“Hot Tub Time Machine” director Steve Pink’s newest sci-fi feature takes a decidedly different tone than that raunchy comedy.
“Terrestrial,” which is set to debut at the Fantasia International Film Festival on July 20, is a twisty thriller that stars Jermaine Fowler (“Sorry to Bother You,” “Coming 2 America”), James Morosini (“It’s What’s Inside,” “The Sex Lives of College Girls”), Pauline Chalamet (“The Sex Lives of College Girls,” “The King of Staten Island”), Edy Modica (“Jury Duty,” “Shrinking”), Rob Yang (“Succession,” “The Menu”) and Brendan Hunt (“Ted Lasso,” “Elio”).
Connor Diedrich and Samuel Johnson wrote the script, and the film’s producers include Josh Jason, Molly Gilula, Molly Conners, AJ Bourscheid, Austin Lantero, Rachel Walden, Chalamet and Luca Balser.
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Per the press release, “The film centers around four college friends reuniting in Los Angeles at the beautiful and incredibly expensive mansion belonging to Allen (Fowler). Allen, a writer working on his first book, paints his life as a beautiful masterpiece, but cracks in the story begin to form. The discrepancies in his story and suspicious happenings around the house cause Allen’s friends to question the stories he tells. As his story unravels, the three friends soon learn they are involved in something they never signed up for.”
In addition to directing “Hot Tub Time Machine” and its 2015 sequel, Pink is also a screenwriter, having penned high-profile films like “High Fidelity” and “Grosse Pointe Blank.”
This year marks the 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival, which takes place in Montreal from July 16-Aug. 3.
Watch the trailer below.
