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After receiving rave reviews for her Sundance thriller Relic, Natalie Erika James has found her first major studio movie as sources tell Deadline she has been tapped to direct Apartment 7A for Paramount Players. John Krasinski and Allyson Seeger are producing via Sunday Night Productions. Michael Bay, Andrew Form and…

EXCLUSIVE: Sundance Institute has named the talented group of filmmakers that have been selected for the third class of Momentum Fellows. The full-year program is a new collaboration with NBCUniversal that gives customized creative and professional support for mid-career writers and directors from underrepresented…

EXCLUSIVE: IFC Midnight has acquired North American rights to Relic, the thriller that world premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was slated to be part of the Midnighters section of the recently canceled SXSW. The directorial debut of Natalie Erika James stars Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote and Australian…

The first feature from writer/director Natalie Erika James, Relic was inspired by a trip to Japan in 2014. While visiting her grandmother, who was succumbing to dementia, James was stunned to experience that first moment when the woman she knew and loved couldn't remember who she was. "There was a lot of guilt…