All Fun and Games, starring Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) and Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things), begins production today in Canada. The two are joined by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (The Haunting of Bly Manor), Keith David (Greenleaf), and Annabeth Gish (The Fall of the House of Usher). The horror-thriller follows the story of two kids who play a game with their sadistic older cousin and awaken a cruel entity known as “The Skarrow.”
Co-directors are Ari Costa (second unit on Extraction and Avengers: Endgame) and Eren Celeboglu (The Internet Kills). The Anton and AGBO production, which is going through the latter’s Gozie AGBO banner, was a buzz title among buyers at the recent EFM market in Berlin. Anthony and Joe Russo are among exec producers. Pic is produced by Anton’s Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois, as well as AGBO’s Kassee Whiting and Jake Aust. Executive producers are AGBO’s Anthony and Joe Russo, Mike Larocca, Angela Russo-Otstot; and Holly Hubsher. The film is fully financed by Anton.
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“All Fun And Games is a great summer movie for young audiences,” said Cecile Gaget, per Deadline. “Our international distributors have shown their confidence in the popularity of this genre by acquiring the film at this early stage.”
The film marks Anton and AGBO’s first production together. Anton’s horror thriller Choose or Die also starring Asa Butterfield, will launch on Netflix on April 15th. Gozie AGBO’s Everything, Everywhere All At Once was released in U.S. theaters this week.
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Butterfield is best known for his main role in Netflix’s Sex Education where he plays the high school kid/therapist, Otis Milburn. Butterfield will next be seen in Flux Gourmet, a black comedy horror film, and in Netflix’s Choose or Die, scheduled to release this week. Natalia Dyer is known for her main role in Netflix’s Stranger Things where she plays Nancy Wheeler, big sister to Mike Wheeler. Dyer was seen in Netflix’s Yes, God, Yes back in 2019, which garnered her much attention. She also had a small role In Jake Gyllenhaal’s Velvet Buzzsaw.
Rising Brit actor Benjamin Evan Ainsworth stars in the titular role of Disney’s live-action adaptation of Pinocchio, directed by Robert Zemeckis and also starring Tom Hanks. His breakout role was as Miles Wingrave in Netflix’s miniseries The Haunting of Bly Manor. He will next be seen in David S. Goyer’s The Sandman for Netflix. Film and TV vet Keith David will next be seen in Netflix’s limited series From Scratch. His film credits include 21 Bridges, Night School, Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, Requiem for a Dream and There’s Something About Mary. He starred in five seasons of Greenleaf for Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network.
Gish has had multiple recurring roles throughout her career. She will shortly be seen in the upcoming Netflix miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher. She was most recently seen in Mike Flanagan’s Netflix series Midnight Mass. She also had a recurring role in The Haunting of Hill House and appeared in Flanagan’s 2016 horror film Before I Wake. On TV she is best known for her role as Agent Monica Reyes on The X-Files.
