MUBI can be giving the black comedy psychological thriller Lurker a North American theatrical launch in August
Earlier this 12 months, JoBlo’s personal Chris Bumbray had the possibility to observe Lurker, the boundary-pushing debut function from author/director Alex Russell, on the Sundance Movie Competition. Describing the movie as “a terrific blend of black comedy and psychological thriller” and “exactly the kind of movie I want to see when I hit Sundance,” Bumbray gave Lurker a 9/10 evaluation that may be learn at THIS LINK. Now, it has been introduced that movie distributor MUBI (which can also be a streaming service and manufacturing firm) is planning to provide Lurker a North American theatrical launch on August 22nd. Hopefully we’ll be seeing a trailer for this one very quickly.
Right here’s the official synopsis: When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the chance to edge his method into the in-crowd. However as the road between good friend and fan blurs past recognition, entry and proximity change into a matter of life and demise. The directorial debut from The Bear and Beef writer-producer Alex Russell, Lurker is an exhilarating cat-and-mouse thriller made for the second. On-line fixation meets actuality on this parasocial, paranoid movie pushed by a superb rating and star-making performances.
The movie stars Théodore Pellerin (Beau is Afraid), Archie Madekwe (Saltburn), Sunny Suljic (Mid90s), Havana Rose Liu (Hal & Harper), Zack Fox (Abbott Elementary), and Daniel Zolghadri (Eighth Grade).
Lurker was produced by Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montgomery, Galen Core, Charlie McDowell, Jack Selby, Marc Marrie, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Olmo Schnabel, and Archie Madekwe. Manufacturing firms embrace Excessive Frequency Entertainment, MeMo, Arts & Sciences, TWIN Photos, and Case Examine Movies.
MUBI was behind the discharge of The Substance (which additionally bought a 9/10 evaluation from Bumbray) final 12 months, so now we wait to see in the event that they’ll have the same stage of success with Lurker. Bumbray talked about on this evaluation that that is “the kind of movie that could readily crossover to a mainstream audience if handled appropriately.”
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