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Two film producers have been quietly building a slate of feature films under the banner Roosevelt Film Lab, which they\u2019re now officially launching at SXSW.<\/p>\n
Founded by Jon Wroblewski and Christian Sosa, the Austin-based Roosevelt will specialise in development, packaging and production of films across various genres, and comes to SXSW with two buzzy titles premiering at the festival.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n First up is \u201cFamily Home,\u201d the directorial debut of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick in which they star alongside their children Travis Bacon and Sosie Bacon. In true meta style, the feature sees a filmmaking family\u2019s low-budget horror movie turn into a real-life slasher when a dead body shows up on set.<\/p>\n Then there\u2019s \u201cAmerican Dollhouse,\u201d a genre title from rising filmmaker John Valley and shot entirely in Austin with a hometown cast and crew. The film follows a woman whose psychotic neighbor becomes disturbingly obsessed with her due to a haunting resemblance to the neighbor\u2019s deceased mother and, as per the description, leads to a \u201cperverted, blood-soaked Christmas nightmare she may not survive.\u201d<\/p>\n Sales for \u201cFamily Movie\u201d are being handled by CAA, Range Media Partners and Neon while sales for \u201cAmerican Dollhouse\u201d are being handled by Roosevelt Film Lab.<\/p>\n \u201cRoosevelt was built to support a story at every stage \u2014 from early development through production and release. As the marketplace is continuously evolving, we\u2019re here to support filmmakers, from the first idea through exhibition,\u201d said Wroblewski<\/p>\n Added Sosa: \u201cOur goal is to help create exceptional storytelling with talented filmmakers. We want our projects to spark conversation among festivals, buyers, and audiences. We\u2019re thrilled to be on the ground at SXSW in our home city of Austin.\u201d<\/p>\n Alongside \u201cFamily Home\u201d and \u201cAmerican Dollhouse,\u201d Roosevelt has a production slate of several other recently-completed elevated projects.<\/p>\n Among them are Oscar Boyson\u2019s \u201cOur Hero Balthazar,\u201d due for release in March and starring Jaeden Martell, Asa Butterfield, Chris Bauer and Noah Centineo, \u201cDown the Arm of God,\u201d the passion project of Caleb Landry Jones, who co-wrote and stars in the film, which was produced in collaboration with Luc Besson of EuropaCorp, and \u201cSix Till Midnight,\u201d starring Sasha Lane and Bella Poarch, produced in collaboration with Majd Nassif and Timur Bekmambetov and now in post-production.<\/p>\n Also in post is \u201cMattress Mack,\u201d directed by Shane Andries and starring Billy Magnussen, Dianna Agron, Darby Lee-Stack and Rob Corddry, the neo-western thriller \u201cBethesda,\u201d starring Max Martini, Brianna Hildebrand, James Landry Hebert, Veronica Falcon and Julio Cesar Cedillo, and \u201cSkinemax,\u201d starring Rory Culkin, Paris Jackson, Crispin Glover, Mark Boone Junior and GaTa. Meanwhile, \u201cDo No Harm,\u201d starring Harry Shum Jr., Rosaline Elbay, Ronny Chieng, and Jimmy Gonzales and directed by Chris Hartwell, is now completed and in the sales cycle.<\/p>\n The Roosevelt Film Lab team are set to be on the ground at SXSW and all upcoming major festivals and markets.<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two film producers have been quietly building a slate of feature films under the banner Roosevelt Film Lab, which they\u2019re now officially launching at SXSW. 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