Huston reserves big ‘Kiss’ for Focus

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Angelica Huston

Give Us a Kiss

Prizzi’s Honor

Seraphim Falls

Daughter of John, sister of Danny, the talented and tall Angelica Huston is climbing back into the director’s chair for a 3rd time. After Bastard Out of Carolina and Agnes Browne, this new project will be distrbitued under the Focus Features banner. Huston will next be seen in Seraphim Falls

Give Us a Kiss is a comic-drama set in the Ozarks (covers much of the southern half of Missouri and an extensive area of northwest Arkansas. The region extends to the west into extreme southeast Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma) and is based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell, a comic novelist who has penned books about hijinx in poorer regions of the Midwestern mountain range. Woodrell’s novel concerns a crime novelist, his underachieving brother and a pot deal gone awry.

Penning the script is Angus MacLachlan, whose Junebug was one of the more unique screenplays of 05’ and who I imagine will develop a screenplay that includes the same southern groove. Paul Sandberg is on board to produce. Huston is also exec producing the film through her Gray Angel Prods.; shingle’s Jaclyn Bashoff is co-producing.

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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