Amanda Crew & Robert Patrick Star in Upcoming Film TONE DEAF From Ricky Bates Jr.

Amanda Crew and Robert Patrick are starring in Ricky Bates Jr.'s TONE DEAF, the first film in the yearly slate of elevated suspense-thriller genre films from Circle of Confusion (producers of The Walking Dead), Lightning Entertainment and Hindsight Media. Production is currently underway.

After losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship, millennial Olive (Crew) leaves the city for a weekend of peace in the country, only to discover the shockingly dark underbelly of rural America. She rents an eccentric, ornate country house from Harvey, (Patrick) an old-fashioned widower who's struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Soon two generations collide with terrifying results in this home invasion horror film that is also a darkly comedic critique of the bizarre cultural and political climate that currently exists.

Ricky Bates Jr. is the writer director of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival cult hit Excision, 2014 Fantasia International Film Festival breakout Suburban Gothic, and the 2016 Sundance Film Festival film Trash Fire - for which he was championed as "one of the truest voices in American cult cinema"

"Robert and Amanda go together like moonshine in a mason jar. Their brilliance and willingness to get weird has been a dream come true for me as a director", says Ricky Bates, Jr.

TONE DEAF is produced by Circle of Confusion's Lawrence Mattis, Brad Mendelsohn and Matt Smith; along with Brion Hambel and Paul Jensen of Best Medicine Productions. Executive Producers are Lightning's James C. Walker and Andrew Brown, as well as Hindsight Media's James Swarbrick and James Scott.

Robert Patrick is known for the classic TERMINATOR 2, THE FACULTY, WALK THE LINE, as well as the popular TV series THE X-FILES, THE SOPRANOS, TRUE BLOOD and currently SCORPION. He is represented by Gersh and The Coronel Group.

Amanda Crew's credits include THE HAUNTING IN CONNECTICUT, FINAL DESTINATION 3, THE AGE OF ADALINE, and most recently, HBO's hit TV series SILICON VALLEY. She is represented by UTA and Untitled Entertainment.

The second film in the slate, currently with a working title of UNTITLED TEEN PREGNANCY ROAD TRIP MOVIE WITH ZOMBIES (written by Steve Barr and Casey Zilbert), will start production this summer, and an announcement is expected soon regarding the director and cast. Lightning Entertainment will launch international sales for both in Cannes. The third film is set to begin production this Fall.

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