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EXCLUSIVE: Fresh disconnected its premiere astatine SXSW, Joe Swanberg‘s The Sun Never Sets has landed U.S. theatrical distribution pinch Independent Film Company and Sapan Studio.
The romanticist drama, starring Dakota Fanning (Ripley), Jake Johnson (Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed), and Cory Michael Smith (May December), will beryllium released later this year.
Marking Swanberg’s 10th wide collaboration pinch Independent Film Company, and his first movie successful astir a decade, The Sun Never Sets follows Wendy (Fanning), an Alaskan who finds her life upended erstwhile her fellow Jack (Johnson) —older, divorced, and pinch children — asks for abstraction to reassess their relationship. During their separation, Wendy reconnects pinch her ex, Chuck (Smith), sparking an emotionally charged emotion triangle that forces each 3 to face nan realities of love, timing, and individual growth.
A seasoned indie filmmaker known for projects for illustration Drinking Buddies and nan Netflix bid Easy, a comedic anthology of Chicago stories, Swanberg directed from his ain script, pinch Debby Ryan (Insatiable), Anna Konkle (PEN15), Lamorne Morris (New Girl), and Karley Sciortino (Slutever) rounding retired nan cast.
Johnson, Fanning, and Smith produced alongside Swanberg and Ashleigh Snead. Exec producers included Dan Johnson, Kathryn Gitibin Parsa, and Ariana Parsa.
Swanberg told us, “Independent Film Company has done a masterful occupation releasing my films since nan opening of my career. They proceed to innovate and efficaciously link audiences pinch nan champion world cinema, and I’m honored to proceed our astir 20 twelvemonth collaboration. In business pinch Sapan Studio, whose passion for nan movie is inspiring, I look guardant to reaching nan largest imaginable audience, some theatrically and digitally, and sharing this typical project, which I emotion truthful much.”
Scott Shooman, Head of IFC Entertainment Group, commented, “Joe Swanberg’s longstanding narration pinch Independent Film Company reflects our enduring committedness to championing unique storytellers who create meaningful, impactful work. Over nan people of 10 films together astatine IFC, he has consistently delivered activity that feels profoundly human, intimate, and emotionally authentic. With THE SUN NEVER SETS, he continues that tradition, and we’re particularly proud to bring this beautiful communicative to nan large screen, wherever this mature and layered acquisition whitethorn beryllium champion shared pinch audiences successful a communal way.”
Josh Sapan of Sapan Studio added, “THE SUN NEVER SETS is Joe Swanberg astatine his finest. The deft book and superb formed output true-to-life characters that are intolerable to resist. There is nary 1 amended than IFC to bring this uncommon movie to audiences and nan world.”
Ayo Kepher-Maat negotiated nan woody connected behalf of Independent Film Company, pinch UTA negotiating connected behalf of nan filmmakers.
