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“I think we're dealing with pretty primal forces of right and wrong with this story,” Australian writer/ director Thomas M. Wright said during a discussion about his new film The Stranger at Deadline’s Cannes studio. “It was a very difficult film to make just in terms of managing the amount of info in it,” Wright…

An undercover cop befriends a murder suspect in The Stranger, a taut Australian thriller in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. Written and directed by Thomas M. Wright (Acute Misfortune), it features excellent performances from Sean Harris and Joel Edgerton, who also serves as producer. The Stranger begins simply…

EXCLUSIVE: The National Geographic scripted series Barkskins has added Aneurin Barnard (The Goldfinch, The Personal History of David Copperfield, Radioactive), Thomas M. Wright (Acute Misfortune, Top of the Lake, The Bridge) and Tallulah Haddon (Kiss Me First, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) as series regulars. Based on…