Aubrey Plaza Film Emily the Prison Sells to Roadside, Vertical

Pursuing its premiere at this year’s digital Sundance Movie Competition, Aubrey Plaza’s crime thriller “Emily the Criminal” has been sold to Roadside Points of interest and Vertical Leisure.

The movie is slated to launch completely in theaters in 2022. Redbox Leisure has property enjoyment rights. An actual release day has not been scheduled however.

John Patton Ford directed “Emily the Prison,” a tense tale that follows a college or university graduate (Plaza) saddled with college student financial debt and not able to find a career thanks to a small criminal file. Desperate for income, she begins operating as a “dummy shopper,” buying Tv shows, cars and things that get increasingly riskier, with stolen credit score cards supplied by a middleman. Added solid users contain Theo Rossi (“Army of the Dead”), Megalyn Echikunwoke (“Late Night”) and Gina Gershon (“Blockers”).

The movie debuted to overwhelmingly positive reception at Sundance, with lots of movie critics praising Plaza’s guide effectiveness. In Variety’s critique, Amy Nicholson described “Emily the Criminal” as a “world-weary social difficulty fable.”

“Plaza, who also developed the film, is strong as a scammer who invitations sympathy and simultaneously pushes it absent,” Nicholson wrote.

“John Patton Ford’s propulsive thriller ‘Emily the Criminal’ is a breathtaking directing debut with a revelatory general performance from Aubrey Plaza as a wildly entertaining antiheroine that recollects Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde,” stated Roadside Attractions’ co-presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff.

Vertical Entertainment’s husband or wife and CEO Peter Jarowey added, “When we saw the movie, we knew we had to have it. It is an extraordinary story that is confident to excite and thrill audiences. We are psyched to bring two very long-standing collaborators in Roadside and Redbox with each other on one particular movie that we care so deeply about. It is a gain-get for everybody concerned.”

The filmmakers emphasized their motivation for “Emily the Criminal” to play only in theaters.

“We keep on to imagine in the great importance of the theatrical practical experience and the power of observing movies together on a big display, and couldn’t be additional enthusiastic and assured in our stellar associates at Roadside and Vertical to join our film with audiences almost everywhere,” they stated in a joint statement.

The movie was financed by Davidson’s Very low Spark Films in association with Dread Knot Productions and generated by Plaza’s Evil Hag Productions and Minimal Spark. Government producers have been Kevin Flanigan, Dexter Braff, Angus Wall, Kent Kubena, Lowell Shapiro and Mike Dill.

Jarowey negotiated the deal on behalf of Vertical Amusement Angel An negotiated the deal on behalf of Roadside Sights Marc Danon negotiated on behalf of home amusement legal rights for Redbox Amusement and CAA Media Finance, Verve Ventures and ICM Partners negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers.