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The world just saw Lewis Pullman crush it as Robert Reynolds, aka Sentry, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s recent installment, Thunderbolts* (The New Avengers). Lewis is no stranger to the spotlight, being the son of acting legend Bill Pullman. However, he has made his own path with his performances in indie gems and blockbuster hits.

He started his career with short films, Westerns, and horrors, and one thing that can be said about his filmography is that the actor has got range. Lewis has brought a sort of quiet charisma and intensity to most of his roles, and if you have liked the way he portrayed Bob/Sentry/Void in Thunderbolts*, here are 10 of his movies that also deserve your attention.

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Filmmaker Alice Englert spoke with MovieWeb's Will Sayre about her new film Bad Behaviour, which stars her and Jennifer Connelly and explores the tumultuous relationship between a former child actress and her stunt performer daughter, against the backdrop of a chaotic spiritual retreat. She also touched on what it's like being directed by her mom, Oscar-winner Jane Campion, in projects like Power of the Dog and Top of the Lake.

Bad Behavior is a valentine to adults who are still coming-of-age. Especially mothers and daughters. This story takes place in the space where tragedy is still taking its time to turn into comedy, where some wounds still feel fresh and others that might have healed have been continually picked open. My intention is to tell a story about the stories we tell, the egos that love them, the worlds that they build,...

Augustine Frizzell is set to direct “The Invisible Life of Addie Larue,” a feature film adaptation of V.E. Schwab’s fantasy novel.

Frizzell will also write the script with her husband, filmmaker David Lowery. Schwab was initially on board to pen the screenplay from an initial draft by Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage. Though she’s no longer adapting her words for the big screen, Schwab will remain involved on the project as a producer.

“The Invisible Life of Addie Larue” follows a woman who makes a Faustian bargain to live forever. But in return, she’s cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. That all changes 300 years later, when Addie Larue stumbles upon a man who remembers her name. After the book was published, it remained on the New York Times bestseller list for 43 weeks and sold more than 1 million copies in its first year.

Frizzell made...

In this new “ripped from the headlines” thriller, an intrepid reporter goes deep, deep undercover to get to the heart of a controversial story. Oh, and there are no car chases or meetings in dark alleyways. But there is the “dark web”. That’s because, in the most modern take on the “get the truth out there” suspense saga, the heroine never really leaves her modest London “flat”. She’s online, and we’re watching her on her very own computer desktop as she bounces from social media sites to search engines to video “tele-chats”. Still, the danger is very real, along with the truly disturbing subject. And the whole thing truly hinges on the believability of the reporter’s fictitious Profile.

The year is 2014. As the monitor screen “fires up”, we hear the “key clicks” entering a search request for news stories concerning women from the US and Europe...

Profile Focus Features Reviewed by Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B+ Director: Timur Bekmambetov Screenwriters: Britt Poulton, Timur Bekmambetov, Olga Kharina Based on: In The Skin of a Jihadist by Anna Erelle Cast: Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Morgan Watkins Release Date: May 14th, 2021 Anna Erelle, a French journalist with a Parisian […]

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Kazakh-Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov’s thriller “Profile” has been completed since 2018, when it was released at the Berlin International Film Festival. But the latest film from the director of “Night Watch,” “Wanted,” and the notorious 2016 remake of “Ben Hur” is only just now getting a theatrical release — on May 14 from Focus Features. Watch the U.S. trailer for the film below.

“Profile” follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself. The thriller is co-led by Valene Kane (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”) and Shazad Latif (“Star Trek: Discovery”). “Profile” is inspired by the 2015 nonfiction bestseller “In the Skin of a Jihadist” by a French journalist who now has round-the-clock police protection and has changed her name to Anna Érelle.

Much like the Bekmambetov-produced horror movie “Unfriended,...

After producing Unfriended, Unfriended: Dark Web, and Searching, filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) has directed the new computer screen Pov thriller Profile (using Bekmambetov's Screenlife filmmaking format), which has been acquired by Focus Features and slated for a May 14th release.

