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The film, which screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is set in July 1977 in New York during a blackout that has the city on edge, is set for a fall 2019 theatrical release.
\nThe Naomi Watts thriller The Wolf Hour has been acquired by Brainstorm Media, which nabbed the North American rights.<\/p>\n
A fall 2019 theatrical release is planned for Alistair Banks Griffin’s psychological thriller, which also stars Jennifer Ehle, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Emory Cohen, Jeremy Bobb and Brennan Brown.<\/p>\n
Set in July 1977 in New York during a citywide blackout that is triggering fires, looting and countless arrests, and the Son of Sam murders that are riddling the city with panic. June (Watts), once a celebrated counterculture figure, attempts to retreat from the chaos by shutting herself inside the yellowed walls of her grandmother\u2019s South Bronx apartment.<\/p>\n
“Naomi Watts gives a riveting performance in this tense thriller. We are very excited to bring this movie to U.S. theaters nationwide,\u201d Michelle Shwarzstein, vp marketing and acquisitions for Brainstorm Media, said Wednesday in a statement.<\/p>\n
The Wolf Hour screened at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in its Next section, with Watts executive producing.<\/p>\n
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Bailey Conway Anglewicz and Bradley Pilz produced.<\/p>\n
CAA Media Finance negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers. HanWay Films is handling international sales and distribution.<\/p>\n
View this article at The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The film, which screened at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and is set in July 1977 in New York during a blackout that has the city on edge, is set for a fall 2019 theatrical release. The Naomi Watts thriller The Wolf Hour has been acquired by Brainstorm Media, which nabbed the North American rights.
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