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Cat Person the movie and after there was “Cat Person” the New Yorker short story, there was Cat Person the cultural moment.Cast your mind back to 2017, when had shifted the conversation forward but hadn’t yet inspired the kind of backlash we’d later see . A short story from an unknown writer went viral (this fact itself was an anomaly—since when does literary short fiction go viral?) because of how it captured the particular nuances of power and desire in a heterosexual hookup.

Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun get hot and heavy at one point in the first trailer for Cat Person.

Tatiana Siegel “Cat Person,” which launched with a bang at Sundance, will be released in theaters on Oct. 6 through Rialto Pictures. The wild thriller — which stars Emilia Jones (“CODA”) and Nicholas Braun (“Succession”) as a couple whose signals cross, leading to disturbing interactions — made its world premiere to a huge response at the festival in January.

Well, it’s arrived: after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Susanna Fogel‘s “Cat Person” arrives in theaters in October. Not sure what all the fuss over “Cat Person” is about? Here’s the short version: Kristen Roupenian‘s short story of the same name was published in The New Yorker in 2017, causing an immediate sensation.   READ MORE: ‘Cat Person’ Review: Emilia Jones And Nicholas Braun Shine In Gripping, Uneven Adaptation Of Viral Sensation [Sundance] With a story so viral it needs to be into a film, right? Continue reading ‘Cat Person’ Trailer: Susanna Fogel’s Genre-Bending Movie About Modern Relationships Hits Theaters On October 6.

After world premiering to critical acclaim at Sundance back in January, the darkly comedic dating thriller Cat Person has finally unveiled a first trailer and release date, having been set to open in U.S. theaters via Rialto Pictures beginning October 6th.

EXCLUSIVE: Liza Koshy (A Family Affair) has closed a deal to star opposite Ariana DeBose, Amanda Seyfried, Megan Stalter and Chloe Fineman in My Ex-Friend’s Wedding, the new comedy from director Kay Cannon (Blockers) that Sony picked up in March, in a competitive situation.

EXCLUSIVE:  Zoë Kravitz (The Batman) has signed on to star in Biter, a new dark comedy based on the short story by Cat Person‘s Kristen Roupenian. Kravitz will also produce via her company This Is Important, with Paperclip Ltd and Winterlight Pictures co-producing.

Film Independent Spirit Awards were handed out live Saturday night. Continuing a long-standing tradition, the 38th annual ceremony, which honors and celebrates independent filmmakers, took place at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. This year’s most-nominated films were , which garnered eight total nods and competed in the Best Feature category against , which had seven nods. Other top movies included , and .,, and, meanwhile, led the TV nominations with three each, while the latter three faced off in the Best New Scripted Series category.

*WINNER.“Bones and All” “Everything Everywhere All at Once” “Our Father, the Devil” “Tár” “Women Talking”   “Aftersun” “Emily the Criminal” “The Inspection” “Murina” “Palm Trees and Power Lines”    Todd Field, “Tár”Kogonada, “After Yang”Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”Halina Reijn, “Bodies Bodies Bodies”   Lena Dunham, “Catherine Called Birdy” Todd Field, “Tár” Kogonada, “After Yang” Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”   Joel Kim Booster, “Fire Island” Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay, Story by Jamie Dack, “Palm Trees and Power Lines” K.D. Dávila, “Emergency” Sarah DeLappe, Story by Kristen Roupenian, “Bodies Bodies Bodies”John Patton Ford, “Emily the Criminal”   Cate Blanchett, “Tár” Dale Dickey, “A Love Song” Mia Goth, “Pearl” Regina Hall, “Honk for Jesus.

Based on one of the most sensational and much-discussed short stories of recent times, which was heralded as the most-read story ever to appear in The New Yorker, Cat Person is a disarmingly creepy film with a disturbing edge that will surely trigger further discussion about contemporary dating and romantic protocols. Years ago, a little film like this would have found a modest but loyal following among young audiences. Now, however, its forthright presentation of the pitfalls of flashing yellow lights where male-female relations are concerned should make this a must-see and a subject of hot discussion at least among teens and young adults.

