NEON Acquires Domestic Rights To Anne Hathaway Sundance Movie ‘Eileen’
deadline.comNEON has taken the North American rights to the Anne Hathaway starring Sundance Film Festival premiere, Eileen from director William Oldroyd (Lady Macbeth).
The distributor is eyeing a fall theatrical release for the film. Oldroyd’s connection to Sundance began in 2013 when his short film, Best, won the Short Film Competition at Sundance Film Festival.
Eileen, coming out of Sundance, has already notched 87% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with critics. The pic, based on the 2015 debut novel by Otessa Moshfegh, is set during a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, where young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works.
Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path. Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham, Marin Ireland, and Owen Teague also star in the pic which was adapted for the screen by Moshfegh with Luke Goebel.
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