Sandra Oh, Ann Marie Fleming Reunite On Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Can I Get A Witness’; Image Joins 4 New Titles On Mongrel Worldwide Slate At The AFM

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 undertaking, which is in improvement, is amongst 4 new options being launched on the AFM this week by Canadian gross sales outfit Mongrel Worldwide, a division of Toronto-based unbiased movie distributor Mongrel Media.

Set within the close to future, the movie unfolds in a actuality the place, as a way to save the planet, “demise 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 undertaking are Eric Mussolum and Jayme Pfahl.

Mongrel can even launch gross sales on two different tasks in improvement: 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 bold 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 steel 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 Sam McGlynn directing. Spence produces with Kyle Irving.

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

The drama unfolds in a struggling farming neighborhood hit by mysterious occurrences similar 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 line-up is an eclectic mixture of style with extremely authentic storytelling,” mentioned Andrew Frank, Co-President of Canadian distributor Mongrel Media, who’s overseeing gross sales on the AFM on behalf of Mongrel Worldwide.

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