2015 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Patrick Brice’s The Overnight

2014 saw Patrick Brice officially plant his feet with Craigslist’s ad from hell horror pic Creep (originally titled Peachfuzz) being picked up (by RADiUS) prior to its SXSW premiere and a month after this, he began shooting The Overnight. A 360° switch in genres, set in Los Angeles, this is being proposed as a night to remember between couples, with a rom com quartet of folk in Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman and Judith Godreche (who we fondly remember from breakout roles in Patrice Leconte’s Ridicule and Cédric Klapisch’s L’Auberge Espagnole). Oddly enough and comparatively, the year ahead might be an even taller order to fill for Brice, with volumes II and III in the Creep series possibly going into production, but for the time being, and according to this article (above photo cred of Schwartzman and Brice in musical harmony) this will aim at both Sundance and SXSW entries . If this comedy finds a taker among the Sundance programmers, this technically would be Brice’s second film at fest as quirky Duplass title Colin Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) gave him an Assistant To Music Supervisor cred.

Mark Duplass is producing for Duplass Brothers Productions along with Naomi Scott, who runs Gettin’ Rad Productions with her actor-husband, Adam.

Gist: Quoted by Adam Scott as being “the story of a couple who’s new to Los Angeles, and they’re sort of desperate for a social life and friends….their son ends up having a playdate with this other couple’s son, and they spend an increasingly bizarre evening with this couple.”

Production Co./Producers: Gettin’ Rad Productions’ Naomi Scott. Executive Producers: Adam Scott, Mark Duplass

Prediction: NEXT or Premieres section. SXSW is also in the cards.

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available. TBD (domestic). TBD (international)

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