timespace coordinates: 2020’s East London
Sumotherhood is a 2023 British action comedy film directed by Adam Deacon, who also stars in the film alongside Jazzie Zonzolo, Richie Campbell, Leomie Anderson in her feature film debut, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Danny Sapani, Peter Serafinowicz, Jaime Winstone, London Hughes, Vas Blackwood, Barry McNicholl, Arnold Jorge and includes cameos from Jennifer Saunders, Ed Sheeran, Jeremy Corbyn. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: 2020’s Paris > the Dominican Republic > New Orleans, Louisiana > St. Petersburg, Florida > Beacon, New York > Chicago
The Killer is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by David Fincher based on the French graphic novel series The Killer written by Alexis “Matz” Nolent and illustrated by Luc Jacamon.
The film stars Michael Fassbender in the title role, alongside Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O’Malley, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, and Tilda Swinton in supporting roles. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: 2006 (post-Katrina) New Orleans
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is a 2009 American black comedy crime drama film directed by Werner Herzog and starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Tom Bower, Jennifer Coolidge, Alvin ‘Xzibit’ Joiner, Val Kilmer, and Brad Dourif.
Though the film’s title and story loosely resemble that of Abel Ferrara‘s 1992 film Bad Lieutenant, according to Herzog, it is neither a sequel nor a remake; its only commonality is a corrupt policeman as the central character. Nonetheless, the director of the original Bad Lieutenant film, Abel Ferrara, expressed dismay that the Herzog film was being made. Both Bad Lieutenant films were produced by Edward R. Pressman. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: 2023 / 1941 / 1890 / 2053 London
Bodies is a British crime thriller limited series primarily written and created for Netflix by Paul Tomalin, based on the DC Vertigo graphic novel of the same name written by Si Spencer and illustrated by Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay, Meghan Hetrick, and Phil Winslade. The series consists of eight episodes and premiered on Netflix on 19 October 2023. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: near future Palmera City (inspired by Miami, Akira (1988) and Neo Tokyo (1987)
Blue Beetle is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC character Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle. It is the fourteenth installment of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film was directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, and stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle alongside Bruna Marquezine, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez. (wiki)
timespace coordinates: 1980s small-town Canada
My Animal is a 2023 Canadian supernatural horror romance film directed by Jacqueline Castel in her feature directorial debut. Starring Bobbi Salvör Menuez, Amandla Stenberg and Stephen McHattie, the film follows a young woman who is forced by her overbearing parents to keep her lycanthropy a secret, until she begins to fall in love with a figure skater. (wiki)
Southern Noir thriller set in a tough-and-tumble Mississippi town written by Michael Farris Smith, directed by Nadine Crocker and starring Willa Fitzgerald, Garrett Hedlund and Mel Gibson. It is based on the novel of the same name by Smith.
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