Ben Foster is pacing Manhattan trying to ignore the clamor."Sorry about all the sirens!" he groans apologetically. He's just gotten home from starring as 14th Century general Jan Žižka in the biopic Medieval, hyped as Czechoslovakia's biggest blockbuster to date, and Foster just wanted to stroll around to appreciate…
In 2010, Debra Granik made Winter's Bone, the film that first showcased the skill of Jennifer Lawrence, who would be Oscar-nominated for her breakthrough performance. Granik returns to narrative eight years on with Leave No Trace, which tells the story of Will and Tom, a father and daughter living an unconventional…
WHOThomasin McKenzie
Age: 18
Hometown: Wellington, New Zealand
WHAT
In Debra Granik's Leave No Trace, McKenzie is Tom, daughter to Ben Foster's PTSD-affected Will. Unable to cope with society, Will has carved out a subsistence off-grid life with Tom in wooded parkland outside of Portland, Oregon, until authorities…
Thomasin McKenzie is set to co-star opposite Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, and Rebel Wilson in Fox Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit, written and directed by Thor: Ragnarok helmer Taika Waititi, who will also star in the film. Newcomer Roman Griffin Davis has been tapped for the title role in this film which is currently…
Making its international premiere in Directors’ Fortnight, Debra Granik's acclaimed Sundance title Leave No Trace left many veteran festivalgoers wondering why so many inferior films had managed to leapfrog it into the Official Selection. Told with great narrative economy, and featuring two sublime performances, the…
My Abandonment, a father-daughter story that stars Hell or High Water‘s Ben Foster and newcomer Thomasin McKenzie from Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik just landed its financing from Bron Creative and First Look Media which will co-finance and executive produce the film. The new film is slated to start production…
