Film Mode Entertainment and Roundtable Entertainment Announce Cast, New Director, Sales and TIFF Market Premiere of ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD

Film Mode Entertainment and Roundtable Entertainment Announce Cast, New Director, Sales and

TIFF Market Premiere of ALL MY FRIENDS ARE DEAD

Directed by Marcus Dunstan (Saw 3D, Saw IV, The Collected)

Clay Epstein’s Film Mode Entertainment (FME) and Roundtable Entertainment are thrilled to announce the TIFF Market Premiere, cast, director and a slew of sales for the first feature in the newest horror/thriller film franchise from Marcus Dunstan of the SAW franchise fame (writer of Saw 3D, Saw VI, and director of the recently announced The Collected starring Josh Stewart, Dot-Marie Jones and Navi Rawat) and John Baldecchi (producer of Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2U), All My Friends Are Dead.

Dunstan is set to direct the film written by Josh Sims and Jessica Sarah Flaum. Baldecchi will produce. Dominic Ianno (Soul Surfer and The Whistleblower), Jason Resnick (Kidnap) and Kevin Greutert (SAW franchise) are executive producing.

Jade Pettyjohn whose list of credits includes Destroyer, Little Fires Everywhere, Trial By Fire, School of Rock, United States of Tara, and The Mentalist is in negotiations to star. Pettyjohn recently wrapped David E. Kelley’s drama series Big Sky. Dominic Ianno (Soul Surfer), Jason Resnick (Kidnap) and Kevin Greutert (SAW franchise) are executive producing. Cinedigm holds North American rights. The film is leading Roundtable and Cinedigm’s $15M thriller slate.

Film Mode Entertainment is presenting the film to buyers in Toronto and will be showing a special presentation on the film for the very first time. Film Mode Entertainment also boasts enormous interest in All My Friends Are Dead with deals already closed in Germany and Benelux – Splendid, Middle East – Falcon, and Malaysia and Thailand – Film Frame. FME is currently fielding offers from additional territories.

“We’re excited to be working with this talented filmmaking team. Marcus is the ideal director to bring this awesome script to screen.  His wit and love of cinema are going to bleed into his vision and the audiences are going to eat it up” said Epstein.

All My Friends Are Dead is about group of close college friends who get a steal on a killer Airbnb for the biggest music festival of the year. A weekend of partying quickly takes a turn for the worse, as the group is murdered one by one. They soon discover that each one of their deaths directly corresponds to one of the seven deadly sins.

“The script has an entertaining mix of humor and horror that appeals to the die-hard horror fans, comedy lovers, scaredy cats alike. The film, that is reminiscent of hits like Happy Death Day and is full of fun is also equally scary with clever plot twists that will keep you guessing until the very end” said Baldecchi.

All My Friends Are Dead offers an authentic, amusing, and intriguing look into the drama and complexity of long-time friendships and youth culture. The dialogue is realistic, humorous, and genuine, as if it was taken directly from the mouths of its target demographic. These characters, both their strengths and flaws, are familiar to any college student and can be found in every friend group. Their personalities are diverse and specific, their voices individualized and honest. The backdrop of the music festival is relatable for an older audience and aspirational for a younger audience. Festivals like Coachella, Outside Lands, SXSW, etc. are hubs for college students and a staple of the millennial lifestyle.

It is a testimonial of Gen Z culture without the constant bombardment of “youth” language that many scripts written by older individuals fall into. Sarah, the protagonist, serves as a conflicted anti-hero who reveals the everlasting consequences of cyberbullying and how past youth mistakes follow millennials into the future like never before.

Additional casting announcements are forthcoming, and the movie is set to start filming in Canada the first week of November, shortly following the major Canadian film festivals like TIFF and Toronto After Dark and will shine a light on the dynamic elements involved in Canadian filmmaking across the country, and just how unique and wide-ranging these locations are. Additionally, filming in places like Saskatoon offers audiences and the press a first-hand look at all that Canada has to offer the filmmaking community.

Jade Pettyjohn is repped by Innovative Artists.

Marcus Dunstan is repped by Verve Talent and Literary Agency.

Film Mode Entertainment has taken on international sales rights for All My Friends are Dead.

About Roundtable Entertainment

Roundtable Entertainment produces and distributes must-watch films and unscripted television for a diverse audience. The company develops and licenses premium IP with potential for multi-format exploitation across scripted (film and episodic) and unscripted (episodic and podcasts), then synergizes that content with OTT distribution, allowing it to efficiently exploit IP across the full spectrum of platforms and windows. Roundtable’s unique business model strongly positions the company to capitalize on the rapidly escalating need for new content across an exploding slate of streaming services. Recently, Roundtable and leading independent streaming company Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced a broad-ranging strategic partnership that will include co-financing and co-owning the IP of original films to be distributed domestically on Cinedigm’s OTT networks and on other third-party streaming platforms. For more information, visit www.roundtable-ent.com

About Film Mode Entertainment

Film Mode Entertainment is a leading worldwide sales agent, production entity and distribution company, focusing on commercially driven feature films of all genres and budget sizes. Film Mode represents projects at all stages of the filmmaking process, often as Executive Producer, with the aim of helping producers and distributors achieve maximum exposure for their films. Film Mode’s recent titles include Mayim Bialik’s feature directorial debut, AS THEY MADE US, starring two-time Oscar-winner Dustin Hoffman, Academy Award-nominee and Emmy Award-winner Candice Bergen, Simon Helberg and Dianna Agron, CHICK FIGHT starring Malin Ackermn and Bella Thorne, CRYPTO starring Kurt Russell, Luke Hemsworth and Alexis Bledel, STAGE MOTHER starring Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver, Lucy Liu and Adrian Grenier. Previous releases include SUGAR MOUNTAIN starring Jason Momoa, and THE GOOD NEIGHBOR starring Academy Award-nominee James Caan. Film Mode accelerated their growth and expanded their capabilities by entering into a partnership with SCREEN MEDIA, representing their catalogue of more than 600 titles, including WHAT’S EATING GILBERT GRAPE starring Leonardo DiCaprio, who was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for his performance, and MONSTER, starring Charlize Theron who won an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress for the film. The company also has its own distribution arm, as well as a documentary label, DocMode. Film Mode is based in Beverly Hills, CA. For more information, visit www.filmmodeentertainment.com