It’s officially just a little over a month until SXSW, and we couldn’t be more excited! The festival just released a new list of new list of premieres, from festival to world premieres, was just released, and it’s a stacked lineup. The genre-spanning slate has a little something for everybody, so mentally mark your calendars for when these will be released. The Mary Sue will be on the ground in Austin, so be prepared for our reactions, coverage, and more!
Check out the list of premieres below.
FORBIDDEN FRUITS (Independent Film Company & Shudder) – World Premiere
Synopsis: At a mall store, Apple leads a secret witch cult with coworkers Cherry and Fig. New hire Pumpkin questions their sisterhood, forcing them to confront inner darkness or meet violent ends.
Director: Meredith Alloway
Writer: Meredith Alloway, Lily Houghton
Produced by: Mason Novick, Mary Anne Waterhouse, Diablo Cody, Trent Hubbard
Cast: Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Chamberlain, Gabrielle Union
Screening Section: Narrative Spotlight
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
HOKUM (NEON) – World Premiere
Synopsis: When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents’ ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.
Director: Damian McCarthy
Writer: Damian McCarthy
Produced by: Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Derek Dauchy, Ruth Treacy, Julianne Forde, Mairtín de Barra
Cast: Adam Scott, Peter Coonan, David Wilmot, Florence Ordesh, Will O’Connell, Michael Patric, Siox C, Brendan Conroy, Austin Amelio, Ezra Carlisle
Screening Section: Midnighter
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
I LOVE BOOSTERS (NEON) – World Premiere
Synopsis: A crew of professional shoplifters take aim at a cutthroat fashion maven. It’s like community service.
Director: Boots Riley
Writer: Boots Riley
Produced by: Aaron Ryder, Andrew Swett, Allison Rose Carter, Jon Read, and Boots Riley
Cast: Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, and Demi Moore
Screening Section: Headliner
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
IMPOSTERS (Blue Finch Film Releasing) – World Premiere
Synopsis: After a couple’s baby boy is taken, the desperate mother learns of a way to bring him back. However, her husband begins to suspect that what she returned with isn’t their son.
Studio: N/A *Seeking Distribution
Director: Caleb Phillips
Writer: Caleb Phillips
Produced by: Thomas Bond, Sara Seligman, Joe Bandelli
Cast: Jessica Rothe, Charlie Barnett, Yul Vazquez, Bates Wilder, Luisina Quarleri, Thomas Parobek, Ian Lyons, Taylor Karin, Lee Bennett, Declan Bennett
Screening Section: Midnighter
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
MILE END KICKS (Sumerian Pictures) – Texas Premiere
Synopsis: After a couple’s baby boy is taken, the desperate mother learns of a way to bring him back. However, her husband begins to suspect that what she returned with isn’t their son.
Studio: N/A *Seeking Distribution
Director: Caleb Phillips
Writer: Caleb Phillips
Produced by: Thomas Bond, Sara Seligman, Joe Bandelli
Cast: Jessica Rothe, Charlie Barnett, Yul Vazquez, Bates Wilder, Luisina Quarleri, Thomas Parobek, Ian Lyons, Taylor Karin, Lee Bennett, Declan Bennett
Screening Section: Midnighter
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
LEVITICUS (NEON) – Texas Premiere
Synopsis: Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
Director: Adrian Chiarella
Writer: Adrian Chiarella
Produced by: Samantha Jennings, Kristina Ceyton, Hannah Ngo
Cast: Joe Bird, Stacy Clausen, Mia Wasikowska, Jeremy Blewitt, Ewen Leslie, Davida McKenzie
Screening Section: Festival Favorite
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
NORMAL (Magnolia Pictures) – U.S Premiere
Synopsis: Director Ben Wheatley and John Wick creator Derek Kolstad pit a provisional sheriff against his constituents when the exposure of a small town’s sordid secret sparks a rip-roaring firefight
Director: Ben Wheatley
Writer: Derek Kolstad
Produced by: Marc Provissiero, Derek Kolstad, Bob Odenkirk
Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Brendan Fletcher, Reena Jolly, Peter Shinkoda, Jess McLeod, Derek Barnes
Screening Section: Narrative Spotlight
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
OVER YOUR DEAD BODY (Independent Film Company) – World Premiere
Synopsis: A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to supposedly reconnect, but each has secret plans to kill the other.
Director: Jorma Taccone
Writer: Nick Kocher, Brian McElhaney
Produced by: Kelly McCormick, David Leitch, Lee Kim, Guy Danella, Nick Spicer, Aram Tertzakian
Cast: Samara Weaving, Jason Segel, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith Jardine
Screening Section: Headliner
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME (Searchlight Pictures) – World Premiere
Synopsis: Moments after surviving an all-out attack from the Le Domas family, Grace discovers she’s reached the next level of the nightmarish game — and this time with her estranged sister Faith at her side. Grace has one chance to survive, keep her sister alive, and claim the High Seat of the Council that controls the world. Four rival families are hunting her for the throne, and whoever wins rules it all.
Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Writer: Guy Busick, R. Christopher Murphy
Produced by: Tripp Vinson, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Bradley J. Fischer
Cast: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Shawn Hatosy, Néstor Carbonell, David Cronenberg, Elijah Wood
Screening Section: Headliner
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
THEY WILL KILL YOU (Warner Bros. Pictures) – North American Premiere
Synopsis: “They Will Kill You” unleashes a blood-soaked, high-octane horror-action-comedy in which a young woman must survive the night at the Virgil, a demonic cult’s mysterious and twisted death-trap of a lair, before becoming their next offering in a uniquely brazen, big screen battle of epic kills and wickedly dark humor.
Director: Kirill Sokolov
Writer: Kirill Sokolov, Alex Litvak
Produced by: Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, Dan Kagan
Cast: Zazie Beetz, Myha’La, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, Patricia Arquette
Screening Section: Headliner
Screening Category: Narrative Feature
(Featured image by Magnolia Pictures)
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