With a new year upon us and COVID-19 vaccinations starting to make the rounds, Searchlight Pictures has announced 2021 theatrical release dates for David Bruckner's The Night House, Scott Cooper's Antlers, and Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley.
Searchlight Pictures will release The Night House (ICYMI, read Heather Wixson's Sundance review) on July 16th, Antlers on October 29th, and Nightmare Alley on December 3rd. Read on for additional details on all three films, as well as Michael Showalter's The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA, January 21, 2021 – Searchlight Pictures announced today the following additional films for release in theatres in 2021:
THE NIGHT HOUSE – JULY 16, 2021
Directed by: David Bruckner
Written by: Ben Collins & Luke Piotrowski
Produced by: David S. Goyer, Keith Levine, and John Zois
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Sarah Goldberg, Evan Jonigkeit, Stacy Martin and Vondie Curtis Hall
THE NIGHT HOUSE follows a widow (Rebecca Hall of THE TOWN) who begins to uncover her recently deceased husband’s disturbing secrets.
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE – SEPTEMBER 24, 2021
Directed by: Michael Showalter
Written by: Abe Sylvia
Produced by: Jessica Chastain, Kelly Carmichael, Rachel Shane, Gigi Pritzker
Cast Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones, Fredric Lehne, Mark Wystrach, Sam Jaeger, Gabriel Olds and Vincent D’Onofrio
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE is an intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. In the 1970s and 80s, Tammy Faye and her husband, Jim Bakker, rose from humble beginnings to create the world’s largest religious broadcasting network and theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance and prosperity. Tammy Faye was legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, it wasn’t long before financial improprieties, scheming rivals, and scandal toppled their carefully constructed empire.
ANTLERS – OCTOBER 29, 2021
Directed by: Scott Cooper
Screenplay by: C. Henry Chaisson & Nick Antosca and Scott Cooper, based upon the short story The Quiet Boy by Nick Antosca
Produced by: Guillermo del Toro, David S. Goyer, J. Miles Dale
Cast: Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan
From the visionary world of acclaimed director Scott Cooper and horror maestro Guillermo del Toro comes ANTLERS. In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher (Keri Russell) and her sheriff brother (Jesse Plemons) become embroiled with her enigmatic student (Jeremy T. Thomas) whose dark secrets lead to terrifying encounters with a legendary ancestral creature who came before them. Based on the short story The Quiet Boy by Nick Antosca. Produced by Guillermo del Toro, David S. Goyer, and J. Miles Dale.
NIGHTMARE ALLEY – DECEMBER 3, 2021
Directed by: Guillermo del Toro
Written by: Guillermo del Toro & Kim Morgan
Produced by: Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, David Strathairn
In NIGHTMARE ALLEY, an ambitious young carny (Bradley Cooper) with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett) who is even more dangerous than he is.
ABOUT SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES
Searchlight Pictures is a specialty film company that both finances and acquires motion pictures for both theatrical and streaming release. It has its own marketing and distribution operations, and is part of The Walt Disney Studios, a division of The Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures, the company’s titles have grossed over $5 billion worldwide, amassing 26 Golden Globe Awards, 45 BAFTA awards, and 40 Academy Awards including four Best Picture winners since 2009: Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years a Slave, Birdman, and The Shape of Water. Upcoming feature releases include Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, Scott Cooper’s Antlers, Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, Michael Showalter’s The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, David Bruckner’s The Night House, and Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley. The company includes a television and streaming arm, Searchlight Television, which develops and finances series, limited series, and films for streaming, network, and cable partners. Liz Meriwether’s limited series The Dropout will debut on Hulu in 2021.
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