Studiocanal has boarded the big screen adaptation of Australian author’s Craig Silvey’s award-winning 2002 bestseller Runt, about the friendship between a young girl and a stray dog she takes under her wing.
Child actress Lily Latorre, whose credits include feature Run Rabbit Run and TV series The Clearing, has been signed for the lead role, to star alongside by a rescue dog called Squid.
The actress’s real-life sibling Jack Latorre will also join her in his big screen debut as a daredevil younger brother.
The all-Australian adult cast includes Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day and Jack Thompson.
Set in the country-town of Upson Down, the comedy drama follows eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her adopted stray dog Runt, as they try to save the family farm by competing in the Agility Course Grand
The production is led by Sydney and Perth-based See Pictures, with the backing of Screen Australia,...
Child actress Lily Latorre, whose credits include feature Run Rabbit Run and TV series The Clearing, has been signed for the lead role, to star alongside by a rescue dog called Squid.
The actress’s real-life sibling Jack Latorre will also join her in his big screen debut as a daredevil younger brother.
The all-Australian adult cast includes Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day and Jack Thompson.
Set in the country-town of Upson Down, the comedy drama follows eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her adopted stray dog Runt, as they try to save the family farm by competing in the Agility Course Grand
The production is led by Sydney and Perth-based See Pictures, with the backing of Screen Australia,...
- 10/23/2023
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Best-selling Australian novel, Runt” is to be adapted as a feature movie that will begin shooting from next month. Studiocanal is handling international rights sales and local distribution in Australia and New Zealand.
The story is a heartfelt, contemporary Australian tale, set in the country town of Upson Downs, where eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her best friend, an adopted stray dog called Runt, try to save their family farm by competing in the Agility Course Grand Championships at the prestigious Krumpets Dog Show in London.
The book was released in 2022 and won a clean sweep of the major Australian literary awards including the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s book of the year for young readers, book of the year for younger children at the Australian Book Industry Awards, and overall book of the year at the Australian Indie Book Awards.
The movie is adapted for the screen by...
The story is a heartfelt, contemporary Australian tale, set in the country town of Upson Downs, where eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her best friend, an adopted stray dog called Runt, try to save their family farm by competing in the Agility Course Grand Championships at the prestigious Krumpets Dog Show in London.
The book was released in 2022 and won a clean sweep of the major Australian literary awards including the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s book of the year for young readers, book of the year for younger children at the Australian Book Industry Awards, and overall book of the year at the Australian Indie Book Awards.
The movie is adapted for the screen by...
- 10/23/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Studiocanal handles international sales.
Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day, Tom Budge, Genevieve Lemon and Jack Thompson have been cast in director John Sheedy’s second feature Runt, with cameras rolling on Monday (October 23) in Western Australia.
However it is Lily Latorre, who plays 11-year-old Annie, and adopted stray dog Squid in the title role of Runt, who will be the stand-out stars as their characters make up the champion dog agility double-act that might just save the family’s sheep farm. Latorre’s brother Jack is also in the cast.
Prolific author Craig Silvey wrote the script...
Jai Courtney, Celeste Barber, Deborah Mailman, Matt Day, Tom Budge, Genevieve Lemon and Jack Thompson have been cast in director John Sheedy’s second feature Runt, with cameras rolling on Monday (October 23) in Western Australia.
However it is Lily Latorre, who plays 11-year-old Annie, and adopted stray dog Squid in the title role of Runt, who will be the stand-out stars as their characters make up the champion dog agility double-act that might just save the family’s sheep farm. Latorre’s brother Jack is also in the cast.
Prolific author Craig Silvey wrote the script...
- 10/22/2023
- by Sandy George
- ScreenDaily
Daina Reid's "Run Rabbit Run," now streaming on Netflix, is a slow burn that never quite unravels the truth, leaving the audience with more questions than answers. The film constantly obfuscates reality, forcing viewers to wonder what is genuine, supernatural, or the psychological unbalance of the main character Sarah. Sarah Snook gives a hard-edged performance as a single mother whose daughter Mia (an adorably eerie Lily Latorre) has started imitating her sister Alice who has been missing since she was a little girl.
In an interview with Nightmarish Conjurings, Reid says that her film explores "what happens when you suppress an incredibly traumatic event" and "notions of culpability." Reid filters Sarah's intense, repressed emotions through perplexing scenes that prompt doubt about whether or not what you're looking at is real or in Sarah's head. Alongside this psychological tension is familiar horror iconography: a seemingly possessed child, unexplained nosebleeds, and...
In an interview with Nightmarish Conjurings, Reid says that her film explores "what happens when you suppress an incredibly traumatic event" and "notions of culpability." Reid filters Sarah's intense, repressed emotions through perplexing scenes that prompt doubt about whether or not what you're looking at is real or in Sarah's head. Alongside this psychological tension is familiar horror iconography: a seemingly possessed child, unexplained nosebleeds, and...
