Boxoffice - October 2016

FRIEND
REQUEST
FREESTYLE RELEASING / OCT 7
n College student Laura receives a Facebook friend
request from Marina, a girl she barely knows. When
Marina kills herself on her web cam, her spirit begins
to wreak havoc on Laura’s life.
CAST ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY, WILLIAM MOSELEY,
CONNOR PAOLO DIRECTOR SIMON VERHOEVEN
GENRE HORROR, THRILLER RATING R FOR HORROR
VIOLENCE, DISTURBING IMAGES, AND LANGUAGE
RUNNING TIME 92 MIN.
PICTURED: ALYCIA DEBNAM-CAREY
THE BIRTH OF A NATION
FOX SEARCHLIGHT / OCT. 7
n Oscar is sniffing around this critically acclaimed picture about the
1831 Virginia slave rebellion led by Nat Turner. Star Nate Parker
also wrote, directed, and produced the passion project. Controversy
surrounds the film as rape allegations from 1999 have been trailing
Parker as he hits the festival circuit (the accuser committed suicide in
2012). Fox Searchlight paid $17.5 million for the worldwide rights,
the highest ever paid for a film out of the Sundance Film Festival.
CAST NATE PARKER, ARMIE HAMMER, MARK BOONE JUNIOR
DIRECTOR NATE PARKER GENRE BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA RATING R FOR
DISTURBING VIOLENT CONTENT AND SOME BRIEF NUDITY RUNNING
TIME 120 MIN.
PICTURED: NATE PARKER (CENTER)
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