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2012 Sundance Predictions: Matt Ruskin’s Booster
A 2011 Narrative Filmmaker Lab Participant, Matt Ruskin's thriller starring Seymour Cassel might be considered as a longshot as the only logical category fit for a Park City showing might be the NEXT section. Nonetheless, Booster is produced by an up-and-comer producer in Andrea Roa, and Ruskin's does have Sundance connections in his past - his feature directorial debut, The Hip Hop Project, was aired on the Sundance Channel and he was a consulting producer on the Sundance preemed docu William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Katie Aselton’s Black Rock
With filming wrapped up in July, Katie Aselton can expect to be welcomed with open arms from the festival that showcased her directing debut in 2009's The Freebie. Shot in Maine, Black Rock is described as a Deliverance cast with girls (Lake Bell and Kate Bosworth) this thriller would be perfectly suited for a Park City at Midnight showing.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Joshua Zeman’s The Best Man for the Job
Indie producer stalwart (The Station Agent, Mysterious Skin) Joshua Zeman made his directing debut in 2009 with the docu Cropsey (here's our interview with Zeman) and it now appears that he has the directing bug. Earlier in the year he financed and filmed The Best Man for the Job starring Two Gates of Sleep's David Call.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild
Described as a "Southern Apocalpytic Kids Adventure Comedy," I've got a feeling that this pic - a 2009 June Screenwriters and Directors Lab participant and 2010 Sundance / NHK International Filmmakers Award winner will make waves out of ripples if it gets showcased at the fest this year. Currently in post, filmmaker/animator/composer Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild will most certainly grab a spot the U.S Dramatic Comp category.
2012 Sundance Predictions: Todd Looby’s Be Good
Writer-director Todd Looby has been to Park City before - presenting his 2011 documentary short, Son of None at Sundance's competing festival, Slamdance. With Amy Seimetz - the hardest working film person in the biz cast with the inclusion of a bit part for Joe Swanberg, Be Good - a low budget DIY dramedy certainly looks, in this era of Go the F**k to Sleep parenting, like comedic material we'd find in Sundance's NEXT section.
