Foe | 10/6/23| Amazon | Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal

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As distributors and exhibition worries about major release date changes due to the ongoing strikes, good news continues to pop up with the dating of awards season adult titles, the latest being the Amazon movie Foe from Lion filmmaker Garth Davis on Oct. 6.

 

You’ll remember that Sony vacated that weekend recently by moving their Marvel title, Kraven the Hunter, off of it to Aug. 30, 2024.

 

Based on the Ian Reid novel, with a screenplay by Reid and Davis, Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal star in what is a haunting exploration of marriage and identity set in an uncertain world. Hen and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior’s family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger (Aaron Pierre) shows up at their door with a startling proposal. The pic dotes on the persistent questions about the nature of humanity (and artificial humanity) in the not-too-distant future. 

 

‘Foe’ Release Date: Saoirse Ronan-Paul Mescal Sci-Fi Film Due In Fall Via Amazon – Deadline

[cannastop]

Sounds very prestigious. 🤔 I'll think about it

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[toutvabien]

It's got only 5 reviews so far, but this has 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 3.3 average rating.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, toutvabien said:

It's got only 5 reviews so far, but this has 0% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 3.3 average rating.

oh fuck! Guess I was wrong

[titanic2187]

Weinstein company was a fertile ground for producing some one-time Oscar wonder director. From Radford (ll Postino), Roberto (Life is beautiful), Madden (Shakespeare in Love), Minghella (English Patient), Rob Marshall (Chicago), Froster (Finding Neverland), Hazavicius (The Artist), Tyldum (The imitation Game). You will see these directors made one loud big bang at the Oscar under Weinstein banner but somehow was never taken seriously in the race ever since. Campion (The Piano) nearly join this group but she is excluded here after POD success, whereas Davis (Lion) seem to be the latest director joining this list.   

 

 

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lmao

 

No wonder this is being left to die a quick death.

[JustLurking]

That's a shame, I was looking forward to it.

[Jake Gittes]

6 hours ago, titanic2187 said:

Weinstein company was a fertile ground for producing some one-time Oscar wonder director. From Radford (ll Postino), Roberto (Life is beautiful), Madden (Shakespeare in Love), Minghella (English Patient), Rob Marshall (Chicago), Froster (Finding Neverland), Hazavicius (The Artist), Tyldum (The imitation Game). You will see these directors made one loud big bang at the Oscar under Weinstein banner but somehow was never taken seriously in the race ever since. Campion (The Piano) nearly join this group but she is excluded here after POD success, whereas Davis (Lion) seem to be the latest director joining this list.   

 

In a few of those cases it was more that the director was doing their own thing which happened to be very much in the Academy's wheelhouse one time. I would separate Minghella, Campion, and even Benigni and Hazanavicius (even if they've done nothing worthwhile since, Life Is Beautiful and The Artist were their own projects bought by Miramax later) from bland hacks like Marshall, Forster and this dude.