‘It Follows’ Producer David Kaplan Boards Mickey Reece’s ‘The Cool Tenor’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga Prolific Oklahoma-based helmer Mickey Reece – now at Fantasia with “Country Gold” – will join forces with “It Follows” producer David Kaplan on his upcoming feature “The Cool Tenor,” Variety has found out exclusively.The film, set in a vaguely dystopian future and co-written by John Selvidge, sees a retired widow who weds an unstable jazz enthusiast but becomes obsessed with avenging her late husband’s death.“It’s more of a thriller, but it’s still funny.
You will never have to worry about me making a serious movie,” assures Reece, intending to keep his signature sense of humor intact.“I didn’t know I had a unique sense of humor until people told me that.
Essentially, I try to turn every movie into a comedy. It has always been about the same thing for me: ‘What can we do to have fun?,” he says.
Currently casting and looking to shoot later this fall, “The Cool Tenor” will be lensed by Samuel Calvin and executive produced by TIFF Midnight Madness programmer Peter Kuplowsky.
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