Beau is Afraid | April 21, 2023 | A24 | Ari Aster directs. Joaquin stars

[ThomasNicole]

6 minutes ago, Eric Dielman said:

 

OMG FINALLY

[Jake Gittes]

 

[Eric Prime]

BEAU IS AFRAID???????? WHAT A CONCEPT!!!!!!

[Eric Prime]

 

[Lucas]

Both the new Aster and new Evil Dead in April? Oh I am feeding

[filmlover]

A24 hoping to repeat the success of Everything Everywhere upon first glance with this release date choice.

[Krissykins]

Have to say, I’m disappointed his third film isn’t another horror with an incredible lead female performance. 

[ThomasNicole]

Atrocious poster, but really excited for the movie 

 

I do think this will be highly divisive even with critics because of the surrealistic approach, the mix of horror with comedy, the 3 hour runtime etc

 

Seems like he´s going for maximalism and this always ended up pissing some people, still, looking forward for it

[Lucas]

 

[JustLurking]

Looks great.

[TMP]

looks so fucking good

[filmlover]

Getting strong Charlie Kaufman vibes from this. Aster expanding his horizons here (and what a cast he's assembled). I'm intrigued.

[Brainbug]

Oh yes this looks yummy.

[Blaze Heatnix]

Looks great, but I hope it's not the usual

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"it's all in his head" stuff. 

 

 

I'm really suspecting that to be the case, based on

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the part where he checks his phone and it's written therapist. There's also the part where he's hit by a car and the guy just say "welcome back". The way he moves and runs. Something wrong. Hopefully he'snot another dude running away from the psychiatric hospital. 

 

[lorddemaxus]

Pretty weird to hear a Goodbye Stranger EDM remix being used here lol. Seems like less of a horror film that I thought it would be.

[Eric Prime]

https://deadline.com/2023/02/joaquin-phoenix-beau-afraid-a24-ari-aster-sony-pictures-stage6-uk-deal-1235267411/

 

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EXCLUSIVE: In a seven-figure deal finalised over the last week, Sony Pictures’ Stage 6 Films has beaten out competitors for UK rights to Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid, which A24 is releasing in the U.S. on April 21.

 

Stage 6 also acquired rights from A24 in Middle East, worldwide ships and airlines and pan Asia pay TV.

 

As we revealed last week, Leonine has picked up German rights. Russia (Volga), Switzerland (Ascot Elite) and Australia (Roadshow) have also been sold.

 

[filmlover]

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Beau Is Afraid will mark one the company’s biggest rolls of the dice to date with a $40M-50M budget. The movie’s trailer skews more surreal and complex than Aster’s previous genre films, which cost considerably less.

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[CoolioD1]

hmm think this has much less BO potential than Aster's other movies imo since they can't sell as a straight up horror. Also read in a guardian article last week that Alex Garland's Civil War is the biggest scale thing they've ever produced. Think A24 are putting themselves in a risky position by starting to make more mid budget stuff. gonna be begging Daniels for Everything Everywhere All at Twice soon.

[Pinacolada]

10 hours ago, CoolioD1 said:

hmm think this has much less BO potential than Aster's other movies imo since they can't sell as a straight up horror. Also read in a guardian article last week that Alex Garland's Civil War is the biggest scale thing they've ever produced. Think A24 are putting themselves in a risky position by starting to make more mid budget stuff. gonna be begging Daniels for Everything Everywhere All at Twice soon.

Yeah with Hereditary and Midsommar, you could sell those as horror movies. Whereas this sounds like it's the weirdest fucking movie ever. I don't think this strategy is gonna pan out whatsoever. They could've at least taken it to Cannes or something

Edited March 19, 2023 by Pinacolada

[Fanboy]

Rated R18+ in Australia for high impact sex. Runtime is 179 minutes. 

Edited March 19, 2023 by Fanboy