- 10/12/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Admit it: You would totally want to watch Shiv from Succession go toe to toe with a supernatural bad bunny.
That’s how Run Rabbit Run sells itself initially, or at least it’s the general direction that this Australian horror film points you toward. You’ve got Sarah Snook, a strong contender among many for the Most Valuable Player of HBO’s hit show, playing a single mother — also named Sarah — who’s already a little edgy when we meet her. And you’ve got a mysterious rabbit that shows up on her doorstep,...
That’s how Run Rabbit Run sells itself initially, or at least it’s the general direction that this Australian horror film points you toward. You’ve got Sarah Snook, a strong contender among many for the Most Valuable Player of HBO’s hit show, playing a single mother — also named Sarah — who’s already a little edgy when we meet her. And you’ve got a mysterious rabbit that shows up on her doorstep,...
- 6/30/2023
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Is grief the new trend in horror media? I’m not sure if I’m the only one noticing this pattern in a lot of horror movies lately; Smile, The Boogeyman, and M3GAN are what I can think of off the top of my head, but it’s definitely a theme many are exploring recently. Run Rabbit Run definitely doesn’t fall into the popcorn category that the aforementioned movies do, but it does follow some jump scare tropes that don’t pay off because of the slow-burn direction the movie actually takes. There’s an eerie atmosphere throughout, which could be chilling if you were seated in a quiet theater, but for something to put on at home, I think it falls short of packing a punch. The movie revolves around a woman named Sarah, who is dealing with her father’s death while trying to take care of her young daughter,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Ruchika Bhat
- Film Fugitives
It’s the final week of June and we’re looking forward to the long Fourth of July Weekend, which means you can expect a relative slow down on the news and new release front this next week. But that doesn’t mean we’re not getting any new horror movies the next few days…
Here’s all the new horror releasing June 27 – July 2, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
The star of Rob Zombie’s 31 and last year’s Barbarian, Richard Brake is back to deliver another scene-stealing performance in The Gates, an Irish horror movie released this week.
The Gates opened up on VOD and Digital platforms today, June 27.
In the film, “A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in,...
Here’s all the new horror releasing June 27 – July 2, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
The star of Rob Zombie’s 31 and last year’s Barbarian, Richard Brake is back to deliver another scene-stealing performance in The Gates, an Irish horror movie released this week.
The Gates opened up on VOD and Digital platforms today, June 27.
In the film, “A serial killer has been sentenced to death by electric chair in London in the 1890s, but in his final hours, he puts a curse on the prison he is in,...
- 6/27/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Gabrielle Union-starring rom-com The Perfect Find and new seasons of deceptive baking sensation Is It Cake? and The Witcher, marking the beginning of the end of Henry Cavill’s starring run, are some of the much-anticipated titles still set to come to Netflix this month.
In The Perfect Find, Union plays a fashion editor who, after a public breakup and career implosion, starts working for her former rival Darcy Hill (Gina Torres) and catches the eye of a younger videographer (Keith Powers), who happens to be the boss’ son. As a romance blossoms, Union’s character begins to question what she really wants from the next phase of her life. The film, directed by Numa Perrier, is based on Tia Williams’ award-winning novel of the same name and also stars Janet Hubert, D.B. Woodside, Aisha Hinds, La La Anthony and others.
More deceptive desserts are on the menu...
In The Perfect Find, Union plays a fashion editor who, after a public breakup and career implosion, starts working for her former rival Darcy Hill (Gina Torres) and catches the eye of a younger videographer (Keith Powers), who happens to be the boss’ son. As a romance blossoms, Union’s character begins to question what she really wants from the next phase of her life. The film, directed by Numa Perrier, is based on Tia Williams’ award-winning novel of the same name and also stars Janet Hubert, D.B. Woodside, Aisha Hinds, La La Anthony and others.
More deceptive desserts are on the menu...
- 6/19/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Standing before technicolor stained glass, her golden curls gleaming, Adrienne Beaufort (Miranda Otto) resembles a saint. She preaches her gospel to a room full of acolytes, decrying materialism and urging the washing away of sin. Then she showcases what might one day be the crowning achievement of her spiritual movement: her family of nearly a dozen children. Most of them have had their hair dyed platinum blond and chopped into harsh bangs and bobs—crude reflections of Adrienne’s own exquisite styling. “They are as pure and untainted as it is possible to be,” Adrienne says to the crowd. “A generation raised away from the suffocating rules of society. Nurtured under the most perfect conditions.”
Adapted by Matt Cameron and Elise McCredie from J.P. Pomare’s 2019 novel In the Clearing, Hulu’s The Clearing is inspired by the real-life Australian cult known as “The Family,” which operated in the latter half of the 20th century.
