Alex Winter, best known for co-starring in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, has also kicked up a side career directing. His film Adulthood is world-premiering in the Galas section. It is his fourth narrative feature.
Synopsis:
Siblings Megan and Noah (Josh Gad) discover a dead body, long buried in their parents' basement, sending them down a rabbit hole of crime and murder.
His previous three features are all over the place tonally. From Freaked (1993) as a zany sci-fi comedy (trailer) to Fever (1999), a gritty crime drama, to Smosh: The Movie (2015), which has a wild Bill & Ted vibe and some evil techno lord undertones. In Smosh, the characters try to get an embarrassing YouTube video of themselves taken down and dive into a portal, dumping them into YouTube videos (trailer).
Adulthood seems to be a blend of the tone in Fever and Smosh and with Josh Gad helming this should be a fun one. Winter is also well known for his doc work on Deep Web (2015, SXSW premiere) and Magnolia Pictures’ Zappa (2020).
Adulthood trailer.