ITN Acquires ‘Joe Baby’ Starring Dichen Lachman, Willa Fitzgerald, Ron Perlman & Harvey Keitel — EFM

Zac Ntim and Andreas Wiseman

18 February 2025 at 3:44 am·2-min read

EXCLUSIVE: ITN Distribution has acquired North American rights to the thriller Joe Baby, starring Dichen Lachman, Willa Fitzgerald, Ron Perlman, and Harvey Keitel.

The film, directed by Steven Brand, follows a money collector (Lachman) for a private investigator hired to track down 10 million dollars stolen in a dodgy real estate deal, opening a complex can of worms. Kelly Hu, Kenneth Choi, Corin Nemec, David Lipper, Dan Bakkedahl, and Jason London round out the key cast.

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The film is based on Drew Fine’s novel with the screenplay adaptation by Todd Samovitz. Lipper and Robert A. Daly Jr. are producing under their Latigo Films banner, along with Stephen Endelman, Brand, and Jeff Rice, with Brian Sheth serving as executive producer.

ITN previously teamed up with Latigo Films and released Karma’s A Bitch, starring Isabella Blake-Thomas, Tony Todd, and Natasha Henstridge.

Lachman’s credits include Universal and Amblin’s Jurassic World Dominion and the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series Severance. The actress is otherwise best known for roles on such series as Animal Kingdom, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Altered Carbon.

Fitzgerald starred in the Netflix series The Fall of the House of Usher, and Randall Emmett’s thriller Wash Me in the River with Robert De Niro and John Malkovich.

Perlman is a Golden Globe winner and two-time Emmy nominee whose recent credits include Adam McKay’s end-of-the-world comedy Don’t Look Up for Netflix and Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley for Searchlight Pictures. Keitel is an Oscar and Golden Globe nominee who has recently featured in such films as Lansky, The Irishman, The Painted Bird, and Isle of Dogs.

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