Exclusive: In a highly competitive situation, Apple has landed rights to develop Off Season, a spec from Holland, Michigan‘s Andrew Sodroski, which Academy Award nominee Vanessa Kirby (Napoleon) will star in and produce through her Aluna Entertainment, according to our sources.
While specifics as to the film’s plot haven’t been disclosed, it’s described as a femme fatale thriller set in a luxury resort on Mexico’s Mayan Riviera. 42 developed the script, with Peter Dealbert and Ben Pugh to produce for the company, alongside Kirby and Lauren Dark for Aluna Entertainment. No director is yet attached to the project.
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On a tear of late with roles in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon opposite Joaquin Phoenix, Kirby will next be seen starring in Ron Howard’s thriller Eden, which is coming off of its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Currently in...
While specifics as to the film’s plot haven’t been disclosed, it’s described as a femme fatale thriller set in a luxury resort on Mexico’s Mayan Riviera. 42 developed the script, with Peter Dealbert and Ben Pugh to produce for the company, alongside Kirby and Lauren Dark for Aluna Entertainment. No director is yet attached to the project.
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On a tear of late with roles in Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One and Ridley Scott’s Napoleon opposite Joaquin Phoenix, Kirby will next be seen starring in Ron Howard’s thriller Eden, which is coming off of its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Currently in...
- 9/18/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Vanessa Kirby’s Aluna Entertainment has announced the return of its Aluna Labs, an emerging talent development program, designed to champion the next generation of female talent in film.
Taking place in London, the Lab invites applications from female-identifying writers, directors and producers from across the UK. Applicants will apply with a treatment for a debut feature, in any genre, that they wish to develop through the program. Applications open via Zealous tomorrow and close Friday, June 28.
Stated Aluna Entertainment’s Lauren Dark and Juliet Kirby, “We created Aluna Labs to provide a tailored and nurturing environment for women aspiring to make ambitious debut features. This August, we are thrilled to welcome fifteen new participants to enhance their narrative pitches through specialised development sessions, industry panels, and professional mentorship. We spend time with each participant before the course begins to be clear on the nature of support needed for each project,...
Taking place in London, the Lab invites applications from female-identifying writers, directors and producers from across the UK. Applicants will apply with a treatment for a debut feature, in any genre, that they wish to develop through the program. Applications open via Zealous tomorrow and close Friday, June 28.
Stated Aluna Entertainment’s Lauren Dark and Juliet Kirby, “We created Aluna Labs to provide a tailored and nurturing environment for women aspiring to make ambitious debut features. This August, we are thrilled to welcome fifteen new participants to enhance their narrative pitches through specialised development sessions, industry panels, and professional mentorship. We spend time with each participant before the course begins to be clear on the nature of support needed for each project,...
- 6/6/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Vanessa Kirby has amassed an impressively starry ensemble cast for the first feature out of the gates for Aluna Entertainment, the production company she established in 2021 with former Film4 exec Lauren Dark.
“Night Always Comes,” which Oscar nominee Kirby will lead, is set to star Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen (“The Peanut Butter Falcon”), Stephan James (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Julia Fox (“Uncut Gems”), Eli Roth, Randall Park and Michael Kelly.
Shooting is now underway in Portland on the thriller, which is based on the 2021 novel by Willy Vlautin. Benjamin Caron directs from a script by Sarah Conradt (“Mother’s Instinct”).
As per the logline, “Night Always Comes” follows Lynette, a woman who risks everything to secure a future for herself and her brother by setting out on a dangerous odyssey in Portland, in doing so confronting her own dark past over one propulsive night.
Kirby and Dark are producing...
“Night Always Comes,” which Oscar nominee Kirby will lead, is set to star Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen (“The Peanut Butter Falcon”), Stephan James (“If Beale Street Could Talk”), Julia Fox (“Uncut Gems”), Eli Roth, Randall Park and Michael Kelly.
Shooting is now underway in Portland on the thriller, which is based on the 2021 novel by Willy Vlautin. Benjamin Caron directs from a script by Sarah Conradt (“Mother’s Instinct”).
As per the logline, “Night Always Comes” follows Lynette, a woman who risks everything to secure a future for herself and her brother by setting out on a dangerous odyssey in Portland, in doing so confronting her own dark past over one propulsive night.
Kirby and Dark are producing...
- 5/23/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
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