The official TIFF selection, The Man In My Basement, arrives with the release of the first trailer and images for the upcoming movie.
Today, Disney’s Andscape has debuted a trailer and poster for its highly anticipated new film, The Man in My Basement. Starring Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe and Anna Diop. The film, directed by Nadia Latif, will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. Masterfully adapted from Walter Mosley’s acclaimed novel, The Man in My Basement will be available in select cinemas on September 12th. Followed by premiering on Disney+ this autumn.
PREMISE
In the African American neighbourhood of Sag Harbor, New York, Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins) is out of work. Out of luck and on the verge of foreclosure on his ancestral home. A knock on the door from a mysterious businessman, Anniston Bennet (Willem Dafoe), brings a bizarre and lucrative proposition. Rent his dusty stand-up basement out for the summer and receive enough money to clear his debts for good. Once Charles accepts, he finds himself led down a terrifying path that confronts his family’s ghosts and locks the men in a terrifying puzzle. At the heart of it, race, the source of their traumas and the root of all evil.

CREDITS
DIRECTED BY: Nadia Latif
SCREENPLAY BY: Walter Mosley & Nadia Latif
CAST: Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Pamela Nomvete, Tamara Lawrance
PRODUCERS: Diane Houslin p.g.a, John Giwa-Amu p.g.a., Len Rowlands p.g.a.,Dave Bishop
GENRE: Psychological Thriller

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The Man In My Basement is coming to Select Cinemas on 12 September and Disney+ This Autumn.

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