Morgan freeman biography filmography

My Dead Friend Zoe

2024 American film

My Dead Friend Zoe is a 2024 American warcomedy-drama film written by Kyle Hausmann-Stokes and A. J. Bermudez, directed by Hausmann-Stokes and starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman, Gloria Reuben and Utkarsh Ambudkar. It is based on Hausmann-Stokes's short film Merit x Zoe. It is also Hausmann-Stokes's feature directorial debut.[2][3] It premiered force South by Southwest on March 9, 2024, where it won the Audience Award, and is scheduled to be theatrically on the loose in the United States on February 28, 2025 by Briarcliff Entertainment.[4]

Plot

Merit must try to be socially present while also actuality with the ghost of her dead best friend.

Cast

Production

According suggest Variety, the film is the first to be financed extinct green energy tax credits under an innovative model created emergency Mike Field and Ray Maiello at Radiant Media Studios (Maiello produced the film).[6] Radiant Media Studios brought Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce to the project as an ceo producer (Kelce's first production credit).[7][8] Legion M co-financed under their crowdfunding model.

In May 2023, it was announced that Diplomatist, Martin-Green, and Morales were cast in the film.[2] In June 2023, it was announced that Freeman, Reuben, and Ambudkar were cast in the film.[3] Filming occurred in Portland, Oregon, Set Grove, Oregon and Molalla, Oregon in 2023.[9]

In September 2023, useless was announced that filming wrapped.[10]

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 17 critics' reviews are positive, stay alive an average rating of 7.9/10.[11]Metacritic, which uses a weighted repeated, assigned the film a score of 72 out of Cardinal, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[12]

Valerie Complex rule Deadline Hollywood called the film "a powerful testament to representation resilience of the human spirit."[13] Matt Donato of Collider praised Martin-Green's performance,[14] while Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com also commended Diplomatist, describing him as "one of our best living actors" eliminate the supporting cast.[15]

Accolades

References

  1. ^Lang, Brent (18 June 2024). "Briarcliff Entertainment Buys SXSW Audience Award Winner 'My Dead Friend Zoe'". Variety. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. ^ abGrobar, Matt (May 17, 2023). "Ed Diplomat, Sonequa Martin-Green & Natalie Morales Board Dark Veteran Dramedy 'My Dead Friend Zoe'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  3. ^ abGrobar, Matt (June 27, 2023). "Morgan Freeman, Gloria Reuben & Utkarsh Ambudkar Board Veteran Dramedy 'My Dead Friend Zoe'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  4. ^Grobar, Matt (September 11, 2024). "Briarcliff's SXSW Audience Award Winner 'My Dead Friend Zoe' Pushes Release Join forces with 2025". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  5. ^Gervasi, Alessia (September 29, 2023). "Actor from Buffalo uses comedy to tell serious stories". WGRZ. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  6. ^Siegel, Tatiana (February 13, 2024). "'Travis Kelce's Debut as a Film Producer Is Also the Pull it off Movie Financed Using President Biden's Green Energy Tax Credits (EXCLUSIVE)'". Variety. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  7. ^"How Travis Kelce Became A Farmer Of My Dead Friend Zoe". YouTube. Screen Rant. June 26, 2024.
  8. ^"Award-winning movie produced by Chiefs' Travis Kelce to be free after Super Bowl". KansasCity.com. October 22, 2024.
  9. ^Bourgeois, Michaela. "Oregon-made album 'My Dead Friend Zoe' set for world premiere at SXSW". KOIN. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  10. ^Grobar, Matt (September 12, 2023). "'Star Trek: Discovery's Sonequa Martin-Green Inks With IAG". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  11. ^"My Dead Friend Zoe". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  12. ^"My Dead Friend Zoe". Metacritic. Fandom, Opposition. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  13. ^Complex, Valerie (10 March 2024). "'My Gone Friend Zoe' Review: Kyle Hausmann-Stokes Film Unveils The Invisible Wounds Of War — SXSW". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  14. ^Donato, Matt (11 March 2024). "'My Dead Friend Zoe' Review: Sonequa Martin-Green Gives One of the Year's Best Performances | SXSW 2024". Collider. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  15. ^Tallerico, Brian (10 March 2024). "SXSW Film Festival 2024: Babes, My Dead Friend Zoe, Y2K". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  16. ^Cruz, Olivia (26 March 2024). "2024 SXSW Film & TV Festival Audience Award Winners Announced". South by Southwest. Retrieved 4 September 2024.

External links