Crisis
The first photos are out from Nicholas Jarecki’s “Traffic” style drama “Crisis” which will tackle the U.S. opioid crisis at multiple levels and which opens February 26th theatrically and on VOD on March 5th.
Gary Oldman, Evangeline Lilly, Armie Hammer, Michelle Rodriguez, Luke Evans, Greg Kinnear and Martin Donovan star in the film which jumps between a worker at Big Pharma, a recovering addict tracking down his missing son, and a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation. [Source: The Playlist]
First Cow
The New York Film Critics Circle have voted Kelly Reichardt’s Oregon Territory set western fable “First Cow” as the best film of 2020. Chloe Zhao won the best director for “Nomadland”.
Acting winners include Delroy Lindo (“Da 5 Bloods”), Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”), Sidney Flanigan (“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”) and Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Movie Film”). [Source: AP Wire]
The Wilds
Amazon Studios has renewed its young adult series “The Wilds” for a second season just weeks after it premiered. The survival drama follows a group of teenage girls from radically different backgrounds after an aeroplane crash strands them on a deserted island. Rachel Griffiths, David Sullivan, Troy Winbush, Sophia Ali and Sarah Pidgeon co-star. [Source: Instagram]
Cutback
HBO has acquired the dramatic thriller limited series “Cutblock” which tracks a family of west coast timber fallers in their century-long pursuit of prosperity. The series is being written, directed and executive produced by Andrew Cividino and Trey Edward Shults. [Source: Deadline]
