UK-based sales and distribution company Protagonist Pictures (Sister Midnight) has boarded Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut film The Deb. The musical comedy, which Wilson also co-wrote and produced, follows a high-school misfit and her rebellious cousin preparing for a rural debutante ball.
This is a welcome development for Wilson, as The Deb was completed in late 2023 and has remained unreleased for over a year now because of legal disputes with her new film being produced by Live Nation Studios (A Star is Born) and Future Artists Entertainment (Poker Face).
More projects at AFM:
Back in Black
Dir: Ron Murphy (Trailer Park Boys)
Wri: Nick Torokvei
Star(s): Christopher Walken, Jane Curtain (3rd Rock From the Sun), Ella Ballentine (The Monster)
Prod. Comp: Roundtable Entertainment Holdings (Kindling)
Dist: VVS Films (Heretic)
Sales Rep: Embankment Films (The Miracle Club)
Synopsis:
In a wellness-obsessed small town where nobody dies anymore, a struggling mortician faces bankruptcy - until his granddaughter devises an unexpected solution to save the family business.
The Wolf And The Lamb
Dir/Wri: Michael Schilf (wri/prod. Tracing the Divide)
Star(s): Eric Nelsen (1883) and Adrianne Palicki (John Wick)
Prod. Comp: Lunar Door (The Fall)
Sales Rep: Concourse Media
Synopsis:
A widowed governess in 1870s Montana Territory searches for her son, who is the latest child to go missing in a rugged mining town.
Banquet
Dir: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia (The Platform)
Wri: Sam Steiner (Fingernails)
Star(s): Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus), Alfie Williams (28 Years Later), and Corey Mylchreest (My Oxford Year)
Prod. Comp(s): XYZ Films (Ash) and Project Infinity (May December)
Sales Rep: XYZ Films and CAA Media Finance (Roofman, Relay)
Synopsis:
Jenny Cochrane’s seemingly ideal life unravels when her estranged son returns, unearthing a horrifying secret hidden in her family’s past.
Silver Screamers
Dir/Wri/Prod: Sean Cisterna (From the Vine)
Prod. Comp: Mythic Productions (The Long Rider)
Sales Rep: The Coven (Terrifier 3)
Synopsis:
A heartwarming and spine-tingling documentary that follows a group of spirited senior citizens as they embark on an extraordinary adventure far outside their comfort zones: creating a horror film.
Plus:
Blake Ritson (The Gilded Age) is teaming up with his brother Dylan Ritson for “elevated scifi” P.O.V
Logline:
Set in a dystopian world where state-issued glasses dictate perception. When Lyle receives a faulty pair, he glimpses reality for the first time.
With no producer yet attached, they’re exploring both live action and animation possibilities.