Press Release: Los Angeles, CA March 23, 2020 – Focus Features has acquired the worldwide rights to the thriller Profile, a Berlin Film Festival sensation from Timur Bekmambetov, the director behind the intense Angelina Jolie-led thriller Wanted. Focus Features will distribute the film domestically and has set a release date of Friday, May 14, 2021. Universal Pictures will distribute internationally, excluding Cis/Russia. The sale was negotiated by WME.

Profile follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself. The thriller is co-led by Valene Kane (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story...

Focus Features has taken global rights to Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov’s thriller Profile, which made its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in 2018 and won the Audience Award there. A theatrical release date of May 14 has been set. Universal Pictures will distribute internationally, excluding Cis/Russia.

Profile follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself. Profile stars Valene Kane (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) and Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery) and is inspired by the 2015 nonfiction bestseller In the Skin of a Jihadist by a French journalist who now has round-the-clock police protection and has changed her name to Anna Érelle.

Profile plays out entirely on a computer screen in the Screenlife format, pioneered by Bekmambetov. It was written...

Timur Bekmambetov’s thriller “Profile,” which made waves at Berlin in 2018 for being seen entirely through a computer screen, has landed worldwide distribution from Focus Features.

Focus will release “Profile” in theaters domestically on May 14, 2021, while Universal Pictures will distribute internationally, excluding Cis/Russia.

“Profile” was shot using the Screenlife format, a platform pioneered by Bekmambetov that allows for the action to play out through webcams, computer screens, smartphones and social media windows. The technology has recently become more common in films like the horror movie “Unfriended” and the thriller “Searching” starring John Cho. Most recently, Bekmambetov was a producer on “R#J,” a new take on “Romeo & Juliet” for the TikTok era that also used Screenlife and premiered at Sundance.

The story of “Profile” follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in...

Thriller inspired by2015 non-fiction French bestseller In The Skin Of A Jihadist.

Focus Features has picked up worldwide rights to Timur Bekmambetov’s thriller Profile, the 2018 Berlinale Panorama selection about a UK journalist who infiltrates an Isis cell.

Focus negotiated the deal with Endeavor Content and will release the film in the US on May 14, with Universal Pictures distributing internationally outside Cis/Russia.

Valene Kane stars as the reporter and Shazad Latif plays the recruiter she tries to expose on social media while trying to avoid getting sucked into a life as a militant extremist.

The thriller was inspired by...

A series adaptation of the Victoria Schwab novel “City of Ghosts” is in the works at ABC Signature and Searchlight Television, Variety has learned exclusively.

David Lowery and Sehaj Sethi are attached to write the adaptation, with Lowery also onboard to direct. Schwab will executive produce along with with Sailor Bear’s Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston, Britt Poulton, and G-Base’s Danielle Robinson, Gerard Butler, and Alan Siegel.

“City of Ghosts” follows a young teenage girl, Cass, who finds herself embroiled in an epic battle between ghosts and humanity as she discovers powers to see a spectral world beyond “the Veil” and to fight the evil forces within. Cass accompanies her parents to Edinburgh, where they will host a TV show about the bloodiest chapters of history, and where she will discover her gifts in one of the most haunted places on earth.

Lowery previously wrote and directed...

Author V.E. Schwab’s upcoming novel “The Invisible Life of Addie Larue” is getting adapted into a feature film. Studio eOne has acquired rights for the movie, which will be produced by Gerard Butler’s company G-Base.

Schwab is penning the script in her screenwriting debut after an initial draft from Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage. The story follows Addie Larue, who makes a Faustian bargain to live forever. But in return, she’s cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. That all changes 300 years later, when she stumbles upon a man who remembers her name. The novel will be published on Oct. 6 by Tor Books.

Schwab is a New York Times bestselling author, who has written more than 20 books. Numerous works by Schwab have already gotten the Hollywood treatment. Her novel “Shades of Magic” is being turned into a TV show at Sony, and her book “City of Ghosts...

Further new openers include ‘Harriet’, ‘Blue Story’, ‘Greener Grass’.

