This past weekend the new Joss Whedon-scripted film In Your Eyes, directed by Brin Hill (Ball Don’t Lie) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and immediately after the screening the film was made available around the world online with a special announcement from Whedon himself (see video below).
Starring Zoe Kazan, Michael Stahl-David, Nikki Reed, Mark Feuerstein, Jennifer Grey and Steve Howey the film is set amidst the frozen East Coast winter. Rebecca (Kazan) is withering away in a life of cocktail parties and lonely nights as the sheltered, soft-spoken wife of a successful doctor. Across the country in sun-drenched, arid New Mexico, charismatic ex-con Dylan (Stahl-David) is struggling to find his footing and a fresh start. When these polar opposites realize they share an inexplicable connection, a unique metaphysical romance begins.
In preparation for the worldwide release, the film is being released with Spanish, German, Portuguese, French and Japanese subtitle translations and can be digitally rented for $5.00 at the film’s official website.
Handling the release is Whedon and co-founder Kai Cole’s Bellwether Pictures, the same micro-studio behind Whedon’s Much Ado About Nothing, which went the studio route last year. This time around they are taking a different approach and I’m very curious in seeing the results as I think this is something that can really work, especially for known talent. Michael Roiff’s Night & Day Pictures (Waitress, Save the Date) partnered with Bellwether for the film’s production and release.
You can check out the trailer above and Whedon’s announcement video and two posters for the movie directly below.
