PREVIEW: Breaking News in Yuba County (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Mila Kunis (Ted), Awkwafina (The Farewell), Regina Hall (Support the Girls), Wanda Sykes (Evan Almighty), Juliette Lewis (Cape Fear), Samira Wiley (Detroit), Jimmi Simpson (White House Down), Clifton Collins Jr. (Capote), Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket), Ellen Barkin (This Boy’s Life), Bridget Everett (Patti Cake$), Dominic Burgess (Ma), Keong Sim (The Sun is Also a Star), Chris Lowell (The Help)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Tate Taylor (The Help), director, producer; Amanda Idoko (film debut), writer; Jake Gyllenhaal (The Guilty), Franklin Leonard (film debut), Riva Marker (Beasts of No Nation) and John Norris (Ma), producers; Jeff Beal (Blackfish), composer; Christina Voros (As I Lay Dying), cinematographer; Lucy Donaldson (The Choice), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Sue Buttons (Janney) is an underappreciated suburban housewife who gains a celebrity profile when she reports her husband Karl (Modine) as missing – when, in fact, he has died. However, Sue’s secret leads to an all-out war between wannabe mobsters, suspicious cops, and members of Sue’s family who all want to uncover the truth for themselves…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Director Tate Taylor and an all-star cast from Oscar-winner Allison Janney to Awkwafina are having fun with this farcical dark comedy with hints of Fargo all over the place.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

SATURDAY 16TH OCTOBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON SKY CINEMA AND NOW

 

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