Neon To Work With Matt Johnson Again On Unnamed Project
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One of the film industry’s most exciting filmmakers is about to get a whole lot weirder. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Neon Productions (the distributor behind acclaimed hits such as Parasite, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Anora) is teaming up with filmmaker Matt Johnson on his next film, which is currently only known as Untitled Matt Johnson Film. Finn Wolfhard is set to star. The film is set to be about a former Vice editor who got busted for running a cocaine smuggling operation. Wolfhard is set to play the journalist who uncovered the story.
Matt Johnson is best known for co-creating, co-starring, co-writing, and co-directing Nirvana the Band the Show alongside Jay McCarrol, as well as its feature film spin-off that was released back in February. He is also known for the found footage films The Dirties (2013) and Operation Avalanche (2016). In 2023, Johnson directed his breakout feature, BlackBerry, which starred Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton. The film received universal critical acclaim and received 17 Canadian Screen Award nominations (the most of any film in the ceremony’s history) and won 14, including Best Director and Best Picture. Johnson’s next film is the upcoming Tony, a biopic about legendary celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain. The film, starring Dominic Sessa, Emelia Jones, and Antonio Banderas, will be distributed by A24 and is set for release this August. Johnson is also attached to an upcoming Magic: The Gathering film adaptation.
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Finn Wolfhard is best known for his breakout role as Mike Wheeler on the long-running Netflix series, Stranger Things, which concluded its legendary 5-season run back in December. Wolfhard’s most prominent roles outside of Stranger Things include Richie Tozier in Andy Muschietti’s It films, Trevor Spengler in the Ghostbustersfranchise, an NBC page in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night, and Ziggy Katz in Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut, When You’re Finished Saying the World. He recently made his feature directorial debut, alongside frequent collaborator Billy Byrk, with the horror comedy Hell of a Summer, for which Wolfhard and Bryk also co-starred in and co-wrote. In addition to this, he released his debut studio album, Happy Birthday, last summer and embarked on a nationwide tour. His sophomore album, Fire from the Hip, is set to be released on July 10th.
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