Neon has acquired U.S. rights to Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor,” a science-fiction thriller starring Andrea Riseborough, Christopher Abbott, Tuppence Middleton, Sean Bean, and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
In the film, Riseborough portrays a corporate agent who works for a secretive organization using brain-implant technology to inhabit other people’s bodies and commit assassinations for high-paying clients. “Possessor” premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival. “Neon is a hugely exciting distributor, and I’ve been eager to work with them for a while now.
I’m thrilled they are taking on ‘Possessor’ in collaboration with Well Go USA, who made production of the film possible,” Cronenberg said in a statement. “Possessor” is the second
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