EXCLUSIVE: In a aggressive scenario, Cinetic Media has signed Aaron Schimberg and Vanessa McDonnell, the filmmaker and producer behind the darkly comedic psychological thriller A Completely different Man, for administration throughout all media.
World premiering at Sundance 2024 earlier than happening to play Berlin, the dialog starter from A24 stars an unrecognizable Sebastian Stan as Edward, an aspiring actor who undergoes a radical medical process to drastically remodel his look. Edward’s new dream face rapidly turns right into a nightmare, as he loses out on the position he was born to play and turns into obsessive about reclaiming what was misplaced.
Schimberg wrote and directed the pic, which subsequent week opens Movie at Lincoln Heart and The Museum of Fashionable Artwork’s New Administrators/New Movies. Additionally starring Adam Pearson and The Worst Individual within the World breakout Renate Reinsve, in her American debut, the movie is produced by Christine Vachon, McDonnell, and Gabriel Mayers.
Schimberg’s prior function, Chained for Life — additionally starring Pearson — was launched by Kino Lorber to widespread crucial acclaim. His debut function, Go Down Demise, premiered because the closing evening movie of the Fantasia Movie Competition’s Digital camera Lucida part and was launched by Factory25.
McDonnell has produced all of Schimberg’s movies underneath their banner Grand Motel Movies. Beforehand, she additionally produced and edited the 2016 omnibus movie Collective: Unconscious and co-created and edited the unbiased collection The Eyeslicer.
Different notable shoppers of Cinetic Media embody Richard Linklater, David Gordon Inexperienced, Todd Haynes, Babak Jalali, Killer Movies, World of Surprise, Lana Wilson, Betsy West & Julie Cohen, Yance Ford, Matthew Heineman and Pete Nicks, to call just a few.
Schimberg and McDonnell proceed to be represented by CAA and Carlos Ok. Goodman at Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.