2021 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Michael Sarnoski’s Pig

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In early 2020, Neon purchased the rights to Gunda (the docu film) and Pig which had completed production in late December of 2019. Shot in the backdrop of Portland, Oregon, writer/director Michael Sarnoski got to direct Nicolas Cage in what we imagine was an angry Nicolas Cage. Alex Wolff and Adam Arkin are also onboard. Sarnoski directed a trio of shorts and television work prior to.

Gist: This follows a mushroom forager (Cage) whose beloved pig goes missing.

Production Co./Producers: Vanessa Block, Dimitra Tsingou, Ben Giladi, Nicolas Cage.

2020 American Film Festival in Poland

Prediction: MIDNIGHT.

U.S. Distributor: Neon.

2020 American Film Festival in Poland

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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