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Clement Virgo’s feature film, “Brother,” which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival is headed to the US as Vertical has secured U.S. distribution rights. Starring Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Kiana Madeira, the drama explores themes of masculinity, family, race, and identity. READ: Idris Elba, Archie Panjabi, Christine Adams’ Real-Time […]
Amazon Studios acquired Garth Davis’ sci-fi thriller Foe in a deal north of $30M. The thriller also had a cast change with Aaron Pierre replacing LaKeith Stanfield and joining Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal, who were previously cast. Foe is adapted from Iain Reid’s bestselling novel of the same name. Garth Davis will direct a […]
Lamar Johnson, Aaron Pierre, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Kiana Madeira are all cast in the feature drama Brother. Set in Toronto’s early hip hop scene, the film follows Francis and Michael (Pierre and Johnson), sons of Caribbean immigrants, who are maturing into young men during the sweltering summer of 1991. Escalating tensions set off a […]