Disney’s latest blockbuster Frozen II is looking to challenge the highest openings for an animated title in the UK when it launches this weekend.

Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck return to direct this second instalment, which follows sisters Anna and Elsa as they travel to an ancient forest looking for the origin of Elsa’s powers.

The first Frozen opened to £4.8m in December 2013, two weeks later in the year than the second title. It pulled in a £9,368 location average from 508 locations – a wide release, but not fully so.

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Premiering at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to high praise, Them That Follow arrives on DVD October 29 from Lionsgate. This unique thriller tells the story of a community of snake handlers dealing with a terrible secret that endangers their livelihood! Starring seasoned talent such as Academy Award Winner Olivia Colman and Emmy winner Jim Gaffigan, this tale is sure to keep you on your toes!

The greatest secret is hidden in the most unlikely of places in Them That Follow. Set in the rugged wilderness of Appalachia, follow a pastor's daughter who must hide a devastating secret that threatens her father's church of Pentecostal snake handlers. From first-time directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, the thrilling film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews and stars Academy Award&#174 winner Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Emmy&#174 winner Jim Gaffigan, Emmy&#174 nominee Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann, and Lewis Pullman.

Opening this weekend is a film about the members of a bizarre religious cult, who put themselves in dire danger, even risking death, at their services and meetings. What country is the home of such fanaticism, urging heavenly forces to protect them as they stare down doom. Most likely a faraway land, perhaps in an underdeveloped impoverished nation? Nope, this new film is set in the world of “serpent-handling” a religious rite that sprang up in this country, the U.S. of A in the last century, mainly in isolated rural communities. Most states have outlawed these rituals, but that doesn’t stop many congregations from gathering in secret locations to test their faith by scooping up rattlesnakes. So, is this film an investigative documentary, full of “hidden camera” footage? Actually, this is a family drama, focusing in on a forbidden love triangle. With hissing snakes. That weird world is...

Like most of the world, directors Dan Madison Savage and Britt Poulton are huge Olivia Colman fans. So when they set out to produce their first feature, Them That Follow, Colman was at the top of their cast wish list. When we spoke with the young directors ahead of the film’s release, they shared the story of their…...

From writer/directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, the indie drama Them That Follow is set deep in Appalachia, where Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over a Pentecostal sect of serpent handlers. At the same time, his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert), is preparing for her wedding day while also being forced to confront the fact that a dangerous secret could put her directly at odds with the traditions of her family and community. At the film’s Los Angeles press day, Collider got the opportunity to sit down and chat 1-on-1 with actress Alice Englert …...

To celebrate the release of the thriller Them That Follow, DaniElle DeLaite sat down with cast members Walton Goggins, Jim Gaffigan, Alice Englert, Lewis Pullman, Thomas Mann, and writers/director duo Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage.

The movie gives an amazing insight into the unique world of an isolated, snake handling, Pentecostal religious community, the likes of which continue to exist today in the Appalachian mountains of the USA. These worshippers handle deadly, venomous snakes to prove themselves before God.

Through a love triangle among three young people the personal agonies of their lives is shown as they struggle with the demands of the church and the expectations of their families while painfully dealing with their own emerging identities and values. Many viewers will be able to relate to this.

Popular comedian and actor, Jim Gaffigan, shares some impromptu, “off the wall” moments with DaniElle while seriously revealing how...

From writer/directors Britt Poulton and Dan Savage, the indie drama Them That Follow is set deep in Appalachia, where Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over a Pentecostal sect of serpent handlers. At the same time, his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert), is preparing for her wedding day while also being forced to confront the fact that a dangerous secret could put her directly at odds with the traditions of her family and community. At the film’s Los Angeles press day, Collider got the opportunity to sit down and chat 1-on-1 with actor Walton Goggins about …...

What’s the cliched, glib version of a cult set in the Appalachian Mountains? If it’s crazy preachers, brainwashed followers, sinister rituals, and snakes, you’ve come to the right place: all those familiar chestnuts are on display in Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage‘s feature debut, “Them That Follow.” But give them credit nonetheless, they take this foreboding and forbidden texture and turn it into something that’s also terrifying.

