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Neon and Topic Studios present writer/director Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool at 1,835 theaters in a lively specialty weekend sandwiched between a new crop of Sundance films and noteworthy expansions in the glow of Oscar nominations. Infinity Pool, staring Alexander Skarsgard, Mia Goth, Cleopatra…

JG Ballard meets Ben Wheatley in Brandon Cronenberg's latest. Which is a bit of a surprise, since the two have already met: in 2015, in the latter's dystopian satire High-Rise. There are (literal) shades of Nicolas Winding Refn, too, and a healthy smattering of body horror inherited from the old man…

The Deadline Studio at Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-23 at Hotel Park City, where the cast and creatives behind the best and buzziest titles in this year's lineup sit down with Deadline's festival team to discuss their movies and the paths they took to get to Park City. INFINITY POOL Sec…

Neon is reteaming with filmmaker Brandon Cronenberg on the sci-fi thriller Infinity Pool which will star Big Little Lies and Godzilla vs. Kong star Alexander Skarsgård. Neon previously acquired Cronenberg’s 2020 sci-fi psychological horror feature Possessor out of Sundance. Neon is co-financing and executive producing…

Brandon Cronenberg (Possessor) has been set to adapt and direct a limited series based on JG Ballard’s novel Super-Cannes. Gub Neal’s (The Fall) Ringside Studios, French media company and distributor Newen, and Andy Starke (Free Fire) of Anti-Worlds Film & Television have optioned the rights and will produce. Super-Can…

In Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor, the hitman film gets a trippy out-of-body twist. The uncut trailer for Cronenberg’s latest title sees Andrea Riseborough as Tasya Vos, the top performer of a secret assassination agency. Unlike other organizations that rely solely on the strength and combat savvy of its recruits…

Neon has taken U.S. rights to Brandon Cronenberg's sci-fi thriller Possessor, which made its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The distributor will announce a release date in the future for the pic. Well Go USA is handling the home entertainment release. Possessor, which stars Andrea Riseborough…

Sean Bean (Game of Thrones), Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), and Stacy Martin (Nymphomaniac Vol. 1 & 2) have joined Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott in Brandon Cronenberg's (Antiviral) sophomore feature Possessor. The film is slated to begin production in April 2019 and will shoot on location in…

EXCLUSIVE: In the second sassy project we can reveal this morning in Cannes, Birdman star Andrea Riseborough and fast-rising Christopher Abbott (First Man) will lead Brandon Cronenberg's sophomore feature Possessor. Cronenberg’s 2012 body-horror debut Antiviral played at festivals including Cannes, Toronto and London…

IFC Midnight acquired U.S. rights to Antiviral, the Brandon Cronenberg-directed film that stars Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith and Malcolm McDowell. Produced by Niv Fichman, the film had its world premiere last month in the Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard section. Brandon, son of helmer David C…

Tbilisi, My City is a sort of New York, I Love You about the republic of Georgia. David Agiashvili created the project that’s a series of 12-short films, each written and directed by natives of Georgia and all set in the capital city of Tbilisi. Malcolm McDowell’s vignette sees him as an actor who falls in love with…