‘Talk To Me’ Directors Danny & Michael Philippou Talk Sequel Ideas, Plans For ‘Street Fighter’ Flick, “Twin Telepathy,” Imposter Syndrome In Encounters With Filmmaking Heroes & More
deadline.comWith their incredibly atmospheric and compelling debut feature Talk to Me, a fairly gory supernatural title out of Australia, twin brother filmmakers Danny & Michael Philippou have set themselves up as the next great A24 success story.
Directed by the duo from Danny’s script written with Bill Hinzman, Talk to Me tells the story of Mia (Sophie Wilde), a teenager grappling with the loss of her mother who gets in over the head, to say the least, when she and her friends begin playing a malevolent party game.
As they sit around a table and whip out their smartphones to record, Mia grips a mysterious ceramic hand, says some magic words and finds her body taken over by an unknown spirit.
There was initially interest in making the film at a major U.S. studio. But when the brothers sensed that their vision would be compromised, they stuck to their creative guns and went the indie route.
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