Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie (Leave No Trace) and Matt Smith (The Crown,Doctor Who) are set to join the cast of Working Title’sLast Night in Soho, Edgar Wright’s upcoming psychological thriller set in London.
Thomasin McKenzieand Smith join previously announced Anya Taylor-Joy. Wright andPenny Dreadfulscribe Krysty Wilson-Cairns co-wrote the screenplay. Nira Park, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Wright will produce. Focus Features and Film4 will co-finance the film. Focus Features and Universal Pictures International will distribute the film worldwide.
Thomasin McKenzie is represented by UTA, Untitled Entertainment, Industry Entertainment and Gail Cowan.Matt Smithis represented by by UTA and Troika Talent.
Last Night in Sohois set tobegin production this summer with Anya Taylor-Joy, following her breakout role inThe Witchfollowed bySplitandGlass. The psychological drama will be Edgar Wright’s follow-up to the blockbuster smash hitBaby Driver. No plot details have been announced. The project has been described as amodern take on the classic Don’t Look Nowand Roman Polanski’sRepulsion. Wright is currently finishing work on a documentary that chronicles the pop band Sparks. He is also currently developingBaby Driver 2.
Along with the latestEdgar Wrightmovie, Focus Features acquires and produces specialty films for the global market, and holds a library of iconic movies from fearless filmmakers.
Current and upcoming domestic releases from Focus include Spike Lee’sBlacKkKlansman;Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, director Morgan Neville’s documentary on Mister Rogers;On the Basis of Sex, the real-life drama of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg starring Felicity Jones and Armie Hammer; Asghar Farhadi’s Spanish-language dramaEverybody Knows(Todos lo Saben) starring Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz; Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s directorial debutThe Mustang; Jim Jarmusch’s zombie comedyThe Dead Don’t Diewith Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, and Selena Gomez; Neil Jordan’s thrillerGretastarring Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz;Harrietabout the iconic freedom fighter Harriet Tubman starring Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. and directed by Kasi Lemmons; and the anticipatedDowntown Abbeymovie starring the entire original cast.
Universal Pictures International has led distribution in select markets for titles includingBlacKkKlansman;The Dead Don’t Die;Harriet,Downtown Abbey,Won’t You Be My Neighbor?,Greta,Everybody Knows(Todos Lo Saben) andThe Mustang.
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