Adapted by Matt Cameron and Elise McCredie from J.P. Pomare’s 2019 novel In the Clearing, Hulu’s The Clearing is inspired by the real-life Australian cult known as “The Family,” which operated in the latter half of the 20th century.
- 5/17/2023
- by Niv M. Sultan
- Slant Magazine
Sarah Snook is stuck in a twisted game of hide and seek with the daughter she thought she knew.
The “Succession” actress leads Daina Reid’s feature directorial debut “Run Rabbit Run,” which premiered at 2023 Sundance. Snook plays Sarah, a mother and fertility doctor whose own daughter Mia’s behavior drastically becomes more and more unhinged upon her seventh birthday. A surprise pet rabbit present unlocks Mia’s (Lily Latorre) memories of a supposed past life, and sending Sarah down a rabbit hole of horror.
Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi also star.
Director Reid has previously helmed episodes of “The Shining Girls” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” both starring Elisabeth Moss who was once attached to “Run Rabbit Run.” The script is penned by Australian novelist Hannah Kent, with an original idea developed by Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver serve as producers, with Snook executive producing along with director Reid.
The “Succession” actress leads Daina Reid’s feature directorial debut “Run Rabbit Run,” which premiered at 2023 Sundance. Snook plays Sarah, a mother and fertility doctor whose own daughter Mia’s behavior drastically becomes more and more unhinged upon her seventh birthday. A surprise pet rabbit present unlocks Mia’s (Lily Latorre) memories of a supposed past life, and sending Sarah down a rabbit hole of horror.
Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi also star.
Director Reid has previously helmed episodes of “The Shining Girls” and “The Handmaid’s Tale,” both starring Elisabeth Moss who was once attached to “Run Rabbit Run.” The script is penned by Australian novelist Hannah Kent, with an original idea developed by Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver serve as producers, with Snook executive producing along with director Reid.
- 5/10/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
"You don't like me. You make me hide and hide." Netflix has revealed their official trailer for an indie horror film titled Run Rabbit Run, which first premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. It received mixed reviews, despite being one of the most talked about horror films premiering in the Midnight section of the festival. Sarah Snook plays a fertility doctor who believes firmly in life and death, but after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past. Seems like it will have some scary twists. Described as a "exquisitely fine-tuned psychological thriller, elegantly incorporating unsettling visual and aural cues to signal how destabilized Sarah’s world has become." Also starring Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman, and Greta Scacchi. Alas this trailer doesn't make this look any better than the mixed reviews I heard from Sundance,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The children are not okay in Netflix’s upcoming psychological horror movie Run Rabbit Run, starring Sarah Snook (“Succession”).
The streaming service debuted a new trailer for the Australian horror thriller, giving a peek at the psychological unraveling of a mom and her daughter. Check it out below.
In Run Rabbit Run, “Snook plays a fertility doctor who believes firmly in life and death, but after noticing the strange behaviour of her young daughter, must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.”
Daina Reid (“Shining Girls,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Outsider”)directed the film, written by Hannah Kent (The Good People, Devotion). Run Rabbit Run also stars Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman (House of Wax, The Nightingale, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Greta Scacchi (Darby & Joan, Shepherd).
Before her breakout performance in HBO’s smash hit “Succession,” set to make its final bow later this month,...
The streaming service debuted a new trailer for the Australian horror thriller, giving a peek at the psychological unraveling of a mom and her daughter. Check it out below.
In Run Rabbit Run, “Snook plays a fertility doctor who believes firmly in life and death, but after noticing the strange behaviour of her young daughter, must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.”
Daina Reid (“Shining Girls,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Outsider”)directed the film, written by Hannah Kent (The Good People, Devotion). Run Rabbit Run also stars Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman (House of Wax, The Nightingale, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Greta Scacchi (Darby & Joan, Shepherd).
Before her breakout performance in HBO’s smash hit “Succession,” set to make its final bow later this month,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
Following a premiere at Sundance 2023, where Netflix picked up the psychological horror film for an undisclosed sum, the streaming service has set a June 28 release date and unveiled the first trailer for "Run Rabbit Run." With Sarah Snook ("Succession") in the lead, Australian director Daina Reid's second feature film is about a single mother and fertility doctor named Sarah (Snook) who is shaken by her 7-year-old daughter Mia's (Lily Latorre) strange behavior and "inexplicable memories of a past identity."
The connection, as the "Run Rabbit Run" trailer reveals, is Sarah's late sister Alice who had an interest in wild rabbits and went missing when she was just seven years old. Mia turns out to have both things in common with Alice when she takes a liking to a rabbit that appears on their doorstep. You know where this is going, right? Mia believes she's Alice and seemingly begins turning on her mother,...
