EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Tom McCarthy (Good Night and Good Luck), three-time Emmy nominee Lili Taylor (American Crime), Marin Ireland (Dope Thief), and Maria Dizzia (Orange is the New Black) have joined Sydney Chandler (Alien: Earth) and Takehiro Hira (Shōgun) in road-trip sci-fi film Anima, which is being produced by celluloid only outfit Kebrado and Fieldhouse Pictures.
Written and directed by documentarian Brian Tetsuro Ivie (Emanuel) in his narrative directorial debut, the film tells the story of an impulsive young woman and a reclusive older man who launch on a poignant cross‑country road trip. Their mission: to preserve his failing consciousness via an experimental memory‑upload procedure at a cutting‑edge facility. The movie shoots this summer.
Brian Tetsuro Ivie, Harrison Allen, and Gregory Daniel King produce for Kebrado; Kimberly Atwood and Atty Cleworth produce for Fieldhouse Pictures; Alexander Lycette and Chloe Rahal produce for Gilbara; and Jason Pamer and Brev Moss are additional producers for the project. Moss also serves as a co-story writer.
Taylor will next be seen in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as well as the second season of Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again. Spotlight writer-director McCarthy is also known for acting in movies including Good Night and Good Luck and Meet The Parents. Marin Ireland was most recently seen in movie Materialists and is a series regular in hit series Dope Thief. Tony nominee Dizzia is known for her extensive stage work and movies including Martha Marcy May Marlene.
Said director Brian Tetsuro Ivie: “When I was writing Anima, I would often come back to films like The Station Agent and Say Anything to remind myself of a tone I’d always loved. And now to work with Tom McCarthy and Lili Taylor, two of the geniuses behind those films, is incredible to me. Marin Ireland and Maria Dizzia have also been giants of the indie space for so many years. I really can’t wait for the world to see what we’ve created together.”
Taylor is repped by Independent Artist Group and Untitled Entertainment. McCarthy is repped by Gersh. Ireland is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro. Dizzia is represented by Perennial Entertainment and Gersh.