Continue reading ‘Them That Follow’: Serpents & Sins Dance Toward A Reckoning [Review] at The Playlist.

In 2014, Kentucky pastor Jamie Coots died after being bit by a rattlesnake during a service at his tiny Middlesboro, Ky church. It was the tenth time the Pentecostal leader had been bitten during his tenure as a snake handler, and the last time he refused medical attention for a poisonous bite. At the time, his son Cody told the local CBS affiliate, “When it’s your time to go, it’s just your time to go.” Such is the faith that guides the kind of Pentecostal snake handlers who populate Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage’s “Them That Follow,” devotees of Christ who interpret the King James Bible to literally encourage them to “take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them.”

Deep in Appalachia, the decades-old practice continues in a handful of churches, places just like the one where Coots received his final bite.

Fresh from her Oscar win for The Favourite, the indisputably great Olivia Colman shows up in Them That Follow as a snake-handling Pentecostal congregationalist in the Appalachian mountains who finds her faith sorely tested. You might want to read that sentence twice since this movie does not follow any traditional paths. But the faith it examines, in practice for more than 100 years, is considered a religious freedom by those even in areas that seek to outlaw it. Writer-directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage do not come from a Pentecostal church background,...

Alice Englert and her ‘Them That Follow’ co-star Thomas Mann.

Alice Englert’s Hollywood career is rocketing with roles in the Netflix series Ratched, horror movie Them That Follow and the upcoming crime thriller Body Brokers.

The 25-year-old daughter of Jane Campion and Colin Englert, Alice has a recurring role in Ratched, the prequel to Miloš Forman’s Oscar-winning 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which starred Louise Fletcher and Jack Nicholson.

Set in 1947, the series co-created and produced by Ryan Murphy follows the murderous journey of nurse Mildred Ratched (Sarah Paulson) through the mental health care system.

The cast includes Sharon Stone, Rosanna Arquette, Cynthia Nixon, Finn Wittrock, Judy Davis, Jon Jon Briones, Charlie Carver, Harriet Harris and Amanda Plummer. Englert plays a character named Dolly.

First-time directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage’s Them That Follow, which premiered in Sundance, opens in the Us on...

Kids may be gearing up to head back to school but the box office boom doesn't stop in August. In fact, August has proven to be a coveted calendar spot in recent years, with huge opening weekends for movies like Suicide Squad (2016) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). This year should be no exception given the blockbusters on the horizon.

Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw will punch its way onto the wonderfully crowded movie theater marquee on August 2, joining lingering critical and commercial smashes like the Avengers: Endgame palette cleanser Spider-Man: Far From Home and Disney/Pixar's Toy Story 4 and this week's loud-roaring arrival, The Lion King.

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Slightly stodgy drama/thriller from co-writer-directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, concerning hysterical snake-handling Pentecostal Christians in Appalachia, the main draw being the presence of recent Oscar winner Olivia Colman. Alice Allegra Englert plays Mara, a young woman torn between loyalty to her bonkers pastor father (Walton Goggins) and love for her former beau, Augie (Thomas Mann), a non-believer. Colman plays Augie's mother, a local busybody, and although top-billed, essentially provides a supporting role.

The film ploughs a fairly well-worn furrow, that of the innocent caught between religion and reason. Mara is emotionally blackmailed into marrying a local believer named Garret (Lewis Pullman), a 'good man' whose intentions seem noble, but mask deep insecurities.

Them That Follow Trailer

Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage‘s Them That Follow (2019) movie trailer has been released by The Orchard and stars Olivia Colman, Alice Englert, Walton Goggins, Kaitlyn Dever, and Jim Gaffigan.

Plot Synopsis

Them That Follow‘s plot synopsis: “Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs presides over an isolated community of serpent handlers, an obscure [...]

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Them That Follow is a classic tale of girl meets boy, girl and boy fall in love, girl must defy her snake-obsessed pastor father to marry boy and potentially get people killed in the process . . . Ok, so, maybe it's not your average story.

