3 weeks ago
EXCLUSIVE: U.S. popular prima and budding character Halsey is group to prima successful Replacer, a “psycho-sexual horror” written by nan vocalist and actor-director Avan Jogia, pinch Jogia directing, and Lily Wachowski exec-producing.
The synopsis reads: “Stranded successful Montreal, Proxy (Halsey), a troubled DJ, meets an alluring creator and his group of friends who tally an underground power station. The station’s broadcast becomes warped by a mysterious awesome hidden heavy beneath nan city’s subway system. Proxy must flight earlier nan sound turns her, and her caller friends, into thing raw, primal, and unrecognizable.”
The task is launching income astatine this week’s Cannes market, pinch CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group representing North American authorities and Film Mode Entertainment handling world sales.
Halsey — nan three-time Grammy nominee who has taken connected a fewer movie roles successful caller years including MaXXXine — and Jogia — nan actor-turned head who starred successful Zombieland: Double Tap and has Backrooms upcoming — will beryllium successful Cannes supporting nan motorboat and gathering pinch buyers arsenic nan movie is introduced to nan marketplace.
Produced by Kyle Mann of Independent Edge, Isabelle Deluce of Soft Focus Films, Damiano Tucci of Getaway Entertainment, successful relation pinch Anarchists United. The movie is being executive-produced by Lilly Wachowski, Anthony Li, Lawrence Mattis, Sarah Flores, Christopher Renteria, Emily McCann Lesser, and Clay Epstein of Film Mode Entertainment. Olivier Picard and David Pierrat of Parce Que Films are co-producing.
Lilly Wachowski commented: “Avan and Halsey’s book is simply a surreal hyper-dive into a twitchy, conspiratorial genre mashing snarl of horror/thriller/comedy, group against nan grit and grime of a seldom glimpsed Montreal subculture. This point is packed! I person nan consciousness that Avan’s eyeballs person gulped down a dependable fare of nan films I grew up on- David Cronenberg, Alex Cox, Tony Scott, John Carpenter. Anarchists United is beyond excited to subordinate nan Replacer team and bring this ace cool communicative to nan screen!”
Jogia commented: “Replacer is simply a agleam and electrical nine scary mashed together pinch a susceptible romanticist communicative astir belonging and community. Come together. Leave arsenic one.”
Halsey is represented by UTA and Anthony Li. Jogia is represented by CAA and Berwick & Kovacik.
