2017 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Paddy Considine’s Journeyman

Seeing all the buzz that came about with the brutally honest triage drama with starlets Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman and Eddie Marsan in the Park City debuted, directorial debut Tyrannosaur (2011), our guess is that there is a better than average fighting chance that Paddy Considine would make the journey back to Sundance with his sophomore feature. Past couple of years have been peppered with boxing portraits but this one makes a concerted effort to depict fighting with the gloves off. Starring a beefed up Considine, Jodie Whittaker and Paul Popplewell we’re expecting some heavyweight performances sans artifact in Journeyman. Could be a great acquisitions title.

Gist: Matty Burton is the middleweight boxing champion of the world. Now, coming towards the end of his career, he knows that he must make his money and get out of the game. His aim is to secure a home with his wife Emma, and a future for their baby daughter Mia. After a titanic battle against Andre ‘The Future’ Bryte, Matty returns home to Emma, but moments later collapses on the living room floor from a delayed reaction to a devastating punch.

Production Co./Producers: Diarmid Scrimshaw (Tyrannosaur)

Prediction: Premieres section.

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

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