The upcoming thriller from directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, due out on Aug. 2, takes place deep in Appalachia, where Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) leads an isolated community of "serpent handlers," a Pentecostal sect who pick up and hold venomous snakes as a way to prove to God that they are worthy. Childs' daughter, Mara (Alice Englert), has been promised to another boy in town, but her secret romance with a man outside of their community threatens to tear her world apart.

Watch the trailer for Them That Follow above, which also stars Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Jim Gaffigan, Thomas Mann, and Lewis Pullman.

The debut feature from writing/directing duo Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, Them That Follow fits somewhere between religious mania thriller and body horror, with a bevy of snakes slithering in the background. Bolstered by a great cast in Walter Goggins and Olivia Colman (who recently won an Academy Award for The Favourite), Them That Follow premiered at Sundance. The film takes place deep in Appalachia where Pastor Lemuel Childs (Goggins) presides over an isolated community of serpent handlers, an obscure sect of Pentecostals who willingly take up venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. As his devoted daughter Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her wedding day, under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter (Colman), a dangerous secret is unearthed and she is forced to...

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After premiering at Sundance Film Festival earlier in the year, Orchard has released the first trailer for ‘Them That Follow’ starring the award-winning British actress Olivia Colman.

Directed by Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, the film stars Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann and Lewis Pullman.

Also in trailers – Jillian Bell turns her life around in trailer for ‘Brittany Runs A Marathon’

The film is released in the Us August 2nd

Them That Follow Synopsis

Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over an isolated community of serpent handlers, an obscure sect of Pentecostals who willingly take up venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. As his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her wedding day, under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter (Academy Award Winner Olivia Colman), a dangerous secret is unearthed and she is forced to confront the...

Following its premiere at Sundance Film Festival, the disquieting first trailer for Them that Follow has arrived ahead of an August release. In their directorial debut, Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage weave a tale of religious sycophantism with a serpentine twist. Alice Englert stars as Mara, the dutiful daughter of the Appalachia’s community pastor (Walter Goggins), who leads the community in handling venomous snakes to prove themselves dutiful to God. A dangerous secret is hidden by Mara, forcing her to confront the dangerous practices of her father’s church in the process.

In our review Jordan Raup wrote, “’We respect the serpent but do not cower to it,’ Goggins tells one of his dedicated parishioners when they go in the woods looking for new rattlers to bring into the fold. This relationship with snakes gives the film the lifeblood that isn’t flowing through its main characters. The...

Written and Directed by Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, 1091 will release Them That Follow in theaters on August 2, 2019.

Starring Olivia Colman, Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann, Lewis Pullman, watch the first trailer now.

Deep in Appalachia, Pastor Lemuel Childs (Walton Goggins) presides over an isolated community of serpent handlers, an obscure sect of Pentecostals who willingly take up venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. As his devoted daughter, Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her wedding day, under the watchful eye of Hope Slaughter (Academy Award Winner Olivia Colman), a dangerous secret is unearthed and she is forced to confront the deadly tradition of her father’s church. Also starring Kaitlyn Dever, Jim Gaffigan, Thomas Mann, and Lewis Pullman.

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After winning an Oscar for playing the Queen of England in “The Favourite,” the very British Olivia Colman proves she can be just as good with a heartland American accent in the new film “Them That Follow.”

She leads the cast of the thriller that premiered at Sundance and is set deep in the heart of Appalachia about a group of worshippers who handle deadly snakes as a way of becoming cleansed before God. But as the pastor’s daughter prepares for her wedding day under Colman’s watchful eye, a dangerous secret is unearthed, and the daughter is forced to confront the deadly tradition of her father’s church.

“When the devil creeps in, you need someone to see the truth even when you don’t,” Colman, who is really from Norwich, England, says in the trailer.

