The South by Southwest Film and TV Festival has launched the schedule for this 12 months’s occasion, which is able to happen March 7-14. The opening evening tv choice would be the world premiere of “The Studio”, the eagerly awaited new collection from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, who labored as showrunners, administrators and screenwriters.
Starring Rogen as the brand new head of a Hollywood studio, the present additionally options Catherine O’Hara, Ike Barinholtz, Chase Sui Wonders and Kathryn Hahn. The collection will start streaming on Apple TV+ on March 26.
The competition’s opening evening movie choice shall be introduced individually.
Rogen and Goldberg have develop into dependable forces at SXSW, having beforehand introduced tasks like “Long Shot,” “Good Boys,” “Sausage Party” and quite a few others to the competition.
“We are thrilled to welcome Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to SXSW,” mentioned Claudette Godfrey, competition vice chairman, Film & TV, in a press release. “This brilliantly conceived collection is exquisitely acted and written, capturing the fanatical love, dedication, stress and, sure, vanity that defines our business. It’s hilarious and exact, bringing to life the tales we have all heard or witnessed firsthand. We cannot wait to expertise the enjoyment and power that radiates from the Paramount as we share this gem with the world.”
“The Accountant 2,” starring Jon Bernthal, left, and Ben Affleck, shall be featured within the high-profile headlining part of South by Southwest.
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Films included within the high-profile headlining part of the competition would be the world premieres of Gavin O’Connor’s motion thriller “The Accountant 2,” starring Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal; Flying Lotus’ sci-fi horror “Ash,” starring Eiza González and Aaron Paul; Alex Scharfman’s horror comedy “The Death of a Unicorn,” starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega; the suspenseful movie “Drop,” starring Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar; and Mimi Cave’s thriller “Holland,” starring Nicole Kidman and Matthew Macfadyen.
The narrative characteristic competitors will embody world premieres of “Bunny” by Ben Jacobson, “Fantasy Life” by Matthew Shear, “F—toys” by Annapurna Sriram, “It Ends” by Alexander Ullom, “My Uncle Jens” by Brwa Vahabpour, “Outerlands” by Elena Oxman”, “Reeling” by Yana Alliata and “Slanted” by Amy Wang.
The documentary competitors will embody world premieres of “Arrest the Midwife” by Elaine Epstein, “Assembly” by Rashaad Newsome and Johnny Symons, “Baby Doe” by Jessica Earnshaw, “The Python Hunt” by Xander Robin, “Remaining Native” by Paige Bethmann. “The Secret of Me” by Grace Hughes-Hallett, “Shuffle” by Benjamin Flaherty and “The Spies Among Us.”
Featured within the narrative part shall be movies together with “American Sweatshop” by Uta Briesewitz, starring Lili Reinhardt; Jess Varley’s “The Astronaut,” starring Kate Mara; “The Baltimorons” by Jay Duplass, with Michael Strassner; “Cotton Candy Bubble Gum” by J Pinder, that includes Nick Darnell; Andre Gaines’ “The Dutchman,” starring André Holland; Amy Landecker’s “For Worse,” that includes Landecker and Bradley Whitford; Jing Ai Ng’s “Forge,” that includes Kelly Marie Tran; “O’Dessa” by Geremy Jasper, that includes Sadie Sink; “She’s the He” by Siobhan McCarthy; Chad Hartigan’s “The Threesome,” starring Zoey Deutch; and Zak Hilditch’s “We Bury the Dead,” starring Daisy Ridley.
Titles within the featured documentary part embody “Are We Good?” by Steven Feinartz. on comic Marc Maron, “Deepfaking Sam Altman” by Adam Bhala Lough, on synthetic intelligence, “Make It Look Real” by Kate Blackmore on intimacy coordinators, “Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror” by Linus O’Brien on the traditional 1975 midnight film and Anayansi Prado’s “Uvalde Mom” within the aftermath of a college capturing in Texas.
David Oyelowo within the upcoming collection “Government Cheese”.
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Other premieres embody Matt Johnson’s “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie,” an adaptation of the Canadian tv collection; Babak Anvari’s “Hallow Road,” starring Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys; Tom J. Stern’s documentary “Butthole Surfers: the Hole Truth and Nothing Butt” in regards to the notorious Texas psychedelic band; and HER’s documentary “The Makings of Curtis Mayfield,” in regards to the legendary R&B musician.
On the TV aspect, different premieres embody “#1 Happy Family USA” from showrunners Ramy Youssef and Pam Brady, starring Youssef and Mandy Moore; “Government Cheese,” from showrunners/writers Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr, starring David Oyelowo and Simone Missick; “Happy Face” from showrunner/author Jennifer Cacicio and director Michael Showalter, starring Annaleigh Ashford and Dennis Quaid; and director Jody McVeigh-Schultz’s “Spy High,” produced by Mark Wahlberg.
“This lineup celebrates the fearless storytellers that make SXSW so distinctive,” Godfrey mentioned in a press release. “We love discovering and elevating filmmakers who make daring statements, push boundaries, spark vital conversations, and problem our views in methods we by no means anticipated. When our unbelievable SXSW group gathers in March to expertise these tales, the power and inspiration shall be completely transformative.”
