Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Issa Rae (“Black Mirror,” Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse) is set to star in and produce comedic thriller Good People, Bad Things from Get Duked! filmmaker Ninian Doff, per Deadline.
Rae stars as “an overwhelmed woman who gets lost in a seemingly infinite parking garage and soon discovers she is not alone.”
It’s that intriguing liminal tidbit about the setting, combined with Doff’s attachment, that suggests another fun genre-bender on the way.
Get Duked! won the Audience Award in the Midnighters section of SXSW before debuting on Prime Video, which is still available to stream, and was nominated for Best Debut Director at the British Independent Film Awards.
I wrote in my review for Doff’s debut that it’s “a silly stoner comedy about teen delinquents bumbling their way across the Highlands contains every bit of the stupidity and hijinks you’d expect. All with major style. What you don’t expect going in, however, is the sharp social commentary on the generational divide, shocking bloodshed, tense thrills, and a group of characters that worm their way into your heart. It’s so bonkers that it’s hard not to leave this film with a smile plastered across your face.”
In other words, another comedic thriller with what sounds like a liminal bent sounds like a promising feature ahead.
Laura Tunstall and Stephanie Wilcox will produce under their and Doff’s new banner Present Company Inc., along with Rae and Montrel McKay for Hoorae. Hoorae’s Sara Rastogi is exec producing alongside Michelle Craig and Piero Frescobaldi.
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