Exclusive: Kelly Marie Tran and Miles Robbins will star in Shal Ngo’s Control Freak, a psychological thriller from WorthenBrooks for Hulu Originals. The feature film has wrapped production and will premiere in early 2025.
Control Freak follows a motivational speaker plagued by an uncontrollable itch on her head, who becomes infected with a parasitic demon from her homeland. Tran stars as “Valerie,” alongside Robbins who plays her husband, “Robbie.”
Additional cast includes Toan Le (The Sympathizer) as Valerie’s father, “Sang” and Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club) as her “Aunt Thuy.”
Toan Le and Kieu Chinh
Ngo was tapped to direct Control Freak based on the short film Control. He also wrote and directed for Season 2 of Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween. WorthenBrooks developed Control Freak for Hulu Originals with David Brooks,...
Control Freak follows a motivational speaker plagued by an uncontrollable itch on her head, who becomes infected with a parasitic demon from her homeland. Tran stars as “Valerie,” alongside Robbins who plays her husband, “Robbie.”
Additional cast includes Toan Le (The Sympathizer) as Valerie’s father, “Sang” and Kieu Chinh (The Joy Luck Club) as her “Aunt Thuy.”
Toan Le and Kieu Chinh
Ngo was tapped to direct Control Freak based on the short film Control. He also wrote and directed for Season 2 of Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween. WorthenBrooks developed Control Freak for Hulu Originals with David Brooks,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Glass House Distribution President Tom Malloy, bitcoin veteran Charlie Shrem and producer Shyam S. Sengupta are unveiling a new digital finance company, Defiine, here at the Cannes Market.
Described as a digital finance solution for independent films, the firm will seek to leverage assets and IP against crypto liquidity pools. The partners say that investors will be able to stake funds on the assets to earn “significant” annual percentage yields. Defiine also says it is collaborating with other companies that have made progress in the Nft and film space.
The company has completed two productions using the model (Ask Me To Dance and Trauma Therapy: Psychosis) and says it is also in development on several other projects, including upcoming crime drama Interstate 35.
During the market, Defiine will be looking for new projects in advanced stages of development, as well as crypto investors.
Shrem is one of the founding members...
Described as a digital finance solution for independent films, the firm will seek to leverage assets and IP against crypto liquidity pools. The partners say that investors will be able to stake funds on the assets to earn “significant” annual percentage yields. Defiine also says it is collaborating with other companies that have made progress in the Nft and film space.
The company has completed two productions using the model (Ask Me To Dance and Trauma Therapy: Psychosis) and says it is also in development on several other projects, including upcoming crime drama Interstate 35.
During the market, Defiine will be looking for new projects in advanced stages of development, as well as crypto investors.
Shrem is one of the founding members...
- 5/18/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
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