Stars: Travis Coles, Frankie Grande, Troy Iwata, Noah J. Ricketts, Nicholas Logan, Michael Urie, Veanne Cox | Written and Directed by Wesley Taylor, Alex Wyse
A gay bachelor party gets mysterious when the group of men recount the house’s legend from a hundred years ago. A woman, Sylvia, slaughtered, and buried her son beneath the floorboards. But things get even worse when Larry remembers he was supposed to be bonding with his soon-to-be brother-in-law, and as he invites him over, the séance begins.
If you hadn’t guessed from that synopsis above, Summoning Sylvia is a comedy horror and thankfully, what it does best, is actually be funny. There are lots of jokes on stereotypes, which could often seem as an easy joke or perhaps lazy but it doesn’t feel like that here at all. The two writers have to take credit for that (Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse...
A gay bachelor party gets mysterious when the group of men recount the house’s legend from a hundred years ago. A woman, Sylvia, slaughtered, and buried her son beneath the floorboards. But things get even worse when Larry remembers he was supposed to be bonding with his soon-to-be brother-in-law, and as he invites him over, the séance begins.
If you hadn’t guessed from that synopsis above, Summoning Sylvia is a comedy horror and thankfully, what it does best, is actually be funny. There are lots of jokes on stereotypes, which could often seem as an easy joke or perhaps lazy but it doesn’t feel like that here at all. The two writers have to take credit for that (Wesley Taylor and Alex Wyse...
- 3/24/2023
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Exclusive: Hot on the heels of their historic Oscars sweep with Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Whale, A24 has set the cast for Y2K, a dial-up disaster comedy to be directed for the studio by SNL alum Kyle Mooney.
Jaeden Martell (It), West Side Story breakout Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2) lead a stacked ensemble that also includes Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Mason Gooding (Scream VI), 5x Billboard Music Award-winner The Kid Laroi, Tim Heidecker (Us), Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things), Miles Robbins (Blockers), Alicia Silverstone (The Killing of a Sacred Deer), Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Trilogy) and Daniel Zolghadri (Funny Pages).
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Jaeden Martell (It), West Side Story breakout Rachel Zegler and Julian Dennison (Deadpool 2) lead a stacked ensemble that also includes Lachlan Watson (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Mason Gooding (Scream VI), 5x Billboard Music Award-winner The Kid Laroi, Tim Heidecker (Us), Eduardo Franco (Stranger Things), Miles Robbins (Blockers), Alicia Silverstone (The Killing of a Sacred Deer), Fred Hechinger (Fear Street Trilogy) and Daniel Zolghadri (Funny Pages).
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- 3/23/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Principal photography has wrapped on the psychological drama Canvas, starring Bridget Regan alongside Joanne Kelly (City on a Hill), Samuel Roukin (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Alain Uy, and Bethany Anne Lind (Ozark).
Co-directed by debut feature filmmakers Kimberly Stuckwisch and Melora Donoghue, the flick follows sisters Eve (Kelly) and Marissa Hale (Regan). The film’s synopsis reads: Pitted against each other since youth and raised to believe true artists are only formed through suffering, the sisters reunite after years of estrangement. One sister learns authenticity, the other regret, but neither escapes the sins of their father.
Canvas is produced by John H Lang (Spree), A.J. Del Cueto (Spree), and Geeta Bajaj (Golden Arm) for The Ranch Productions, with Russell Wayne Groves and Randy Wooten serving as executive producers. Casting is by Kate Geller, CSA, and regional casting is by Erica Arvold.
Co-directed by debut feature filmmakers Kimberly Stuckwisch and Melora Donoghue, the flick follows sisters Eve (Kelly) and Marissa Hale (Regan). The film’s synopsis reads: Pitted against each other since youth and raised to believe true artists are only formed through suffering, the sisters reunite after years of estrangement. One sister learns authenticity, the other regret, but neither escapes the sins of their father.
Canvas is produced by John H Lang (Spree), A.J. Del Cueto (Spree), and Geeta Bajaj (Golden Arm) for The Ranch Productions, with Russell Wayne Groves and Randy Wooten serving as executive producers. Casting is by Kate Geller, CSA, and regional casting is by Erica Arvold.
- 12/5/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
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