A24 To Produce & Distribute Eggers Brothers’ Directorial Debut ‘The Front Room’ Starring Brandy Norwood, Kathryn Hunter And Andrew Burnap
deadline.comA24 is teaming up with filmmakers Max Eggers (The Lighthouse) and Sam Eggers (Olympia) — otherwise known as The Eggers Brothers — on their feature directorial debut, The Front Room, a psychological horror pic that will star Brandy Norwood (Queens), Kathryn Hunter (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Andrew Burnap (Snow White) and Neal Huff (Waves).The film based on Susan Hill’s short story of the same name follows a young, newly pregnant couple forced to take in an ailing stepmother who has long been estranged from the family.
The Eggers Brothers will direct from their own script, with A24 producing alongside Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari and Bryan Sonderman of Two & Two Pictures, and Julia Oh and David Hinojosa of 2AM.
A24 is also financing the film and handling its global distribution.Norwood is a Grammy-winning musician and actress who currently stars in the ABC series Queens, and has also been seen on shows like Star, Zoe Ever After, The Game, Drop Dead Diva, 90210 and Moesha, among others.
Notable film credits include The Perfect Match, Osmosis Jones, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella for ABC.Hunter is an Olivier Award winner whose credits on the film side include The Tragedy of Macbeth, Tale of Tales, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and All or Nothing.
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