All Night Wrong

Image: https://i.postimg.cc/RCyWr0pD/IMG-4492.jpg ---Quote--- Severance star Zach Cherry is Gary, a coward who isn’t sure he can be loved. He meets widow Ell, portrayed by Maria Bakalova of The Apprentice and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm fame. What can go wrong on their blind date in a small Canadian town? A lot, it turns out in All Night Wrong, directed and produced by Canadian filmmaker Jason James (Entanglement, Mountain Men), which world premieres as a headline presentation at SXSW London on Tuesday evening. Just check out this plot summary: “Two broken people meet for a blind date and inadvertently steal a car containing $40,000 and a dead body in the trunk. With a killer on their trail and blood on their hands, they’ve got one night to do all the wrong things – for all the right reasons.” Indeed, a dying wish and a cryptic clue lead the unlikely duo on a journey full of twists and turns, bad choices, awkward conversations, lies, fights, mystery, betrayal, and a dangerous killer. Their neo-noir all-night trip is also full of laughs and touching moments. Frequent James collaborators Tyler Labine (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, New Amsterdam) and Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek, The Rig), as well as Ryan Beil also feature in the movie, written by Jason Filiatrault (The Order, Entanglement). The backers and partners behind All Night Wrong include James’ Resonance Films, Telefilm Canada, Voltage Pictures, Mongrel Media, Goodbye Productions, Big Safari, Anamorphic Media, Creativity Capital, Creativity Media and Koala FX. James describes All Night Wrong as a mix of “stylish neo-noir thriller with indie rom-com.” In a director’s statement, he shares: “I’m tired of the John Wicks and the Jason Bournes of the world. I want to see a film where a normal person – like you or I – needs to rob a bank or defuse a bomb or in this case – bury a dead body they found in the trunk of a stolen car and solve a murder conspiracy while on a first date. It’s so captivating to watch real people make the wrong choices over and over again.” THR talked to James about the inspirations and production process behind All Night Wrong, going into “vampire mode” in freezing-cold Canadian nights, how he cast the two stars, why the film has that stuck-in-time feel, and why premiering it at SXSW London feels special. Linky (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/all-night-wrong-film-sxsw-london-wilder-hitchcock-severance-1236609345/) ---End Quote---