EXCLUSIVE: Noah Hutton’s sci-fi comedy-drama, Lapsis, acquired through Film Movement.The photo is expected to be released through virtual cinema in the fourth quarter of this year and will be followed until its release on all home and virtual entertainment platforms.
Marking Hutton’s first feature film, Lapsis was nominated for the 2020 SXSW Grand Jury Prize.Comedy-drama takes place in a “parallel present” and follows a delivery man named Ray Tincelli (Dean Imperial).He struggles to support himself and After a series of unsuccessful pushes and scams, Ray takes on a task in a new concert economy box: walk deep into the forest, pull a wire over miles of dirt to hold giant steel cubes that hold the new quantum trading market.As you enter the area further, you encounter increasing hostility and the risk of robotic wires, and you will have to decide between helping your colleagues or getting rich and getting out.
“In his first feature film, Noah tells a provocative story about a long road that we might well live one day,” Rosenberg said.”It’s a wise and fun movie and we’re thrilled to have the opportunity to share your new and very original voice with the American audience this year.”
“As someone who grew up buying subscriptions to a circle of family members of the Motion Movies as an excuse to watch the videos myself,” Hutton added.”I’m excited at the time of closing and can’t wait for the audience to watch the movie.”
The deal was reached through Michael Rosenberg, president of film movement and producers Jesse Miller, Joseph Varca and Taylor Hess.