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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #98. Untitled Drake Doremus Drama

We liked, but didn’t love Doremus’ third feature (Like Crazy) – aside from the sugar-coatedness and scattered observational POV, we think a more fleshed out drama, Pearce and Amy Ryan supporting Felicity Jones in her second Doremus outing will provide more substantial results from the this untapped potential.

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#98. Untitled Drake Doremus Drama

Director: Drake Doremus
Writer(s): Doremus and writing partner, Ben York Jones
Producers: Steven M. Rales, Mark Roybal, Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling
Distributor: Rights Available

The Gist: Very little to go on: this is a film about love, fidelity, marriage and music…(more)

Cast: Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Kyle MacLachlan, Amy Ryan, Alexandra Wentworth, Hugo Becker

List Worthy Reasons…: We liked, but didn’t love Doremus’ third feature (Like Crazy) – aside from the sugar-coatedness and scattered observational POV, we think a more fleshed out drama, Pearce and Amy Ryan supporting Felicity Jones in her second Doremus outing will provide more substantial results from the this untapped potential. 

Release Date/Status?: Currently in post-production, after premiering in Park City for three films straight (Slamdance once and Sundance twice) we think that he’ll visit TIFF once again and hope for a distributor pick-up then.

 
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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).

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