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"When the devil creeps in, you need someone to see the truth even when you don't." The Orchard has just debuted an official trailer for the indie drama Them That Follow, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, then won "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" at the Newport Beach Film Festival in the spring. From writers/directors Britt Poulton & Dan Madison Savage, this religious thriller is set deep in the wilds of Appalachia, where believers handle death-dealing snakes to prove themselves before God. The film tells the story of a pastor's daughter who holds a secret that threatens to tear her community apart. Burn it all down! Them That Follow stars Oscar-winner Olivia Colman, with Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann, and Lewis Pullman. It received a few great reviews at Sundance, but still doesn't seem like it's going to be everyone's cup of (snake) tea.

The Chicago Critics Film Festival Runs May 17th – 23rd. Stephen Tronicek is covering the event for We Are Movie Geeeks

The penultimate day of Ccff proved to be one of the most affecting this year, given the continuing quality of the films provided. Three new films were shown, each capturing a different kind of excitement, whether that be that of holding a rattlesnake, listening to Bruce Springsteen, or attempting to wrap your brain around a decade old conspiracy.

Them That Follow, directed by Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, is a terrifying reckoning of a movie about coming to terms with the fact that your world is broken and myopic. Mara (Alice Englert) is part of a small church sect who show their allegiance to God by holding venomous rattlesnakes. As tensions boil between her and her father and extenuating circumstances push her further and further from the community, Mara...

1091 Media, the new owners of what had been known as The Orchard Film Group, told staff Friday that a new strategic direction at the company will include distributing fewer, more targeted movies each year and that some layoffs are in the offing.

Company COO and CFO Chad Blackwell and chief revenue officer Julie Dansker relayed the news to staff in a memo. The company had been reviewing all aspects of the business, with the assessment to right-size the company for efficiency and to promote growth.

The plan is to focus on distributing 4-6 highly curated films a year, the memo said. The reset will result in nine layoffs — two in New York and seven in Los Angeles — or about a quarter of the company’s current staff. Variety had the news first today.

“With our new leadership in place and our strategic vision set, we are focused on building...

Over the last few months, the religious thriller Them That Follow has been enjoying much success on the festival circuit after celebrating its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, and making its way to Austin last week for SXSW 2019. While in Austin, Daily Dead sat down with two of the co-stars of Them That Follow—Alice Englert and Thomas Mann—to talk about their experiences digging into the religious themes of the film, collaborating with their fellow cast and crew members, and more.

Co-written and co-directed by Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, Them That Follow is centered around a young woman named Mara (Englert) who happens to be the daughter of Pastor Lemuel (Walton Goggins), the charismatic and heavy-handed leader of a snake-handling church tucked away from the world deep in the Appalachian Mountains. Mara finds herself at a crossroads, as she struggles with her love for community...

Now that we’re onto Day 143 of SXSW 2019, here’s a look at three more movies I had the chance to check out this year during the festival, including Daniel Isn’t Real from Adam Egypt Mortimer, the religious drama Them That Follow (which I had sadly missed at Sundance in January), and the criminally fun romp Villains by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen.

Daniel Isn’t Real: After Halloween (2018), I was as an instant fan of Miles Robbins’, who played Vicky’s heroic boyfriend Dave in the sequel, so I was incredibly happy to see him involved with Daniel Isn’t Real, the latest genre effort from director Adam Egypt Mortimer. An innovative and thought-provoking descent into madness, Daniel Isn’t Real was one of the biggest highlights for me out of this year’s Midnighters slate at SXSW, and is an exemplary effort from everyone involved, pushing storytelling...

Olivia Colman and Walton Goggins' Them That Follow takes a timeless story and sets it in a snake-handling community with bite.

Appalachia has a timeless appeal. As remarked by some, including the directors of Them That Follow, it is easy to displace a story set today with one in the same location occurring a hundred years ago. And it’s a fair assessment since in proportion to those Smoky Mountains, a century is the blink of an eye. Such is the rationale for the new indie darling’s rather old-fashioned, if more astutely sophisticated, melodrama involving fathers, daughters, sermons, and serpents.

The hook of Them That Follow, which previously played at Sundance and now premieres at the SXSW Film Festival, is that of an elemental love triangle taking on a modern menace when it occurs in a mountain community that is so beholden to the old ways that the...

