Logline: A young fund manager decides to leave her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend behind to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.
Danielle Macdonald
Written by Eric Heisserer (“Arrival”) and directed by Susanne Bier, the post-apocalyptic thriller will be released by Netflix in 2018.
Danielle Macdonald is incredible in Patti Cake$, and it’s very smart of Lionsgate and producer Elizabeth Banks to jump into business with her as her breakout film prepares to hit theaters.
To spite her mother, plus-sized Willowdean aka Dumplin’ enters a beauty contest and unintentionally becomes an inspiration to other social outcasts.
There was no shortage of amazing films at this year’s Sundance, making the discovery of breakout actors, filmmakers, and writers exciting. Here are 17 names — some familiar faces, others new — that made a considerable impression with their films at this year’s fest.
Duo joins Elizabeth Banks and Diane Lane.
Logline: Story follows two pre-teenage girls who after being sent home early from a birthday party discover an unattended baby in a carriage, and after failing to care for it, the baby ends up dead, and the girls are put away for seven years. It’s only when they are released that what appears to be the truth about their stories begins to reveal itself, but it is clouded bt the fact that suddenly, other children have begun to disappear.
