought out and so well constructed, the story in general. But yeah, he kind of filled me in on a lot of the psychological aspects of serial killers and I guess his father, if I’m not mistaken, was involved in some profession that involved forensic science to some degree when he was a kid. So he was, like, this wealth of information about serial killers, you know? I mean, all of that stuff was very, very helpful, very valuable.

CS: Were you familiar with the sort of living out in the wilderness nature of the story prior? Are you much of a wilderness person?

NS: No, I would say no, I’m not, not particularly, I’m kind of a city guy [chuckles]. Other than a few brief camping trips or something, I mean, it was definitely a world that I had to just kind of imagine because it was pretty foreign to me. But I think that’s one of the really interesting aspects of the story is you know, starting with this family, that is living a life that I would say is hard for most people to imagine. It was all a new world to me and Shawn basically did all the heavy lifting and kind of filled in a lot of those gaps. So yeah, it was fascinating itself, you know, really.

CS: Since you’re more of a city person, what was it like getting to film on that location?

NS: Oh it was great. I mean, it was super cold and it’s kind of like wet and cold all the time and not the best conditions, but great for a story like that, you know? [laughs] I think it helps when you’re making movies like that when it’s filmed in kind of miserable conditions. It seems to just go hand in hand. So we had a good time making it, actually.

CS: So then, even though we’ve seen you play sort of dark and messed up characters in the past, what would you say were some of your creative challenges getting to the heart of Lou for this one?

NS: I thought the kind of transformation I guess that he goes through, you know, this is a guy who kind of shows up as looking like somebody else, and by the end of it, he’s a different person and I thought it was a fun challenge to find that kind of transformation and that change. I liked also the aspect just that people like this, according to Shawn, again I didn’t have a whole lot of knowledge about it, but it made sense that people like this, and nefarious characters in these kinds of situations tend to have certain rituals. And so, we worked on sort of finding that, like what that looked like. I try to find little pockets like that of the character, of things to just show and with a limited amount of free time, basically, so it was a fun challenge. It was fun trying to find that in limited scenes, so yeah.

CS: The music element of your ritual is really quite interesting, did you sort of have your own thoughts about what music he would listen to during those moments? Or did you and Shawn talk about that at all? What was that like?

NS: Yeah, so in the script actually, there are lyrics written, and it was a song. It was like a heavy metal band and there was a song that I hadn’t heard before. So, this character actually has his headphones and he’s singing. He’s singing lyrics ,and he didn’t know if he could get the rights to that song, so he basically had to scrap that. It helped me to pipe in actual music, so I had my own headphones on and I was listening to random music. But it was cool. I tried to find like, moody, ominous music to sort of help me out with the character, that was a cool aspect of the character. I thought the incorporation of music worked very well in the film as people will see.

CS: Do you recall what some of your choices were that you were listening to?

NS: Man, I don’t, I don’t remember. I mean, I have kind of eclectic taste. I like all kinds of different music. So you never know what’s going to pop up if I like shuffled my playlist. It was just something dark. I think at one point I had classical music on. There was just all kinds of stuff playing. But yeah, next time I’m asked that, I’m going to make up a much better answer [chuckles].

CS: How do you feel getting ready for the release in a couple of weeks for it, especially its simultaneous digital and theatrical nature?

NS: I’m excited about it. I think it’s a good film. I was really impressed with what Shawn did and I’m excited for people to see it. I was surprised that it was going to theaters because theaters don’t seem to be widely open right now. So I was like, “Hey, what do you know?” I miss theaters. I’m sure a lot of people feel that way right about now. I just miss the movie going experience. So, you know, I think it’s great. I think it also lends itself well to the experience of I’m really excited that it actually got a theatrical release.

CS: So to look away from the film for a moment, this year marks the 15th anniversary of the finale for Carnivàle, and I mean, there’s been talks over the years about possibly continuing it, so I’m curious, have you heard anything or what are your thoughts about possibly coming back for more?

NS: That’d be great, man. There’s so many possibilities, yeah, where you could go with that story. So I think it would be a blast, you know, and people keep bringing it up. An interview a few minutes ago, somebody else asked about that, so I wonder if you just put it out in the universe enough, if it’ll actually come to fruition, so we’ll see. But yeah, that would be great, if something were to come about with that story again.

CS: Interestingly enough, too, this year also marks the debut of Netflix’s version of Locke & Key, and since you did the pilot that didn’t really get picked up by Fox, what was it like for you seeing this new iteration of the show?

NS: I didn’t see it. I haven’t seen it, but I was glad it finally got some light and was picked up because it was a really cool graphic novel and a cool story. So, yeah, have you seen it?

CS: I’ve actually been watching it this morning a little bit. It’s very interesting so far.

NS: Yeah, nice. Yeah, I’m sure it is. I was surprised it didn’t get picked up, actually, because it was a really, really cool graphic novel, so I’m glad it found the light.

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Hunter Hunter follows a family living in the remote wilderness earning a living as fur trappers. Joseph Mersault, his wife Anne and their daughter Renée struggle to make ends meet and think their traps are being hunted by the return of a rogue wolf. Determined to catch the predator in the act, Joseph leaves his family behind to track the wolf. Anne and Renée grow increasingly anxious during Joseph’s prolonged absence and struggle to survive without him.  When they hear a strange noise outside their cabin, Anne hopes it is Joseph but instead finds a man named Lou, who has been severely injured and left for dead. The longer Lou stays and Joseph is away, the more paranoid Anne becomes, and the idea of a mysterious predator in the woods slowly becomes a threat much closer to home.

In addition to Sawa and Sullivan, the cast for the film includes Summer H. Howell (Cult of Chucky, Clouds), Nick Stahl (Sin City, The Man Without a Face), Gabriel Daniels (The Ice Road, Goon, Fractured) and Lauren Cochrane (The Pinkertons, Tales From the Loop).

The film is being written and directed by Shawn Linden (Nobody, The Good Lie, The Fixer) with Neil Elman producing the film alongside Linden while Fernando Szew, Tony Vassiliadis, Hannah Pilleer, Jennifer Westin, Peter Bevan, Mariana Sanjurio and Tomás Yankelvich are all attached as executive producers.

Hunter Hunter is now in hit select theaters, digital platforms, and on video-on-demand.

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