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Directed by | Marcus Dunstan |
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Cinematography | Andy Hodgson |
Edited by | Andrew Coutts |
Music by | Philip Michael Thomas |
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Distributed by | Cineverse |
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Running time | 91 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
#AMFAD All My Friends Are Dead is a 2024 American slasher film directed by Marcus Dunstan and written by Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum. It stars Jade Pettyjohn and JoJo Siwa.
It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 8, 2024, and was released by Cineverse on August 2, 2024.
A group of tight-knit friends from college manage to snag an incredible deal on an Airbnb rental for the year's most prominent music festival. However, their weekend takes a deadly turn when members of the group start getting killed off. As they investigate the mysterious murders, they come to realize that each death is linked to one of the seven deadly sins. [2]
In March 2022, Deadline reported that Cineverse (then known as Cinedigm) and Roundtable Entertainment entered a $15 million 10-film deal to co-finance and co-own the intellectual property of original films, with AMFAD All My Friends Are Dead being the first to be produced from the deal. [2] It was fully financed by Film Mode Entertainment, Banc of California and Budding Equity, among others. [3] The screenplay was written by Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum. [2] Kevin Greutert was originally attached to direct, but in October Marcus Dunstan was hired as a replacement. [2] [4]
In February 2023, Jade Pettyjohn and JoJo Siwa were cast in leading roles. [5] That following May, Jennifer Ens, Ali Fumiko Whitney, Justin Derickson, Julian Haig, Cardi Wong, Jack Doupe-Smith and Michaella Russell were cast in supporting roles. [6]
Principal photography was originally scheduled to begin in November 2022, [2] but instead took place in Vancouver from May 3 to May 19, 2023. [7] Rostislav Vaynshtok composed the film score. [8]
Film Mode Entertainment screened the film for international buyers at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival between February 15-19, 2024. [9] It had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 8, 2024. [1] It was released in select theaters and video on demand by Cineverse on August 2, 2024. [10]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 56% of 18 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10. [11]
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