Just months after Neon acquiredIngrid Goes Westin a competitive bidding situation after its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, the studio has released the first red band trailer for this outrageous dark comedy. Neon, the new distribution venture from Radius-TWC’sTom Quinnand Drafthouse Films’Tim League, picked up the film just two days after it premiered at Sundance, and it is now set for release on August 4. This outrageous comedy could be one of the sleeper hits of the summer, with a young and talented cast lead byAubrey PlazaandElizabeth Olsen.
Ingrid Goes West follows Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza) a mentally unstable young woman who becomes obsessed with Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen), a social media “influencer” with a seemingly-perfect life. When Ingrid decides to drop everything, and move to the West Coast to befriend Taylor in real life, her behavior turns unsettling and increasingly dangerous.Neondebuted the trailer earlier today on their YouTube channel.
Ingrid Goes Westis directed byMatt Spicerand starsAubrey PlazaandElizabeth Olsen. Based on a script bySpicerandDavid Branson Smith, the dark comedy also starsO’Shea Jackson Jr.,Wyatt Russell,Billy MagnussenandPom Klementieff. Star Thrower Entertainment and 141 Entertainment financed and produced. Producers includeJared Ian Goldman,Star Thrower Entertainment’sTimandTrevor White141 Entertainment’sAdamandRobert MirelsandAubrey Plaza.Mary Solomon,Rick RickertsenandAllan Mandelbaumserve as executive producers.
Ingrid Goes WestmarksMatt Spicer’s feature directorial debut. He recently co-wroteFlower, along withMax Winklerwho will also direct. That film is a twisted coming-of-age comedy starringZoey Deutch,Adam Scott,Kathryn HahnandTim Heidecker, whichSpicerwill also produce alongside Rough House Pictures and Diablo Entertainment. Along withWinkler,Spicerwill write the recently announcedRocketeer sequelfor Disney.
Neon has given thedark comedya new release date of August 4, which puts it in the midst of some steep summer competition. The movie will go up against Sony’sThe Dark Towerand Open Road Films’All I See Is You. New Line will also debutAnnabelle: Creationone week later on August 11, with Focus Features’Atomic Blonde, Paramount’sAn Inconvenient Sequeland Sony’sThe Emoji Movieopening a week earlier on July 28. Take a look at the first trailer forIngrid Goes Westbelow.