The Sundance Film Festival made enormous strides this year in terms of diversity, with 40 percent of the 112 films selected having been directed (or co-directed) by a woman, 36 percent by a person of color, and 13 percent by an Lgbtq filmmaker. With greater director diversity naturally comes a wider array of stories and increased opportunities for women and actors of color in front of the camera. But what about behind the camera?

IndieWire reached out to 15 directors and producers who had scripted narrative features that premiered this year at Sundance to have a frank conversation about crew diversity in the indie world: the challenges, the successes, and the need to expand one’s network to make such hires possible. The one common denominator of each of these films is that, early in preproduction, every one of them set a goal of having a more inclusive crew.

The discussion of how they actually...

Snakes have long been fodder for cinematic nightmares, but combine them with oppressive Christian conservatism and you have an even more harrowing scenario. This sets the stakes for Them That Follow, which tells the tale of Pentecostal snake handlers in the outskirts of the Appalachian mountains and the faith-testing consequences they are faced with when one in their isolated circle commits a “sin.” Intended to be a character-focused, grounded look at this way of life, the drama can’t help but feel like it’s stuck in first gear until an over-the-top finale, when it’s far too little, too late.

Alice Englert plays Mara, daughter of Pastor Lemuel (Walton Goggins). While she attends their secluded service in a nearby barn and seems to follow the path laid before here, she holds a secret. She is pregnant with the child of Augie (Thomas Mann), who once was a part of...

The first feature from Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, Them That Follow is a gothic drama set in rural Appalachia, grounded in the unusual context of a Pentecostal church with a heavy emphasis on snake handling. Following its premiere, the film—which stars Olivia Colman and Walton Goggins—has been acquired for worldwide distribution by Sony. Via email, Dp Brett Jutkiewicz spoke to his work crafting the film’s visual language. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this […]...

The first feature from Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, Them That Follow is a gothic drama set in rural Appalachia, grounded in the unusual context of a Pentecostal church with a heavy emphasis on snake handling. Following its premiere, the film—which stars Olivia Colman and Walton Goggins—has been acquired for worldwide distribution by Sony. Via email, Dp Brett Jutkiewicz spoke to his work crafting the film’s visual language. Filmmaker: How and why did you wind up being the cinematographer of your film? What were the factors and attributes that led to your being hired for this […]...

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has picked up all international rights to “Them That Follow,” a drama about an obscure American Pentecostal sect that premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

The film stars Oscar nominee Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”) and Walton Goggins (“Justified”). The Orchard picked up domestic rights earlier in the festival.

“Them That Follow” centers on a group of snake handlers in the hills of Appalachia whose church services include the century-old tradition of worshiping with the reptiles. In the movie, a pastor’s daughter (Alice Englert) carries on a forbidden affair with a childhood friend (Thomas Mann) that threatens to put her in conflict with her father’s church.

This is the third acquisition made by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The company previously picked up “Tomorrow Man,” a romantic drama with John Lithgow and Blythe Danner, and “Sound of Silence,” a...

If you are reading this movie review, you are in all likelihood not a member of a Pentecostal snake handling church. I am certainly not a member of a Pentecostal snake handling church. Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage’s Them That Follow centers on the members of a Pentecostal snake handling church in Appalachia, but after the film is over, you won’t feel like you have a better understanding of these people or their beliefs. Them That Follow offers a unique setting and the kind of characters we don’t normally see in movies, and yet Poulton and …...

Distributor acquired doc Halston earlier in festival.

The Orchard film group, recently acquired by 1091 Media, has picked up North American rights to Them That Follow in Sundance.

Oscar-nominated Olivia Colman stars alongside Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann and Lewis Pullman in writer-directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage’s debut feature.

Them That Follow takes place in the Appalachian foothills as a pastor’s daughter engages in a forbidden relationship that challenges her community of American Pentecostal snake handlers.

Bradley Gallo produced with Michael A. Helfant for Amasia, and Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel and Danielle Robinson for G-base.