The connection, as the "Run Rabbit Run" trailer reveals, is Sarah's late sister Alice who had an interest in wild rabbits and went missing when she was just seven years old. Mia turns out to have both things in common with Alice when she takes a liking to a rabbit that appears on their doorstep. You know where this is going, right? Mia believes she's Alice and seemingly begins turning on her mother,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Akhil Arora
- Slash Film
The first trailer for Netflix’s horror thriller Run Rabbit Run, starring Succession star Sarah Snook, has dropped.
The clip shows the fraught relationship between a mother (Snook) and her daughter (Lily Latorre) as the latter begins to act strangely. The film also stars Damon Herriman, Greta Scacchi and Trevor Jamieson.
Filmed in Melbourne, Run Rabbit Run is directed by Aussie filmmaker Daina Reid, known for helming episodes of the television series The Shining Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale, with a script by Hannah Kent.
The Hollywood Reporter‘s review described Run Rabbit Run as “moody and atmospheric” and that it “easily builds tension and dread.”
The feature premiered at Sundance this year as part of the festival’s horror-centric Midnight selections. Netflix acquired the global rights, aside from some territories where deals are already in place.
Indie studio XYZ Films financed Run Rabbit Run with Screen Australia. Snook also executive produced,...
The clip shows the fraught relationship between a mother (Snook) and her daughter (Lily Latorre) as the latter begins to act strangely. The film also stars Damon Herriman, Greta Scacchi and Trevor Jamieson.
Filmed in Melbourne, Run Rabbit Run is directed by Aussie filmmaker Daina Reid, known for helming episodes of the television series The Shining Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale, with a script by Hannah Kent.
The Hollywood Reporter‘s review described Run Rabbit Run as “moody and atmospheric” and that it “easily builds tension and dread.”
The feature premiered at Sundance this year as part of the festival’s horror-centric Midnight selections. Netflix acquired the global rights, aside from some territories where deals are already in place.
Indie studio XYZ Films financed Run Rabbit Run with Screen Australia. Snook also executive produced,...
- 5/10/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix previously acquired worldwide deal excluding select territories.
XYZ Films has sold out the world on its Sundance horror hit Run Rabbit Run starring Succession’s Sarah Snook and announced in Berlin a raft of international territory sales following an earlier deal with Netflix.
Rights have gone in Benelux, Eastern Europe, and Israel (Spi International), Latin America (California Filmes), Scandinavia (NonStop), Middle East (Falcon Films), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Cis (Mint Films), Baltics (Acme Film), Hong Kong and Macau (Intercontinental Film Distributors), Philippines (Pioneer), and India (Pictureworks).
The transactions complement the previously announced worldwide deal excluding select territories with Netflix,...
XYZ Films has sold out the world on its Sundance horror hit Run Rabbit Run starring Succession’s Sarah Snook and announced in Berlin a raft of international territory sales following an earlier deal with Netflix.
Rights have gone in Benelux, Eastern Europe, and Israel (Spi International), Latin America (California Filmes), Scandinavia (NonStop), Middle East (Falcon Films), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Cis (Mint Films), Baltics (Acme Film), Hong Kong and Macau (Intercontinental Film Distributors), Philippines (Pioneer), and India (Pictureworks).
The transactions complement the previously announced worldwide deal excluding select territories with Netflix,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Following in the footsteps of The Babadook and Hereditary, Run Rabbit Run adds a layer of generational analysis to horror depictions of motherhood. Though mothers have always been at the center of horror stories, the focus of the narrative has recently shifted. Filmmakers have become more interested in the question of what the existence of a child reveals about the mother, rather than the more primal parental fears. These stories often speak to the millennial desire to not reproduce, either due to the state of the world or more pointedly, the fear of “messing up” a child with neuroses and generational trauma. It would be ahistorical to say that horror only just began tackling trauma. The genre has always explored and provided commentary on the nature of trauma. But as the very concept of “trauma” becomes more popular, the allusions to it in genre cinema have become more literal.
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- 1/28/2023
- by Jourdain Searles
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Not surprisingly given its country of origin, Australia, or its subject matter, the fraught, conflicted, inter- and intra-generational relationships between mothers and daughters, Daina Reid and Hannah Kent’s chilling, if overlong, psychological horror film, Run Rabbit Run, brings Jennifer Kent’s 2014 cult-classic The Babadook immediately to mind. Unfortunately, any comparisons to The Babadook won’t do Reid and Kent’s repetitive, if often effective, film any favors. To be fair, few modern horror films, regardless of country of origin, would compare well to The Babadook’s unflinching character study of a single, widowed mother suffering a psychological break under extreme duress, natural and supernatural. When we first meet Run Rabbit Run’s protagonist, Sarah (Sarah Snook), a fertility doctor and single mother to a preteen, Mia (Lily Latorre), little...