Best Original Screenplay: Sarah DeLappe and Kristen Roupenian, “Bodies Bodies Bodies”It’s been an excellent year for the whodunnit genre, and while Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion” is soaking up most of the late year praise, Halina Reijn’s “Bodies Bodies Bodies” is just as smart and decidedly more vicious. The screenplay by Sarah DeLappe from a story by Kristen Roupenian is a witty and biting send-up of the murder mystery and slasher genres, in which a bunch of rich, entitled Millennials try to figure out who’s killing them off one by one in the middle of a hurricane, only to discover that their worst enemy is their own shallowness.Best Actress: Anna Diop, “Nanny”Nikyatu Jusu’s “Nanny” was the first horror movie to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Steckler is exiting his post as President of Film Production at Imperative Entertainment to focus on producing under his newly launched shingle Enhanced Hammer. In addition to leading his production company, he will act as a consultant to Imperative Entertainment on select projects. Steckler arrived at Imperative in July 2019.

this week?A24 has acquired the rights to “Instinct,” an erotic thriller from Reijn that debuted at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland (it also played the Toronto International Film Festival shortly after) and is planning a one-night-only event to release the film later this week, Thursday, Sept. 22, in its screening room.

“I wanted to approach it as a commentary on the time we live in, and Gen Z, but also myself because I’m totally addicted to my phone,” says Bodies Bodies Bodies director Halina Reijn on what drew her to the Kristen Roupenian story and Sarah DeLappe scripted feature.

as Borat’s wild-and-crazy daughter in the sequel to Sacha Baron Cohen’s mockumentary. It got the then-unknown actress a Golden Globe nod.

EXCLUSIVE: Rising star literary manager Eva Dickerman has joined Range as a Partner.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films has acquired international rights (outside of China) to the dark comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies, from director Halina Reijn (Instinct).

Imagine if the seven deadly sins were wealthy gen-z’rs and threw a house party. Now at said party, imagine each of them was high, drunk, and in such a deranged and disconnected state they wouldn’t even know what planet they were operating on. This is what viewers can expect from Halina Reijn’s first English feature film, Bodies Bodies Bodies, which had its world premiere at SXSW 2022. Based on a short story “Cat Person” by Kristen Roupenian and written by Sarah DeLappe, this movie is about when seven people party in a mansion and find out what happens when their game gets out of control. Hence, they stop being polite and start dying. 

HEADLINERSBig names, big talent: Headliners bring star power to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres and gala film events with major and rising names in cinema.Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age ChildhoodDirector/Screenwriter: Richard Linklater, Producers: Tommy Pallotta, Mike Blizzard, Femke Wolting, Bruno FelixA coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centered around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Cast List: Jack Black, Zachary Levi, Glen Powell, Josh Wiggins, Milo Coy, Lee Eddy, Bill Wise, Natalie L’Amoreaux, Jessica Brynn Cohen, Sam Chipman, Danielle Guilbot (World Premiere)AtlantaDirector: Hiro Murai, Producers: Donald Glover, Stephen Glover, Hiro Murai, Stefani Robinson, Paul Simms and Dianne McGunigleTaking place almost entirely in Europe, Season 3 of FX’s Atlanta finds Earn, Alfred ‘Paper Boi,’ Darius and Van in the midst of a successful European tour, as the group navigates their new surroundings as outsiders, and struggle to adjust to the newfound success they had aspired to.

Josh Andrés Rivera, who plays the pivotal role of Chino in Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of West Side Story, has signed with Paradigm for representation. Rivera stars opposite Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler and Ariana Debose in the film that is currently in theaters nationwide.

EXCLUSIVE: Hope Davis, Michael Gandolfini, Liza Koshy, Fred Melamed, Isaac Powell, Isabella Rossellini and Donald Elise Watkins have joined the cast of Susanna Fogel’s psychological thriller, Cat Person for Studiocanal and New Yorker Studios. They will co-star opposite the previously announced cast members Nicholas Braun Emilia Jones and Geraldine Viswanathan. Production starts today.

EXCLUSIVE: Geraldine Viswanathan is set to join Studiocanal and Imperative Entertainment’S psychological thriller Cat Person starring Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun. The film is based on Kristen Roupenian’s well-received short story, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. The film will be directed by Susanna Fogel and penned by Michelle Ashford.

Studiocanal is teaming with Imperative Entertainment to make psychological thriller “Cat Person,” based on the short story by Kristen Roupenian which was published by The New Yorker in 2017. It went on to become its most downloaded fiction that year.Studiocanal will fully finance the feature – billed as describing the “hellscape” of modern romance.

Studiocanal and Imperative Entertainment are teaming up on psychological thriller Cat Person, based on Kristen Roupenian’s well-received short story published in The New Yorker in 2017.