MGM SNAGS WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS TO LUCA GUADAGNINO CANNIBAL LOVE STORY, ‘BONES AND ALL'

An image from the upcoming Luca Guadagino’s cannibal love story, BONES AND ALL. Image credit: Yannis Drakoulidis.

MGM has just secured the worldwide distribution rights to Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming cannibal love story, BONES AND ALL, which reteams the Oscar-nominated director with his CALL ME BY YOUR NAME star, Timothée Chalamet, according to Deadline.

The film, directed by Guadagnino and written by longtime collaborator, David Kajganich (Suspiria, A Bigger Splash), is adapted from the Camille DeAngelis novel of the same name. The film will be Guadagnino’s first film set in the U.S., and also stars Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, André Holland, Jessica Harper, Michael Stuhlbarg, David Gordon-Green, Francesca Scorsese and Chloë Sevigny.

The film follows Maren (Russell), a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee (Chalamet), an intense and disenfranchised loner, who meet and join up together for a road odyssey across the expanse of Ronald Regan’s America. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.

Deadline reports: “Said Michael De Luca, MGM Film Group Chairman and Pam Abdy, MGM Film Group President: “‘Since his earliest days, Luca has been obsessed with movies, which makes him a kindred spirit to us both. We have long admired his devotion to the kind of cinema that is both admired and passionately discussed by moviegoing audiences. He is the rare filmmaker whose two-decades long career has spanned countless genres and subjects, and throughout he has remained true to his unique vision. We are equally thrilled to be working with Timothée, Taylor, Mark and this outstanding ensemble cast whose work in Bones and All will be a must see on the big screen.’”

Said Guadagnino: “I am delighted that MGM, a studio that so clearly loves filmmakers and respects bold vision, is going to bring my movie into the world and that the amazing work of Timothée, Taylor, Mark and the rest of the cast will be seen in theaters. Bones and All could not be in better hands with Kevin Ulrich, Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy at the helm. I am truly proud to be associated with the iconic lion that has roared at the start of so many of my favorite films over the decades.”

The movie was shot in the Ohio Tri-State area in the spring of 2021, but as of yet, there has been no official release date announced for it. MGM was acquired by Amazon in an $8.5 billion merger only just last week, so it is plausible the film will pop up on their streaming platform at some point in addition to a likely theater release.

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