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- Jonathan Schey directs "Everybody Wants to Fuck Me," a London-set rom-com-turned-horror-satire premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival as his feature debut after helming both seasons of BBC comedy "Ladhood."
- Taron Egerton stars as Adam, a singleton who performs a curated progressive persona (Mubi tote bag, Agnes Varda poster, Maya Angelou novels, post-yoga flat whites) to seduce women before ghosting them with rehearsed excuses about his "bojangled headspace."
- The film pivots into horror-thriller territory when Adam's desirability becomes uncontrollable, including a scene in which a pack of women chase him down a street — a shift Schey describes as "Obsession" with "the gaze on steroids."
- The film is produced by Studioscanal, Film4, LuckyChap and Parkville Pictures, with a cast that includes Jessica Henwick, Charly Clive and Mia McKenna-Bruce in a small role inspired by Drew Barrymore's in "Scream," alongside "SNL U.K." breakouts Paddy Young and Freddie Meredith.
- The concept originated when Schey's comedian friend Mary Beth Barone, now with her own Netflix special, publicly dissected his Hinge profile onstage at London's Soho Theatre, an experience Schey calls the "frustration, anger and relatability" the film taps into.
Why it matters: **LuckyChap**, the production company behind "Barbie" and "Promising Young Woman," is attaching its brand to a film that uses horror conventions to mock the very archetype of performative male allyship — a commercial signal that self-aware male-on-male dating satire is being bankrolled by a studio synonymous with female-driven projects.
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