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UPDATED, 4:12 PM: Following IFC Midnight and Shudder’s acquisition of North American rights to Chloe Okuno-directed Watcher, AGC International has closed a worldwide rights outside North America with Focus Features. AGC took the unusual step of moving its EFM screening forward to last week to accommodate extensive…

“I was really intrigued by a story that was actually very simple,” says director Chloe Okuno at Deadline’s Virtual Studio at Sundance. “Watcher is almost minimalist in its approach to narrative.” Okuno was joined by the stars of the film Maika Monroe and Karl Glusman to discuss their film, Watcher. Watcher follows…

The shadow of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 murder mystery Rear Window looms large over Chloe Okuno's nail-biting Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition entry, Watcher — but this debut feature is much more than homage. In fact, quite a few other suspense classics get the nod in the film's trim 95-minute running time. Still, Wat…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has acquired a package built around Ian MacAllister McDonald’s Black List script Rodney & Sheryl. Anna Kendrick comes attached to star and Chloe Okuno to direct a drama based on the true story of the time that a serial killer competed on and won a date on the popular TV game show The Dating Game…