The Dead Don’t Hurt
Director Viggo Mortensen
Stars Mortensen, Vicky Krieps
Yellowstone has brought back the adult neo-Western to Hollywood, so expect a cycle of Westerns.
Described as feminist Western, the film follows an immigrant flower seller who must defend herself against the corrupt leaders of a small town in 1860s Nevada.
Sales HanWay
Hate to Love: Nickelback
Director Leigh Brooks
Music biopics have proved successful fodder for Netflix and Amazon. This doc tweaks the model, offering intimate look at the career of the band that everyone loved and then loved to hate, with interviews from the band members, detractors, and advocates.
Sales Submarine
Hell of a Summer
Directors Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk
Stars Wolfhard, Bryk
The horror comedy title has the potential appeal of Stranger Things’ Wolfhard going for it. He and his Ghostbusters: Afterlife co-star Bryk have devised a plot based on slasher fodder, revolving around counselors at summer camp.
White Lotus breakout Fred Hechinger also stars.
Sales 30West/CAA (domestic); Altitude Film (international)
His Three Daughters
Director Azazel Jacobs
Stars Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon
Sales CAA
Lee
Director Ellen Kuras
Stars Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgard, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Andy Samberg
Oscar winner Winslet stars as photojournalist Lee Miller, whose World War II portraits included the liberation of Paris and the horrors of the Buchenwald and Dachau concentration camps.
An all-star cast, which includes an already talked-about dramatic turn for SNL alum Samberg, is sure to entice buyers.
Sales CAA, UTA (domestic); Rocket Science (international)
Mother, Couch
Director Niclas Larsson
Stars Ewan McGregor, Rhys Ifans, Lara Flynn Boyle, Ellen Burstyn
When their mom refuses to leave the couch of furniture store, three estranged siblings, with their emotional baggage in tow, try to fix the strange problem.
The cast includes up-and-coming indie talent Taylor Russell, who earned acclaim in Luca Guadagnino’s Bones and All.
Sales UTA (domestic); Charades (international)
North Star
Director Kristin Scott Thomas
Stars Scott Thomas, Sienna Miller, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Beecham
Sales CAA
Wildcat
Director Ethan Hawke
This indie biopic has the added benefit of cross-generational appeal thanks to the father-daughter filmmaking combo.
The younger Hawke, who has found major success with the Netflix feature Do Revenge, plays the American novelist Flannery O’Connor as she struggles to publish her first novel.
World Premiered at Venice Fest
Sales UTA/CAA
