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‘Come To Daddy’ Gets A Home Release Date

Elijah Wood is making his return to horror with Come to Daddy, headed your way this March from Lionsgate. Come to Daddy centers on Norval Greenwood, who arrives at his estranged father’s remote coastal cabin after receiving a letter. He quickly discovers that not only is his dad a prick and a bit insane, but that he also has a shady past that they are about to come face to face with. Norval must fight demons, some real and some perceived, in order to reconnect with the father he doesn’t really know. Written by Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler), based on an idea from director Ant Timpson (ABC of Death), Come to Daddy also stars Stephen McHattie (“Watchmen”), Garfield Wilson (“The Man in the High Castle”), Michael Smiley (The World’s End), Martin Donovan (Tenet), and Simon Chin (Killing Eve). Harvard is producing along with Laura Tunstall, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Emma Slade, and Daniel Berkman. Lia Buman, Tim Headington, and Timpson serve

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Feb 10, 2020

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Movie Review: Come to Daddy (2019)

Learn as little as possible about Come to Daddy — that includes avoiding trailers, though the one presented below thankfully avoids the film’s biggest reveals — and prepare for a highly uncomfortably blast. Director Ant Timpson’s genre-bending feature is chock full of secrets, well-calculated twists, and bravura performances. Family drama, gruesome set pieces, pitch-black humor, and even some poignant bittersweetness collide in the story of man-child Norval’s (Elijah Wood, Maniac; Cooties) travels to a remote beach house to meet his father, who abandoned Norval and his mother 30 years earlier. Norval was initially nervous about the reunion, but nothing prepared him for the verbal abuse and physical threats he receives courtesy of his highly aggressive, judgmental father (Stephen McHattie, Pontypool; Dreamland ), who chides Norval about his substance abuse recovery despite his own fondness for the bottle. In a nail-bitingly tense scene, the father plays an excrutiating game of mental chess regarding how well Norval actually knows rock music legend

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Joseph Perry

Dec 30, 2019

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Elijah Woods Is In Danger In The Twisted ‘Come To Daddy’ Trailer

Elijah Wood (Color Out of Space) is making his return to horror with Come to Daddy. Saban Films has now released the trailer which teases a dark, twisted movie. Come to Daddy centers on Norval Greenwood, who arrives at his estranged father’s remote coastal cabin after receiving a letter. He quickly discovers that not only is his dad a prick and a bit insane, but that he also has a shady past that they are about to come face to face with. Norval must fight demons, some real and some perceived, in order to reconnect with the father he doesn’t really know. Written by Toby Harvard (The Greasy Strangler), based on an idea from director Ant Timpson (ABC of Death), Come to Daddy also stars Stephen McHattie (“Watchmen”), Garfield Wilson (“The Man in the High Castle”), Michael Smiley (The World’s End), Martin Donovan (Tenet), and Simon Chin (Killing Eve). Harvard is producing along with Laura Tunstall, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Emma Slade,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 19, 2019

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Saban Films Snags Horror Comedy ‘Come To Daddy’ Starring Elijah Wood

Saban Films has snagged the U.S. rights to producer Ant Timpson‘s Come to Daddy, his directorial debut which made its world premiere at Tribeca last month before heading to Cannes. Starring Elijah Wood, the horror-comedy centers on a man in his thirties who travels to a remote cabin to reconnect with his estranged father. Stephen McHattie (Watchmen, Pontypool) also stars along with Wood and Martin Donavan (Ant-Man, “Big Little Lies”). Toby Harvard penned the script based on Timpson’s story. The film was produced by Mette-Marie Kongsved and Laura Tunstall for Nowhere, Katie Holly for Blinder Films, Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films, Emma Slade for Firefly Films, and Toby Harvard. Tango Entertainment financed the film which is a Canadian, New Zealand, and Irish co-production that also had support from the New Zealand Film Commission. A theatrical release date should be announced soon for Come to Daddy. Take a look at the clip titled “Impress Me” that features Wood’s character Norval having

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

May 19, 2019

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