Exclusive: In its second pickup at the Sundance Film Festival this year, the new Orchard Film Group under new owners 1091 Media, has taken North American rights to Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage’s Appalachian thriller Them That Follow.

The pic was bought in a competitive situation. Danielle Digiacomo, VP Film/TV Acquisitions for The Orchard negotiated the deal with CAA Media Finance.

Starring Oscar-nominated The Favourite actress Olivia Colman, Them That Follow follows members of an isolated community of Pentecostal snake handlers led by Pastor Lemuel (Walton Goggins) who risk their lives to attest themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter Mara (Alice Englert) prepares for her wedding to the young believer her father has singled out for her under the watchful eye of Hope (Colman), while scrambling to hide a secret that has the potential to drive her father’s church to ruin. Kaitlyn Dever, Jim Gaffigan, Thomas Mann...

The Stella Artois & Deadline Sundance Series at the Sundance Film Festival continues to go strong Monday with the filmmakers and cast from Them That Follow.

Moderated by Dominic Patten, the panel will include directors and writers Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage; producers Bradley Gallo, Michael Helfant, Alan Siegel and Danielle Robinson as well as cast members Kaitlyn Dever, Alice Englert, Jim Gaffigan, Walton Goggins, Thomas Mann, and Lewis Pullman.

The film, which premiered at the fest Sunday, follows the members of an isolated Appalachian community of Pentecostal snake handlers led by Pastor Lemuel (Goggins) who risk their lives to attest themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter Mara (Englert) prepares for her upcoming wedding to the young believer her father has singled out for her under the watchful eye of Hope (Colman), while scrambling to hide a secret that has the potential to drive her father’s church to ruin.

Watch the livestream above.

Anchored by an enviable cast that includes Oscar nominee Olivia Colman, “Them That Follows” sinks its teeth into religious fanaticism in an isolated Appalachian mountain community, where an animal’s instinctual reactions are interpreted as a test of faith. Marking the feature debut of directors Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, this tense, slow-burning drama premiered Sunday afternoon at the Sundance Film Festival.

Oppressively restrained, actress Alice Englert (“Beautiful Creatures”) stuns in the role of Mara, a young woman who acts as a quiet conduit for insight into the Pentecostal snake-handling church that her father runs. We meet her at a point in her life when steadfast, solid devotion has started to show cracks of doubt, as an explosive secret consumes her. Torn between Augie and her soon-to-be husband Garret, Mara feels confused while surrounded by men and women who only deal in absolutes and certainties.

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It takes up to 48 hours to die of a rattler bite. For the Pentecostal snake handlers of Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage’s debut, “Them That Follow,” that’s two days to pray, bicker, and wonder if your faith might be poisonous. Augie (Thomas Mann) was born doubtful. But up on this Appalachian mountain, he’s the only one who is. His devout parents, Hope and Zeke (Olivia Colman and Jim Gaffigan) have grudgingly started to accept his apathy. But his secret childhood sweetheart Mara (Alice Engler) is considering marrying dweeby zealot Garret (Lewis Pullman) to please her dad (Walton Goggins), the reptile-obsessed preacher.

This patriarchal, anti-science church in the woods lit by a stark neon cross does not come off well. Yet in Poulton and Savage’s empathetic script, the only villain is Satan, who the locals blame for everything from asthma to sex. The parishioners believe in...

Comprising a considerable amount of our top 50 films of last year, Sundance Film Festival has proven to yield the first genuine look at what the year in cinema will bring. Now in its 41st iteration, we’ll be heading back to Park City this week, but before we do, it’s time to highlight the films we’re most looking forward to, including documentaries and narrative features from all around the world.

While much of the joy found in the festival comes from surprises throughout the event, below one will find our 20 most-anticipated titles. Check out our picks below and for updates straight from the festival, make sure to follow us on Twitter, and stay tuned to all of our coverage here.

20. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (Joe Berlinger)

From Brother’s Keeper to his Paradise Lost films to Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, documentary extraordinaire Joe Berlinger is...