EXCLUSIVE: It Comes at Night breakout Kelvin Harrison Jr. has been tapped to star in Waves, a dramatic musical in which he’ll reteam with director Trey Edward Shults and A24. Lucas Hedges, Sterling K. Brown and Taylor Russell also have signed on to the film, which will mark the third collaboration between A24 and…

Trey Edward Shults’ Krisha is screening in Critics’ Week here tonight, a few days after the debut feature helmer entered a two-picture deal with A24 which also acquired Krisha. The film earlier world premiered at SXSW, winning the Grand Jury and Audience Awards. I spoke with Shults a few weeks ago, as he was prepping…

EXCLUSIVE: In the continuing evolution of A24, the indie distributor has found a young filmmaker it wants to back long-term and has made its first multi-picture deal with a director. The company has acquired Krisha, the first film by director Trey Edward Shults that won 2015 SXSW's grand jury and audience awards for…

Trey Edward Shults, whose film Krisha won the Special Jury and Audience awards for feature film at SXSW this month, has signed with WME. Adapted from Shults’ 2014 short film of the same name, Krisha follows an alcoholic woman struggling to reconnect with her family after years of distance. It is Shult’s first feature…