It Comes at Night for A24
Steve Barton
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Let’s just hope it cleans up afterward. Wait… what? Oh… it comes not cu… never mind. In any event, new distro news is coming(!) out of Cannes. Deadline reports that A24 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 the 2015 SXSW’s grand jury and audience awards for narrative feature and strong reviews for its inventiveness. The deal calls for A24 to produce and distribute his second feature, It Comes at Night.
The new film, It Comes at Night, will be Shults’ follow-up feature, a psychological horror film about a father who will stop at nothing to protect his wife and son from a malevolent, mysterious presence terrorizing them right outside their doorstep. A24 will develop the film with Shults.
In a statement, the distributor called Shults “an artist on the rise, and we are proud to partner with him. His unique approach, singular style, confident storytelling, and edge shines through Krisha; and we are excited to collaborate with such an exceptionally talented filmmaker at the beginning of what will no doubt be a long, celebrated career.”
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