Pet Sematary remake to world premiere at 2019 SXSW Film Festival
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Jason Clarke’s upcoming movie adaptation of the horror novel Pet Sematary will resurrect the Stephen King classic for the first time at the 2019 South by Southwest Film Festival. SXSW announced Wednesday the film — the second cinematic take on King’s 1983 book following Marc Lambert’s 1989 page-to-screen version — will hold its world premiere screening as the 2019 edition’s closing night selection. Directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, Pet Sematary follows Dr. Louis Creed (Clark) who relocates his wife Rachel (Amy Seimetz) and their two children from Boston to rural Maine, where he discovers a mysterious an ominous cemetary for animals tucked away deep in the forest near his new home. After tragedy unexpectedly strikes shortly after the relocation, Louis looks to his neighbor Jud (John Lithgow) for guidance, which sets off a chain of horrific events tied to the titular burial ground. The Austin-based festival also announced new additions to its Midnighters, Festival Favorites, Shorts, Episodic Pilots, and Virtual Cinema Projects programs, including 129 overall feature films and 100 total world premieres. Films joining the festival in these programs include Helen Hunt’s I See You, Eddie Izzard’s Boyz in the Wood, and Lupita Nyong’o’s zombie flick Little Monsters also starring Josh Gad. Previously announced films heading to SXSW include the Jordan Peele-directed thriller Us (also featuring Nyong’o); Matthew McConaughey’s The Beach Bum (directed by Harmony Korine), Olivia Wilde’s feature directorial debut Booksmart starring Lisa Kudrow and Jason Sudeikis; Thom Zimney’s The Gift: The Journey of Johnny Cash; the Tatiana Maslany-starring Pink Wall directed by Tom Cullen, and Long Shot, Jonathan Levine’s Seth Rogen/Charlize Theron comedy about a romance between a diplomat and a hard-partying journalist. SXSW’s 2019 edition runs March 8-17, while Pet Sematary hits theaters on April 5. See the full list of SXSW Film Festival additions in the Midnighters, Festival Favorites, Shorts, Episodic Pilots, and Virtual Cinema Projects programs below. FEATURES MIDNIGHTERS 7 Reasons to Run Away (From Society) (Spain) Directors: Esteve Soler, Gerard Quinto, David Torras, Screenwriter: Esteve Soler 7 Reasons to Run Away takes a critical look at today’s society and puts the values it transmits into question. Cast: Sergi Lopez, Emma Suarez, Lola Dueñas, Alex Brendemuhl, Alain Hernandez, Francesc Orella (World Premiere) Body At Brighton Rock Director/Screenwriter: Roxanne Benjamin An inexperienced park employee discovers a body on a remote mountain trail and must stay with it overnight in the wilderness, facing her darkest fears in the process. Cast: Karina Fontes, Casey Adams, Emily Althaus, Brodie Reed, Martin Spanjers, John Getz, Miranda Bailey, Susan Burke, Matt Peters (World Premiere) Boyz in the Wood (United Kingdom, U.S.) Director/Screenwriter: Ninian Doff When four city-bred schoolboys embark on a traditional
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