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- 1/24/2023
- Screen Anarchy
Run Rabbit Run, the latest from director Daina Reid, has all the ingredients of the modern mother-daughter horror film. There are the strung-out bass notes and dissonant metallic clangs. There are the cute, unexpectedly vicious animals attempting to become blatant metaphors. There are the disturbing black-crayon drawings that suggest something demonic. And then there is the central strained, maternal relationship that devolves into a psychological game of wills and triggers old trauma into a chaotic climax.
In this sense, Reid’s movie leans into its tropes enough to fulfill the requirements of the genre––it earns its creep in jolting blows and unsettling exchanges. So why does it feel so hollow? The story, written by Hannah Kent, turns generational secrets into paranormal (or are they?) disturbances, well-worn subject matter over the last several years––most notably in other Australian horrors like Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and 2020 Sundance entry Relic.
In this sense, Reid’s movie leans into its tropes enough to fulfill the requirements of the genre––it earns its creep in jolting blows and unsettling exchanges. So why does it feel so hollow? The story, written by Hannah Kent, turns generational secrets into paranormal (or are they?) disturbances, well-worn subject matter over the last several years––most notably in other Australian horrors like Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook and 2020 Sundance entry Relic.
- 1/23/2023
- by Jake Kring-Schreifels
- The Film Stage
Lily Latorre in ‘Run Rabbit Run’ (Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Photo by Sarah Enticknap)
When we meet fertility doctor Sarah Gregory she’s well put together, professional, and leading a neat and tidy life. By the time we say goodbye to Sarah, everything’s gotten messy and her grip on reality has been pried loose. What transpires that forces this decay in her mental state is alternatingly terrifying and disappointingly predictable in Run Rabbit Run.
Succession’s Sarah Snook stars as Sarah, mom to Mia and ex-wife of Pete. Sarah’s raising Mia and doing a terrific job of it until the day of Mia’s seventh birthday. The first hint of something unusual comes when Mia announces that she misses people she’s never met all the time. Sarah finds that quirky but brushes it off, unaware that statement’s about to play an integral role in what happens next.
When we meet fertility doctor Sarah Gregory she’s well put together, professional, and leading a neat and tidy life. By the time we say goodbye to Sarah, everything’s gotten messy and her grip on reality has been pried loose. What transpires that forces this decay in her mental state is alternatingly terrifying and disappointingly predictable in Run Rabbit Run.
Succession’s Sarah Snook stars as Sarah, mom to Mia and ex-wife of Pete. Sarah’s raising Mia and doing a terrific job of it until the day of Mia’s seventh birthday. The first hint of something unusual comes when Mia announces that she misses people she’s never met all the time. Sarah finds that quirky but brushes it off, unaware that statement’s about to play an integral role in what happens next.
- 1/22/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The horror genre has always been an excellent vehicle for metaphors for grief and trauma. After all, what better genre is there to take our emotional monsters and make them literal? We’ve seen a rise in these types of films over the past decade, with particular standouts being films like The Babadook (review), Hereditary (review) and Relic (review).
Daina Reid‘s Run Rabbit Run is the latest addition to this sub-genre but, despite a committed lead performance from Sarah Snook (HBO’s Succession), it succumbs to predictable genre tropes and offers a severe lack of narrative momentum.
On the day of her daughter Mia’s (Lily Latorre) seventh birthday, Sarah (Snook) comes home to find a rabbit on their front porch. This triggers strange behavior in Mia, who begins acting out in more and more alarming ways. From saying that she misses her grandmother, a person she has never met before,...
Daina Reid‘s Run Rabbit Run is the latest addition to this sub-genre but, despite a committed lead performance from Sarah Snook (HBO’s Succession), it succumbs to predictable genre tropes and offers a severe lack of narrative momentum.
On the day of her daughter Mia’s (Lily Latorre) seventh birthday, Sarah (Snook) comes home to find a rabbit on their front porch. This triggers strange behavior in Mia, who begins acting out in more and more alarming ways. From saying that she misses her grandmother, a person she has never met before,...
- 1/22/2023
- by Trace Thurman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Plot: A divorced mother (Sarah Snook), reeling from the recent death of her father, begins to have disturbing interactions with her daughter, Mia (Lily Latorre), who has started having inexplicable temper tantrums.
Review: Run Rabbit Run is a low-key psychological thriller offering star Sarah Snook an excellent showcase. Already famous for her role on Succession (and a cult icon for the underrated Predestination), Snook is expertly cast as Sarah, a fertility doctor amid a harrowing ordeal. When we first meet her character, Sarah, she seems to have a decent life, despite his lingering disappointment over the disintegration of her marriage to her decent ex (Damon Herriman). She’s civil with her ex’s new family and has an idyllic relationship with her daughter, Mia, who she affectionately calls Bunny. Yet, coinciding with the arrival of a rabbit who wanders into their home, Mia throws weird tantrums. At first, her behavior is just annoying,...
