Sundance 2017: A Ghost Story to Be Told by A24
Steve Barton
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While it’s still a ways off from premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, A Ghost Story has already found a home with A24.
THR reports that A24 on Sunday claimed worldwide rights to David Lowery’s film.
Filmed under the radar, the supernatural tale, which is set to premiere January 22 in the festival’s offbeat Next sidebar, stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. Affleck plays what the fest program describes as “a spectral figure” who returns to his former home to watch over his grief-stricken lover, played by Mara.
Lowery, whose Ain’t Them Bodies Saints played at the 2013 festival, most recently directed Disney’s Pete’s Dragon. He also wrote A Ghost Story, which, according to sources, A24 acquired sight unseen. The film is produced by Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston, and Adam Donaghey.
The film tells the tale of a ghost and the house he haunts. Check out some new eye-candy below.
The Festival will host screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City, and at Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah from January 19 through 29, 2017.
A Ghost Story by David Lowery, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. © 2016 Sundance Institute | photo by Andrew Droz Palermo.
Rooney Mara appears in A Ghost Story by David Lowery, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. © 2016 Sundance Institute | photo by Andrew Droz Palermo.
Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck appear in A Ghost Story by David Lowery, an official selection of the NEXT program at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. © 2016 Sundance Institute | photo by Andrew Droz Palermo.
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