Focus Features boutique arm Focus World has acquired US and UK rights to director Jon Watts’ Sundance premiere “Cop Car,” starring Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Shea Whigham and Camryn Manheim.
Produced by Cody Ryder, Alicia Van Couvering, Sam Bisbee, Andrew Kortschak and Jon Watts, this cat-and-mouse turns on a “a harrowing crash course full of mayhem as a pair of 10-year-old boys attempt to navigate the back roads behind the wheel of a seemingly abandoned police car that they have no clue how to operate,” per the official synopsis. Things go from bad to worse when a small-town sheriff sets his sights on getting the car back—at any cost.
Reviews have been solid. The Guardian praises Kevin Bacon’s performance especially: “Bacon, sporting a creepy moustache, is great, and both boys give strong, naturalistic performances.”
Focus World is planning a simultaneous theatrical and VOD release of the film but has not yet set a date. In the UK, the film will be distributed via UPHE Content Group.
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