EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has realized that A24 has taken US on Luca Guadagnino’s subsequent film Queer, starring Daniel Craig. Since I noticed early footage for this movie a yr in the past in Italy, A24 was at all times seen because the vacation spot for the filmmakers given the distributor’s finesse in dealing with edgy fare, which is strictly what this William S. Burroughs characteristic adaptation is with Craig breaking the mildew, very similar to he did with 007. Queer started screening to distributors through CAA Media Finance in late June and we heard then A24 was kicking the tires. There have been different suitors. A24 got here via and the deal simply closed. All of this spells for a theatrical launch.
Queer is getting its world premiere at Venice Movie Pageant with a North American debut at TIFF. It’s additionally getting a NY Movie Fest Highlight Gala.
Guadagnino reteamed along with his Challengers scribe Justin Kuritzkes, and promptly shot Queer in Cinecitta after that Zendaya film recreating a multi-colored Mexico within the coronary heart of the legendary Rome, Italy studio. Challengers catapulted the Name Me By Your Title Oscar nominated filmmaker into the field workplace charts in late April along with his first No. 1 opening ($15M home), the horny romantic tennis drama in the end grossing over $94M worldwide.
The film additionally stars Drew Starkey, Academy Award nominee Lesley Manville, Jason Schwartzman, Andra Ursuta, Michael Borremans and David Lowery.
Pic’s blurb: Set in Fifties Mexico Metropolis, Queer follows William Lee, an American ex-pat in his late forties, as he leads a solitary life amidst a small American group. Nevertheless, the arrival on the town of Eugene Allerton, a younger scholar, stirs William into lastly establishing a significant reference to somebody.
Queer was produced by Fremantle, Fremantle North America, Lorenzo Mieli for The Condo, a Fremantle Group Firm, and Luca Guadagnino for his Frenesy Movie Firm, in collaboration with Cinecitta and Body by Body. Fremantle Group financed the movie.
