Is this the buzziest thriller at the American Film Market this year? Deadline reports that John Michael McDonagh‘s “Fear Is The Rider” is in Las Vegas looking for deals. And with its cast and premise, the film will get snatched up fast: this ode to Ozploitation sounds too good for anyone to pass up.

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Based on Gabriel Bergmoser‘s novel “The Hunted,” “Fear Is The Rider” follows a lone woman in the Australian outback looking for her missing mother who starts getting stalked by a family of serial killers.

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John Michael McDonagh hasn’t had a film out since 2016’s “War On Everyone.” Now, the director behind “Calvary” and “Ned Kelly” returns with a class-based thriller in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains.

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“The Forgiven” stars Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain as a wealthy couple on the way to a lavish party that have a chance accident on the road and must deal with the consequences when their attempt to cover it up goes wrong.

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“Should you still be drinking?” she asks, and it’s pointed, but everything they say to each other is pointed. Jo Henninger (Jessica Chastain) and her husband David (Ralph Fiennes) have been married for something like a dozen years, and it’s not going well; they guard each other with barely-veiled (if that) contempt, and their interactions are less like conversations than jousts, a constant barrage of little jabs and snipes.

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We’re finally at the point where filming is starting to wrap up on productions that were postponed or halted due to COVID-19 back in March. Studios have been able to work within the new safety protocols to finish films that can possibly be released in 2021, including the forthcoming drama “The Forgiven,” which is set to star Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain.

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With the film having just wrapped up its production, after being shut down in March, Focus Features is ready to shed some light on who else stars in “The Forgiven.” So, now, according to Deadline, we know that Chastain and Fiennes are joined by Said Taghmaoui (“La Haine”), Caleb Landry Jones (“X-Men: First Class”), Matt Smith (“The Crown”), Christopher Abbott (“The Sinner”), Ismael Kanater (“Queen Of The Desert”), Marie-Josée Croze (“Munich”), Alex Jennings (“The Crown”), and Abbey Lee (“Mad Max: Fury Road”).

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We often talk about how busy actors like Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson have been recently, but we surely shouldn’t leave Jessica Chastain out of the conversation. Not only did the actress have two films arrive in 2019 (“Dark Phoenix” and “It: Chapter 2”), but she has a slate of upcoming films that will keep her on the big screen on an almost regular basis.

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While some proclaimed the return of the R-rated movie thanks to “Deadpool,” the jury is perhaps still out on the matter. After all, no one really went to see “The Nice Guys” even though it’s pretty much everything someone would be looking for in an R-rated flick. That’s all to say that “War On Everyone” is very naughty, but here’s hoping the audience screaming for adult entertainment actually shows up.

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Sadly, “The Nice Guys” failed to make the R-rated buddy-cop comedy big again: the film was very good, but box office has been disappointing. Could “Calvary” director John Michael McDonagh, who had some success in the genre with the enormously entertaining “The Guard” a few years back, have more joy with “War On Everyone?”

Alexander Skarsgard and Michael Pena are the heroes in his latest film, though heroes might be a stretch — these guys, a pair of corrupt New Mexico cops, have more in common with Harvey Keitel in “Bad Lieutenant” than “Starsky & Hutch.” And you can get your first chance to see them, and the rest of the cast, including fast-rising star Tessa Thompson, and “Divergent” star Theo James, in action in the first teaser trailer for the movie, which just landed via Den Of Geek.

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Watch: First Clip From John Michael McDonagh's 'War On Everyone' With Michael Peña & Alexander Skarsgård

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Interview: John Michael McDonagh Talks The Anger And Anarchy Of 'Calvary' And Beyond

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Review: John Michael McDonagh's Inventive, Masterful Black Comedy 'Calvary'

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'Calvary' Director John Michael McDonagh In Talks With Guy Pearce For Next Film ’War On Everyone’

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Berlin: 'Black Coal, Thin Ice' Wins Golden Bear, 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Takes Jury Prize & Richard Linklater Best Director

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Sundance Review: John Michael McDonagh’s ‘Calvary’ Starring Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd & Kelly Reilly

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Watch: Chris O'Dowd Can't Carry The Weight Of The World In First Clip From Sundance Film 'Calvary' With Brendan Gleeson

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Sundance Trailer: Watch John Michael McDonagh's 'Calvary' Starring Brendan Gleeson, Kelly Reilly & Chris O'Dowd

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