Review: Run Rabbit Run is a low-key psychological thriller offering star Sarah Snook an excellent showcase. Already famous for her role on Succession (and a cult icon for the underrated Predestination), Snook is expertly cast as Sarah, a fertility doctor amid a harrowing ordeal. When we first meet her character, Sarah, she seems to have a decent life, despite his lingering disappointment over the disintegration of her marriage to her decent ex (Damon Herriman). She’s civil with her ex’s new family and has an idyllic relationship with her daughter, Mia, who she affectionately calls Bunny. Yet, coinciding with the arrival of a rabbit who wanders into their home, Mia throws weird tantrums. At first, her behavior is just annoying,...
- 1/21/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Fans of the “I Love You, My Child, But You’re Really Creeping Mommy Out Right Now” subgenre have a treat in store with Daina Reid’s “Run Rabbit Run,” which hails, like a couple of other notable, similarly-themed horrors, from Australia. Indeed, the top-hatted shadow of Jennifer Kent’s “The Babadook” and the matrilineal mayhem of Natalia Erika James’ “Relic” — two other debuts by Aussie women that premiered in Sundance’s Midnight section — loom large here, as do other breakouts like “Hereditary,” “Goodnight Mommy” and even “The Orphanage.” Too large, possibly, for Reid’s film to fully escape a sense of diminished returns on its motherhood-is-madness, is-she-protecting-or-is-she-projecting and grief-is-a-ghost ideas.
Yet what it lacks in thematic newness, “Run Rabbit Run” makes up for in the sophistication of its moment-to-moment scarifying and its performances from Sarah Snook and outstanding newcomer Lily Latorre, as mother and daughter respectively. Between them, Reid...
Yet what it lacks in thematic newness, “Run Rabbit Run” makes up for in the sophistication of its moment-to-moment scarifying and its performances from Sarah Snook and outstanding newcomer Lily Latorre, as mother and daughter respectively. Between them, Reid...
- 1/20/2023
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
A predictably terrific Sarah Snook goes full-blown feral in the Australian horror movie “Run Rabbit Run,” but its final-act destination isn’t enough to justify the journey.
Directed by Daina Reid from a screenplay by Hannah Kent, “Run Rabbit Run” largely tears from the playbook of similar recent horror titles about mothers wracked by grief and trauma who are staring down supernatural events that confront them with their strained relationships with their own mothers and children. But the screenplay has so many dizzying leaps in logic and never quite establishes the world it purports to build — are the onscreen happenings supernatural, or merely Grand Guignol freakout hallucination? Either possibility turns out to be disappointing.
Sarah Snook, trading in her Shiv Roy “Succession” old-money aesthetic for linen Banana Republic Outback chic, unbuttons as never before here as a fertility doctor also named Sarah. She lives in a South Australian suburb with her small daughter,...
Directed by Daina Reid from a screenplay by Hannah Kent, “Run Rabbit Run” largely tears from the playbook of similar recent horror titles about mothers wracked by grief and trauma who are staring down supernatural events that confront them with their strained relationships with their own mothers and children. But the screenplay has so many dizzying leaps in logic and never quite establishes the world it purports to build — are the onscreen happenings supernatural, or merely Grand Guignol freakout hallucination? Either possibility turns out to be disappointing.
Sarah Snook, trading in her Shiv Roy “Succession” old-money aesthetic for linen Banana Republic Outback chic, unbuttons as never before here as a fertility doctor also named Sarah. She lives in a South Australian suburb with her small daughter,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
“Can people come back?” asks Mia, the cute little girl whose increasingly hair-raising antics are the crux of this atmospheric Midnight premiere from Australia. From the dead, she means, and it’s a macabre thought that Daina Reid’s effective but perhaps overlong debut feature film plays with quite tantalizingly, right until the end. Although the tease may wear down commercial audiences expecting to find out one way or the other, Run Rabbit Run will find favor on the arthouse and especially the festival circuit.
Like a lot of recent genre films with female leads — eg Ari Aster’s Hereditary or Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook — Reid’s film takes place in a time of fresh bereavement or recent marriage trauma. In this case, it’s both: Sarah (Sarah Snook), Mia’s mother, is dealing with her father’s death, but the hammer blow comes when her ex-husband announces that...
Like a lot of recent genre films with female leads — eg Ari Aster’s Hereditary or Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook — Reid’s film takes place in a time of fresh bereavement or recent marriage trauma. In this case, it’s both: Sarah (Sarah Snook), Mia’s mother, is dealing with her father’s death, but the hammer blow comes when her ex-husband announces that...
- 1/20/2023
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The term "elevated horror" has garnered very mixed reactions. On the one hand, there is something inherently unique about a slowly-burning, quiet build-up to a terrifying revelation. However, on the other hand, the term suggests that horror in and of itself can't be sophisticated or can't deal with difficult subject matter. Regardless of one's personal opinions on the term, the past few years have seen an uptick in movies that arguably could be considered elevated — there have been good movies, but there certainly have been some bad movies.
