Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander Political Comedy ‘Rumours’ Lands at Bleecker Street

Bleecker Street has landed U.S. rights to Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin’s ensemble comedy Rumours starring Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander.

Maddin wrote and directed the feature with longtime collaborators Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, with the project recently having wrapped filming in Hungary. Bleecker Street is eyeing a theatrical release later this year for the indie project that co-stars Roy Dupuis, Charles Dance, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rolando Ravello, Takehiro Hira and Zlatko Burić.

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Rumours centers on the leaders of the seven nations comprising G7, who meet for their annual summit but get lost in the woods and must still draft a statement addressing a worldwide crisis.

Serving as producers are Liz Jarvis for Buffalo Gal Pictures, Philipp Kreuzer for Maze Pictures and Lars Knudsen for Square Peg. Kent Sanderson and Avy Eschenasy negotiated the deal for Bleecker Street, while CAA Media Finance represented the filmmakers.

Rumours marks the second film collaboration between Square Peg — Knudsen and Ari Aster’s production company — and Bleecker Street. The first was David and Nathan Zellner’s Sasquatch Sunset, which premieres at Sundance Film Festival this month and stars Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg.

Maddin’s previously titles include The Saddest Music in the World and My Winnipeg. The Green Fog, which he co-directed with Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2017.

Blanchett starred in Todd Field’s Tár, which landed her an Oscar nomination at last year’s ceremony, and will appear in Eli Roth’s video game adaptation Borderlands that is set for release in August.

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