U.K.-French film company Alief has boarded Cinélatino winner Victoria Linares Villegas’ upcoming horror debut “No salgas” (“Stay Quiet”) as its world sales agent and co-producer, teaming up with El Perro de Argento, the Dominican Republic-based production company founded by Linares Villegas and Carlos Marranzini.
Alief partners Brett Walker and Miguel Angel Govea are heading to Cannes with a sizzle reel to meet with potential buyers and post-production partners at the Marché du Film. Pic is slated for completion by winter 2024, in time for the festival circuit.
Currently filming in the Dominican Republic, the queer coming-of-age horror pic stars Camila Issa (Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark”) Cecile van Welie (San Sebastian’s New Directors Award winner “Carajita”) and Camila Santana (Berlinale Generation’s “Ramona”) as well as newcomer Gabriela Cortés.
In “No salgas,” van Welie portrays Liz, a college student grappling with her sexual identity. While...
Alief partners Brett Walker and Miguel Angel Govea are heading to Cannes with a sizzle reel to meet with potential buyers and post-production partners at the Marché du Film. Pic is slated for completion by winter 2024, in time for the festival circuit.
Currently filming in the Dominican Republic, the queer coming-of-age horror pic stars Camila Issa (Nickelodeon’s “Are You Afraid of the Dark”) Cecile van Welie (San Sebastian’s New Directors Award winner “Carajita”) and Camila Santana (Berlinale Generation’s “Ramona”) as well as newcomer Gabriela Cortés.
In “No salgas,” van Welie portrays Liz, a college student grappling with her sexual identity. While...
- 5/9/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Most mammals play throughout their lives. They do it more when young, when it’s important for learning, and less as adults, when they have to prioritise food, reproduction and safety, but they don’t reject it for social reasons. Humans are unusual in stigmatising it, in treating it as something that they cease to need. Of course, that attitude is more prevalent in some societies than others. It’s well suited to ideologies which value individuals primarily for their productivity.
Liz (played by writer/director Megan Seely) dreams of making it as a game designer, but her creative spirit is being crushed by the daily grind at Brain Dead Games, where a dull voice on the tannoy reminds everyone that they are “in the business of making fun,” the emphasis being on business. These comedically exaggerated early scenes set the tone for a film which uses elements of surrealism to challenge viewer expectations.
Liz (played by writer/director Megan Seely) dreams of making it as a game designer, but her creative spirit is being crushed by the daily grind at Brain Dead Games, where a dull voice on the tannoy reminds everyone that they are “in the business of making fun,” the emphasis being on business. These comedically exaggerated early scenes set the tone for a film which uses elements of surrealism to challenge viewer expectations.
- 4/19/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Megan Seely in Puddysticks
When I meet Megan Seely, she’s staying in a hotel room, on the verge of setting off for Brazil, a country she has never visited before. Her début feature film, Puddysticks, is screening at Fantaspoa. She wrote, directed and stars in it, as put-upon game designer Liz, a young woman who seeks refuge in a curious group of people who believe in using play to deal with the stress in their lives. Although there are definitely sinister elements to the film, it’s very positive about the potential of play in itself, and that’s something that Megan feels personally passionate about.
“I think of the classic The Shining: ‘All work and no play,’” she says. “I grew up with a dad who used to be a children's psychiatrist. The sense of play is tied to therapy and growth. And also, I was in an acting class for six.
When I meet Megan Seely, she’s staying in a hotel room, on the verge of setting off for Brazil, a country she has never visited before. Her début feature film, Puddysticks, is screening at Fantaspoa. She wrote, directed and stars in it, as put-upon game designer Liz, a young woman who seeks refuge in a curious group of people who believe in using play to deal with the stress in their lives. Although there are definitely sinister elements to the film, it’s very positive about the potential of play in itself, and that’s something that Megan feels personally passionate about.
“I think of the classic The Shining: ‘All work and no play,’” she says. “I grew up with a dad who used to be a children's psychiatrist. The sense of play is tied to therapy and growth. And also, I was in an acting class for six.
- 4/13/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Exclusive: UK-French sales company Alief has acquired world sales rights to Megan Seely’s dark comedy Puddysticks in which she co-stars alongside Mamoudou Athie and Dan Bakkedahl.
Seely plays Liz, a burned-out videogame designer who discovers a mysterious society of adults who heal their darkest secrets through childlike play.
Led by the alluring figure of Sylvester Cromwell (Bakkedahl), the group compels each member to reveal their most shameful memory as part of the process but when Liz finally musters the courage to share her darkest trauma, her world turns upside down.
Puddysticks is actress, writer and filmmaker Seely’s first feature length film after well-travelled short film My Loyal Audience, TV show Every Year On My Half Birthday and taking co-writing credits on 2017 feature The Mad Whale.
Her acting credits include the Filipino and American musical The Girl Who Left Home and Twist.
Seely plays Liz, a burned-out videogame designer who discovers a mysterious society of adults who heal their darkest secrets through childlike play.
Led by the alluring figure of Sylvester Cromwell (Bakkedahl), the group compels each member to reveal their most shameful memory as part of the process but when Liz finally musters the courage to share her darkest trauma, her world turns upside down.
Puddysticks is actress, writer and filmmaker Seely’s first feature length film after well-travelled short film My Loyal Audience, TV show Every Year On My Half Birthday and taking co-writing credits on 2017 feature The Mad Whale.
Her acting credits include the Filipino and American musical The Girl Who Left Home and Twist.
- 2/6/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Josh Duhamel (The Thing About Pam) launched production today on Buddy Games 2—the sequel to the 2019 comedy Buddy Games, in which he starred alongside Kevin Dillon (Entourage), Dan Bakkedahl (Made for Love), James Roday Rodriguez (A Million Little Things), Nick Swardson (The Wrong Missy) and more. Duhamel, Dillon, Bakkedahl, Rodriguez and Swardson are all returning to star in the new film, shooting in Vancouver, with Ginnifer Goodwin (Pivoting) marking a new addition to the ensemble.
The original indie distributed by Saban Films and Paramount Home Entertainment watches as a group of friends reunite for a wild assortment of absurd physical and mental challenges known as The Buddy Games—in the process healing old wounds, righting past wrongs and figuring out the true meaning of friendship. Duhamel directed from his script written with Bob Schwartz and Jude Weng.
The sequel picks up with Bobfather (Duhamel) and the guys following the...
The original indie distributed by Saban Films and Paramount Home Entertainment watches as a group of friends reunite for a wild assortment of absurd physical and mental challenges known as The Buddy Games—in the process healing old wounds, righting past wrongs and figuring out the true meaning of friendship. Duhamel directed from his script written with Bob Schwartz and Jude Weng.
The sequel picks up with Bobfather (Duhamel) and the guys following the...
- 7/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
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