"Run Rabbit Run" is neither of these. In fact, it doesn't feel like anything at all, which is painful to type out as a major horror fan. It's not like the premise didn't have potential — fertility doctor Sarah (Sarah Snook) is a single mother to a young girl named Mia (Lily Latorre), but the arrival of a mysterious white rabbit sends the two of them down,...
"Run Rabbit Run" is neither of these. In fact, it doesn't feel like anything at all, which is painful to type out as a major horror fan. It's not like the premise didn't have potential — fertility doctor Sarah (Sarah Snook) is a single mother to a young girl named Mia (Lily Latorre), but the arrival of a mysterious white rabbit sends the two of them down,...
- 1/20/2023
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Netflix has picked up rights in the U.S. and numerous international territories to “Run Rabbit Run,” the Sarah Snook-starring psychological horror/thriller that premieres Thursday night at Sundance. The streamer plans a 2023 release for the film, which shot in Australia.
Snook plays a fertility doctor who firmly believes in life and death, but when she notices her young daughter behaving strangely, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.
“Succession” star Snook stars alongside Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi in the movie directed by Daina Reed, who has helmed TV episodes including “The Shining Girls” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Hannah Kent wrote the screenplay, with Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish producing.
Executive producers are Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films, Deanne Weir, Olivia Humphrey, Jack Christian, D.J. McPherson, Daina Reid, Sarah Snook, Jake Carter and Katie Anderson.
Snook plays a fertility doctor who firmly believes in life and death, but when she notices her young daughter behaving strangely, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.
“Succession” star Snook stars alongside Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi in the movie directed by Daina Reed, who has helmed TV episodes including “The Shining Girls” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Hannah Kent wrote the screenplay, with Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish producing.
Executive producers are Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films, Deanne Weir, Olivia Humphrey, Jack Christian, D.J. McPherson, Daina Reid, Sarah Snook, Jake Carter and Katie Anderson.
- 1/19/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has nabbed the rights to the Sundance feature Run Rabbit Run, a horror thriller starring Succession‘s Sarah Snook. The film will premiere Thursday night as part of Sundance’s horror-centric Midnight selections.
The film is directed by Daina Reid, known for working with Elizabeth Moss on The Shining Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale, with a script by Hannah Kent. It centers on a fertility doctor who while trying to make sense of the strange behavior of her young daughter, must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.
Run Rabbit Run was filmed in Melbourne, Australia and produced by by Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish. The indie studio XYZ Films, which financed the film with Screen Australia and others, handled international sales. Netflix has the global rights, aside from some territories where deals are already in place.
Snook stars alongside Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi.
The film is directed by Daina Reid, known for working with Elizabeth Moss on The Shining Girls and The Handmaid’s Tale, with a script by Hannah Kent. It centers on a fertility doctor who while trying to make sense of the strange behavior of her young daughter, must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.
Run Rabbit Run was filmed in Melbourne, Australia and produced by by Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish. The indie studio XYZ Films, which financed the film with Screen Australia and others, handled international sales. Netflix has the global rights, aside from some territories where deals are already in place.
Snook stars alongside Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi.
- 1/19/2023
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ahead of the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Deadline reports today that Netflix has acquired Run Rabbit Run, a horror movie starring Sarah Snook (“Succession”).
From XYZ Films and Carver Films, expect Run Rabbit Run to premiere later this year.
The Australian horror movie “follows fertility doctor Sarah (Snook). She firmly believes in life and death. However, after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.”
Daina Reid directed the film, written by Hannah Kent.
Run Rabbit Run‘s cast also includes Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi.
Producers are Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish. EPs are Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films, Deanne Weir, Olivia Humphrey, Jack Christian, D.J. McPherson, Daina Reid, Sarah Snook, Jake Carter and Katie Anderson.
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From XYZ Films and Carver Films, expect Run Rabbit Run to premiere later this year.
The Australian horror movie “follows fertility doctor Sarah (Snook). She firmly believes in life and death. However, after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.”
Daina Reid directed the film, written by Hannah Kent.
Run Rabbit Run‘s cast also includes Lily Latorre, Damon Herriman and Greta Scacchi.
Producers are Sarah Shaw and Anna McLeish. EPs are Nate Bolotin, Maxime Cottray, Nick Spicer and Aram Tertzakian of XYZ Films, Deanne Weir, Olivia Humphrey, Jack Christian, D.J. McPherson, Daina Reid, Sarah Snook, Jake Carter and Katie Anderson.
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- 1/19/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Netflix has made the first high-profile buy at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, picking up global distribution rights to “Run Rabbit Run” ahead of the film’s premiere, minus select territories.
