A24 has picked up yet another Michael Fassbender vehicle. According to Deadline, the film distribution company has officially acquired the U.S. rights to Adam Smith’s feature debut Trespass Against Us.
The heist film follows the Cutler family of outlaws led by Chad Cutler (Michael Fassbender) and his father (Brendan Gleeson). When the law catches up with Chad, he’s must decide whether to stay loyal to his outlaw family or do what he believes is best for his children. The film co-stars Lyndsey Marshal, Sean Harris, Rory Kinnear and Killian Scott.
Smith rose to prominence through directing TV episodes for Little Dorrit and Doctor Who as well as music videos like the popular vid for The Chemical Brothers track “Don’t Think.” The electronic duo made up of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons has subsequently provided original music for Trespass Against Us.The script was written by Alistair Siddons, who produced the film along with Gail Egan (The Constant Gardener) and Andrea Calderwood (The Last King Of Scotland, A Most Wanted Man) of Potboiler Productions. This is the second Fassbender vehicle picked up by A24 in the last few days alone. The company just grabbed U.S. rights to the 19th century drama Slow West starring the German-born actor, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Mendelsohn.
A24 is an American film distibution an production company that formed in 2012. Their first major release was Roman Coppola’s 2013 film A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III. Other notable A24 releases include Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers, Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring, Atom Egoyan’s The Captive, J. C. Chandor’s A Most Violent Year (2015) and Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young (2015).
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Originally published December 17, 2014. Updated April 13, 2018.
