Festival Predictions

2013 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Nat Faxon & Jim Rash’s The Way, Way Back

Published on November 22, 2012

A top-tier 2007 Blacklist script that would end up falling back into the laps of those who penned the project, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash’s debut behind the camera was completed midway this year and if the producers choose to go the festival route with The Way Way Back it could command a huge payday with the Little Miss Sunshine reunion of Steve Carell and Toni Collette. The dramedy also includes Sam Rockwell, Amanda Peet, AnnaSophia Robb, Maya Rudolph, Rob Corddry and Allison Janney.

Gist: Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park’s managers.

Production Co./Producers: Sycamore Pictures’ Tom Rice and Doubleyou’s Kevin J. Walsh

Prediction: Premieres section but could see this wait until TIFF in the fall.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available

Related Topics:2013 Sundance Film Festival, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, The Way Way Back

Eric Lavallée

Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).