Sydney Chandler And ‘Shōgun’ Actor Takehiro Hira Set For ‘Anima’

EXCLUSIVE: Sydney Chandler, star of FX and Noah Hawley’s upcoming Alien: Earth, and Shōgun star Takehiro Hira are at present in manufacturing on road-trip sci-fi movie Anima, which is being produced by celluloid solely outfit Kebrado and Fieldhouse Photos.

Written and directed by documentarian Brian Tetsuro Ivie (Emanuel) in his narrative directorial debut, the movie tells the story of an impulsive younger girl and a reclusive older man who launch on a poignant cross‑nation highway journey. Their mission: to protect his failing consciousness through an experimental reminiscence‑add process at a chopping‑edge facility. 

Brian Tetsuro Ivie, Harrison Allen, and Gregory Daniel King produce for Kebrado; Kimberly Atwood and Atty Cleworth produce for Fieldhouse Photos; Alexander Lycette and Chloe Rahal produce for Gilbara; and Jason Pamer and Brev Moss are extra producers for the venture. Moss additionally serves as a co-story author.

Brian Tetsuro Ivie is a Japanese-American filmmaker, movie producer, and the co-founder of Kebrado, a celluloid-only media firm primarily based in New York. All Kebrado footage are shot completely on 70mm, 35mm, or 16mm movie inventory. He was previously an government producer for NBA star Stephen Curry and his Unanimous Media. His most up-to-date producing work contains Wildcat, starring Maya Hawke, Laura Linney, and Cooper Hoffman, which debuted at Telluride and Toronto, and the upcoming Concessions, starring Michael Madsen, Steven Ogg, and Josh Hamilton. As a director, he’s in publish on Serenity, a documentary a few multi-generational household within the Pacific Northwest.

Chandler will subsequent be seen main FX’s Alien: Earth, directed by Noah Hawley, and launching in August. She lately appeared in Apple TV+’s Sugar reverse Colin Farrell, and is understood for taking part in Chrissie Hynde in FX’s Pistol, directed by Danny Boyle, and the film Don’t Fear Darling.

Hira was most lately seen starring in FX/Hulu hit Shōgun, for which he was nominated for an Emmy and Critic’s Alternative Award. Earlier this 12 months, he was additionally seen in Man Maddin’s Rumours reverse Cate Blanchett in addition to Marvel’s Captain America: Courageous New World. Upcoming credit embrace Lionsgate’s Karoshi reverse Cynthia Erivo and Teo Yoo, Searchlight’s Rental Household reverse Brendan Fraser, and he’ll reprise his position in Apple TV+’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. 

“I’ve all the time beloved highway films and I’m very grateful to have two sensible actors on the journey with me. I actually assume folks might be stunned by the place the story goes,” stated Brian Tetsuro Ivie. 

“Anima is a dream realized on so many ranges. The crew—each in entrance of and behind the digital camera—represents among the most fearless, proficient, and progressive voices working right now. It’s the sort of movie audiences around the globe are craving for: commercially compelling, emotionally genuine, and unwavering in its inventive imaginative and prescient,” added producer Atwood.

Chandler is represented by UTA and Jackoway Austen. Hira is represented by Principal Leisure LA and Jackoway, Austen. Fieldhouse Photos is repped by Lon Haber & Co.