Yahoo Lifestyle Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon to Direct and Star in ‘Family Movie’ With Kids Travis and Sosie Bacon (EXCLUSIVE)
Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon are taking the title of their next film to heart. They’re set to direct the horror-comedy project “Family Movie” and star alongside their children, Travis and Sosie Bacon.
The foursome will produce for Mixed Breed Films alongside Norman Golightly at Dark Castle Entertainment. Neon International will represent the foreign rights and introduce it at AFM this week while CAA Media Finance will represent the U.S. rights.
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The film, based on a screenplay by Dan Beers (“Premature”), follows an eclectic but tight-knit family of filmmakers who suddenly find themselves in a real-life horror movie when a body turns up on the set of their latest low-budget slasher. As the production spirals comically out of control, they realize the only solution to keep filming is to cover up the murder, by any means necessary.
“There may not be a more compelling Hollywood family than the Bacons,” says Dark Castle co-CEO Norman Golightly. “We can’t wait to bring their unique dynamic to the screen and then wildly turn it on its head for audiences.”
Sedgwick’s other directing credits include the feature films “Space Oddity” starring Kyle Allen and Alexandra Shipp, and “Story of a Girl,” which earned her a DGA Award nomination. Her short “Girls Weekend” also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. As an actor, Sedgwick’s title role in the smash hit series “The Closer” earned her both an Emmy and a Golden Globe. Film roles include “Born on the Fourth of July,” “Singles,” “Phenomenon,” “Something to Talk About,” “The Possession” and “The Edge of Seventeen.” Sedgwick’s production company, Big Swing, along with Amblin Entertainment, is producing the Kristen Stewart-led limited series “The Challenger” for Amazon.
“I have fallen in love with directing,” Sedgwick told Variety in June. “This feels so much better than acting. I’m much less vulnerable. And I feel like I know what I’m doing more. I have so much confidence. As an actor, I am filled with self-doubt.”
Kevin Bacon is known for his starring roles in such films as “Footloose,” “Apollo 13,” “Mystic River,” “X-Men First Class,” “Tremors” and “The Woodsman” (with Sedgwick). Most recently he appeared in “Leave The World Behind” and “MaXXXine” from film director Ti West.
Sosie Bacon recently made her directing debut with “What We Got Wrong.” Her credits as an actor include “Smile,” “The Last Summer,” HBO’s “Mare of Easttown,” Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” and HBO’s “Here and Now.”
Travis Bacon is a writer, producer, actor and film composer for the film “Keep Coming Back,” which recently premiered at LA’s Screamfest.
Kyra is represented by CAA, Range Media Partners, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham. Kevin is repped by MGMT Entertainment, WME, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Sosie is represented by Gersh Agency, Range Media Partners and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.
Neon’s international sales slate currently includes Chris Rock’s “Misty Green,” Michael Covino’s “Splitsville” starring Dakota Johnson and Adria Arjona, Osgood Perkins’ “Keeper,” Steven Soderbergh’s “Presence,” Jason Buxton’s “Sharp Corner” starring Ben Foster and Cobie Smulders and “They Follow,” the sequel to “It Follows” from writer-director David Robert Mitchell and starring Maika Monroe.
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