David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) and Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) are set to star in a psychological thriller film titlted Kodak SuperXX.
The movie is set against “an atmospheric Los Angeles and follows Linh (Tran), a quiet woman whose solitary life revolves around her work as a darkroom developer at one of the city’s last boutique photo labs.
“Her quiet existence takes a paranoid turn when she becomes entangled with a mysterious stranger (Dastmalchian), whose photographs reveal a dark secret.”
The project is the project is being compared to films such as Nightcrawler and Francis Ford Coppola’s classic The Conversation.
The movie is being directed by Auden Bui from a script written by Tony Rettenmaier (They Cloned Tyrone) and it goes into production this year.
Bui shared in a statement: “I’m excited to embark on this journey with Kelly and David to create a film that aims to provoke, challenge and hopefully leave audiences both uncomfortable and turned on.”
Producers Dastmalchian and Jen Iacobino added: “Good Fiend Films is excited to be helping bring this story to the screen with a director of powerful vision and the artists who will shape the world of KODAK SuperXX.
“This haunting and complex narrative explores the murky shadows of human nature in a way that invites audiences to be challenged, entertained and transported.”
Source: Deadline