Sandra Oh, Ann-Marie Fleming Reunite On ‘Can I Get A Witness’ For Mongrel Worldwide Slate – Deadline

Killing Eve star Sandra Oh is reuniting with award-winning Canadian director Ann Marie Fleming on sci-fi thriller Can I Get a Witness.

The challenge, which is in growth, is amongst 4 new options being launched on the American Movie Market this week by Canadian gross sales outfit Mongrel Worldwide, a division of Toronto-based impartial movie distributor Mongrel Media.

Set within the close to future, the movie unfolds in a actuality the place, in an effort to save the planet, “loss of life is everybody’s job”, with 50-year-olds making the sacrifice, whereas teenage artists must doc it.

Fleming and Oh beforehand collaborated on the award-winning 2016 animated function Window Horses. Producers on the brand new challenge are Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl.

Mongrel can even launch gross sales on two different tasks in growth: Jason Lapeyre’s crime thriller Stealing Is Dangerous starring Nick Stahl (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) and Kevin Pollak (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and Sam McGlynn’s 1989, a prequel to the Fubar cult hits.

Stealing Is Dangerous revolves round an formidable teenager who groups up with a middle-aged ex-convict to tug off a heist on the fast-food restaurant the place they work. Juliette Hagopian produces.

1989 is billed as a prequel to the 2002 cult movie Fubar, set towards the world of heavy metallic fandom, and its sequel Fubar 2. Dave Lawrence, one of many headbanging protagonists of the unique is blasted again to 1989.

Paul Spence, who co-created the Fubar franchise, takes writing credit, with McGlynn directing. Spence produces with Kyle Irving.

Additional new additions to the slate embody the finished horror thriller Palms That Bind by Kyle Armstrong.

The drama unfolds in a struggling farming neighborhood hit by mysterious occurrences comparable to cattle mutilations, drought, a lacking teenager, paranoia, and unexplained lights within the sky.

The solid options Paul Sparks (Home of Playing cards), Bruce Dern (Nebraska), Will Oldham (A Ghost Story) and Nicholas Campbell (Goon) and it’s produced by Blake McWilliam.

World rights for all territories can be found, besides Canada, the place Mongrel Media will distribute.

“Our 2022 AFM lineup is an eclectic mixture of style with extremely authentic storytelling,” stated Andrew Frank, co-president of Canadian distributor Mongrel Media, who’s overseeing gross sales at AFM on behalf of Mongrel Worldwide.

“We all know how important solid is within the market, and our three movies in growth have already got key solid hooked up.  Our completed movie, Palms That Bind, has a stellar solid with Bruce Dern and Paul Sparks.”