Brand New-U
| Brand New-U (aka Identicals) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Simon Pummell[1] |
| Produced by |
Janine Marmot Conor Barry John Keville Reinier Selen |
| Written by | Simon Pummell |
| Starring |
Lachlan Nieboer Nora-Jane Noone |
| Music by | Roger Goula Sarda[2] |
| Edited by | Tim Roza[2] |
Production company |
Hot Property Films Savage Productions Rinkel Film Finite Films Illuminations Films |
| Distributed by | The Match Factory |
Release dates |
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Running time | 100 minutes[3] |
| Country |
United Kingdom Ireland Netherlands |
| Language | English |
Brand New-U (also known as Identicals in the United States) is a 2015 science fiction, thriller film written and directed by Simon Pummell and produced by Janine Marmot.[4] It stars Lachlan Nieboer and Nora-Jane Noone. .[5]
Plot
The organisation BRAND NEW-U identifies networks of Identicals – “people who walk like you, talk like you, but are walking through different, better lives” - and helps their customers make a life upgrade: eliminating the Better-Life donor, and relocating their client to that Brand New life. But errors can occur, and a Brand New life can cost more than expected.
Brand New-U follows SLATER as he is forced to move through a series of parallel lives. He becomes more and more obsessed as he tries to find the lover he lost, but what he must find in the end is himself.
Brand New-U takes elements of science-fiction movies and thrillers, strips them down, and re-mixes them into a looping dream-logic to create a contemporary allegory of our search for identity and human connection in our rootless, media-saturated worlds. [2]
Cast
- Lachlan Nieboer as Slater
- Nora-Jane Noone as Nadia
- Nick Blood as Johan
- Tony Way as Gun Dealer / Santa
- Robert Wilfort as Surgeon Two 'Peter'
- Jacinta Mulcahy as Abigail
- Tim Ahern as The Founder
- Anthony Cozens as Friend One
- Andrew Buckley as Friend Two
- Tim Faraday as Finder (voice)
- Sukie Smith as Waitress 'Sarah'
- Clare Monnelly as Worker
- Phelim Kelly as Shopper
- Martin Richardson as Santa 2 / Slater's Body Double
- Michelle Asante as Manager
Production
Pre-production
Brand New-U is bankrolled by the BFI Film Fund, Irish Film Board, Netherlands Film Fund and Finite Films.[6] The film made the official selection for the Rotterdam Lab and is a multi platform, transmedia project featuring urban projection, geo- specific augmented reality, and online media.[7]
Casting
In March 2013, Lachlan Nieboer and Nora-Jane Noone were cast as the two leads playing Slater and Nadia respectively.[6]
Filming
Principal photography started on 1 April 2013 for four weeks in London, England and Dublin, Ireland.[1][6]
Marketing
Two pictures were released on 10 May 2013 via Total Film.[8]
References
- 1 2 Ian Sandwell (3 April 2013). "Brand New-U starts shoot". screendaily.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 Film British Council Team. "Synopsis". film.britishcouncil.org. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ Hot Property Films. "Brand New-U". hotpropertyfilms.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ Brand New-U/. "Brand New-U/". brandnew-u.com/. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ↑ Simon Pummell. "Simon Pummell". pummell.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- 1 2 3 Stuart Kemp (4 April 2013). "Lachlan Nieboer, Nora-Jane Noone Cast In Simon Pummell’s 'Brand New-U'". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ Finite Films and TV Team. "Brand New U (2014)". finitefilmsandtv.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ Total Film (10 May 2013). "Exclusive Brand Newi-U Pictures". gamesradar.com. Retrieved 2 January 2015.