Joss Whedon’s & Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods to Open 2012 SXSW Film

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Just announced, Lionsgate’s The Cabin in the Woods will open as the 2012 Opening Night Film at SXSW in March. In addition to premiering the film, Whedon will participate in a key Conversation panel at the SXSW Film Conference on Saturday, March 10, 2012. Produced and co-written by iconic genre storyteller Joss Whedon, The Cabin in the Woods marks Emmy-nominated writer Drew Goddard’s (Cloverfield, Lost, Alias) first foray into directing.  This mind-blowing horror film starts typically enough, as we join five young adults embarking on a weekend of debauchery at an abandoned cabin in the woods.  But as layer after layer of the film’s truly kaleidoscopic world is revealed, everything we know about horror is deconstructed, and everything we love is reconstructed before our eyes. The film stars Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Anna Hutchison, Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford, and will be in theaters everywhere on April 13, 2012.  For more information about the film please visit: .

SXSW also revealed a handful of exciting titles that will premiere at the 2012 event, comprised of diverse perspectives that exemplify the unique range of the SXSW program. This includes Lena Dunham’s return to SXSW with her HBO series GIRLS, which will premiere the initial three episodes publicly for the first time. Dunham, Executive Producer Judd Apatow and other key members of the GIRLS production team will also appear at the SXSW Film Conference to discuss GIRLS before it kicks off its ten-episode season in April, exclusively on HBO. Moderated by actor Alex Karpovsky (Tiny Furniture), the panel will take place on Tuesday, March 13.

Additional films announced include Academy Award-winner Kevin Macdonald’s Bob Marley documentary, MARLEY, Small Apartments, a black comedy from acclaimed music video director Jonas Åkerlund, Neil Berkeley’s doc Beauty is Embarrassing about multi-faceted artist Wayne White, special event The Oyster Princess (1919) with original live score by Bee vs. Moth and CITADEL, the psychological horror debut from writer/director Ciarán Foy. The complete festival lineup will be announced in early February 2012. The 19th annual South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival runs March 9 – 17, 2012 in Austin, Texas.

The 2012 SXSW Film Festival will also feature:

  • Beauty is Embarrassing (World Premiere) – Director: Neil Berkeley: A funny, irreverent and insightful look into the life and times of one of America’s most important artists, Wayne White.
  • The Cabin in the Woods (World Premiere) – Director: Drew Goddard, Writers: Joss Whedon & Drew Goddard: Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again.  From fan favorites Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard comes The Cabin in the Woods, a mind-blowing horror film that turns the genre inside out. Cast: Kristen Connolly, Fran Kranz, Anna Hutchison, Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins, and Bradley Whitford
  • CITADEL (World Premiere) – Director & Writer: Ciarán Foy: An agoraphobic father teams up with a renegade priest to save his daughter from the clutches of a gang of twisted feral children.  Cast: Anuerin Barnard, James Cosmo, and Wumni Mosaku, Jake Wilson, Amy Shiels
  • GIRLS (World Premiere): Director & Writer: Lena Dunham – Created by and starring Lena Dunham (Tiny Furniture), the HBO show is a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their early 20s. Cast: Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Adam Driver
  • MARLEY (North American Premiere) – Director: Kevin Macdonald: The definitive documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
  • The Oyster Princess (1919) with original live score by Bee vs. Moth (World Premiere): Director: Ernst Lubitsch, Writers: Hanns Kraly & Ernst Lubitsch – A tart 1919 silent comedy that parodies the rich and the spoiled.  Austin jazz/rock band Bee vs. Moth performs their original score live with the film for the first time.
  • Small Apartments (World Premiere) – Director: Jonas Åkerlund, Writer: Chris Millis: When Franklin Franklin accidentally kills his landlord, he must hide the body; but, the wisdom of his beloved brother and the quirks of his neighbors, force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him. Cast: Matt Lucas, Billy Crystal, James Caan, Johnny Knoxville, Juno Temple, James Marsden, Dolph Lundgren, Saffron Burrows, Rosie Perez, DJ Qualls

 

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