The deal occurred on the first day of the festival, with the feature debuting in the Midnight selection on Thursday night. Directed by Daina Reid and penned by Hannah Kent, the psychological thriller stars Sarah Snook (HBO’s “Succession”) as a fertility doctor who must confront her grim past and her presumptions about life and death when her daughter begins acting out alongside the arrival of a mysterious rabbit.
Netflix will release the movie in 2023.
The feature was executive produced by XYZ Films, a company co-founded by Sundance alumni Nick Spicer, Aram Tertzakianand Nate Bolotin.
“Run Rabbit Run” is a Carver Films production, with major production investment from XYZ Films and Screen Australia, in association with VicScreen, Filmology Finance,...
The deal occurred on the first day of the festival, with the feature debuting in the Midnight selection on Thursday night. Directed by Daina Reid and penned by Hannah Kent, the psychological thriller stars Sarah Snook (HBO’s “Succession”) as a fertility doctor who must confront her grim past and her presumptions about life and death when her daughter begins acting out alongside the arrival of a mysterious rabbit.
Netflix will release the movie in 2023.
The feature was executive produced by XYZ Films, a company co-founded by Sundance alumni Nick Spicer, Aram Tertzakianand Nate Bolotin.
“Run Rabbit Run” is a Carver Films production, with major production investment from XYZ Films and Screen Australia, in association with VicScreen, Filmology Finance,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Scott Mendelson
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Some were expecting Netflix to curb their acquisitions here in Park City, but, as we told you earlier this morning, never count them out of the Sundance marketplace. Before its premiere in the midnight section tonight, the Reed Hastings-Ted Sarandos-run streamer has scooped up a majority of global rights on the Australian horror movie, Run Rabbit Run, starring 2x Emmy nominated Succession actress Sarah Snook. XYZ Films, which co-funded the film, brokered the deal with Netflix on behalf of the filmmakers.
A release for the Carver Films production is planned for this year.
Directed by Daina Reid off a script by Hannah Kent, Run Rabbit Run follows fertility doctor Sarah (Snook). She firmly believes in life and death. However, after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.
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A release for the Carver Films production is planned for this year.
Directed by Daina Reid off a script by Hannah Kent, Run Rabbit Run follows fertility doctor Sarah (Snook). She firmly believes in life and death. However, after noticing the strange behavior of her young daughter, she must challenge her own values and confront a ghost from her past.
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- 1/19/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Taking place January 19th–29th, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will spotlight 99 feature films from around the globe, and we have a look at the full list of movies screening in the eclectic and eerie Midnight category, including the world premieres of Brandon Cronenberg's Infinity Pool and Kenneth Dagatan's In My Mother’s Skin:
From the Press Release: From horror and comedy to works that defy genre classification, these films will keep you wide awake, even at the most arduous hour. Films that have premiered in this category in recent years include Fresh, Hereditary, Mandy, Relic, Assassination Nation, and The Babadook.
birth/rebirth / U.S.A. — A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead. Cast: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool. World Premiere. Fiction. Day One
In My Mother’s Skin...
From the Press Release: From horror and comedy to works that defy genre classification, these films will keep you wide awake, even at the most arduous hour. Films that have premiered in this category in recent years include Fresh, Hereditary, Mandy, Relic, Assassination Nation, and The Babadook.
birth/rebirth / U.S.A. — A single mother and a childless morgue technician are bound together by their relationship to a little girl they have reanimated from the dead. Cast: Marin Ireland, Judy Reyes, A.J. Lister, Breeda Wool. World Premiere. Fiction. Day One
In My Mother’s Skin...
- 12/8/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Top Australian actor Damon Herriman and U.K.-Italian star Greta Scacchi join “Succession” star Sarah Snook in horror-thriller “Run Rabbit Run” from “The Handmaid’s Tale” director Daina Reid. The film starts production in Victoria and South Australia this week.
Snook replaced Elizabeth Moss who was previously attached, but who dropped out late last year due to scheduling clashes. Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
The script was written by acclaimed South Australian novelist Hannah Kent (“Devotion,” “Burial Rites”) from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films are producing.
Los Angeles-based XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales, having taken over sales duties from STX International which previously touted the project at 2020’s virtual Cannes Market. Storyd...
Snook replaced Elizabeth Moss who was previously attached, but who dropped out late last year due to scheduling clashes. Snook plays a fertility doctor whose firm grasp on the cycle of life is put to the test as her young daughter begins to exhibit increasingly strange behavior.
The script was written by acclaimed South Australian novelist Hannah Kent (“Devotion,” “Burial Rites”) from an original idea developed with Carver Films. Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw of Carver Films are producing.
Los Angeles-based XYZ Films is executive producing, financing and handling world sales, having taken over sales duties from STX International which previously touted the project at 2020’s virtual Cannes Market. Storyd...
- 1/25/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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