Spier Films Boards Kelsey Egan’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Outer Edges’ Ahead of Frontieres (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMarta Balaga Spier Films will serve as a co-production partner on Kelsey Egan’s upcoming sci-fi thriller “Outer Edges.” Led by Mike Auret, the Cape Town and London-based production, financing and sales company is behind the likes of Berlinale Golden Bear winner “U-Carmen eKhayelitsha” and Mads Mikkelsen-starrer “The Salvation.”Egan’s film, in advanced development and about to be unveiled at Frontieres’ Forum, will focus on a group of space travelers on their way to a new Earth.
As they get stranded on a strange planet, they are confronted by alternate versions of themselves.“What would it be like, having to face yourself?
How would it feel if your past choices turned out to be poor? It’s not very often that you find something as thought-provoking and human,” Egan told Variety at Fantasia, praising the script by Rob Klecha and Magnus Aspli. “I am a sci-fi nerd and I have learnt the most about society and our world by reading all these extravagant tales. ‘Outer Edges’ is ambitious, but I like it.
I got into the habit of doing projects that some people describe as ‘impossible,’ only to go: ‘Just watch’.”Working with an intimate, “contained” story, Egan is ready to explore the idea that even space can feel claustrophobic at times.“The idea of it is liberating, but we assume there are all these planets we can just go to and be well-received.
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