WTFilms Takes ‘The Dregs’ to AFM With Promo Reel — SkimNews
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- WTFilms boarded The Dregs for an AFM sales launch and will unveil a promo reel, with the film in post-production after its shoot wrapped in British Columbia earlier this year.
- The Dregs follows friends whose Italian Alps trip takes a terrifying turn after they drink a cursed bottle of Grappa, while even witchcraft fails to break the curse and the group’s numbers dwindle.
- Stephen Lang plays the evil waiter whose bewitched recipe for Grappa takes out the friend group one by one.
- Maddie Phillips stars alongside Charlie Gillespie, Piper Curda, Nava Mau and Shohreh Aghdashloo in the large ensemble cast that Deadline announced earlier this year.
- Connor Martin makes his directorial debut with The Dregs and wrote its screenplay.
- Anwar Pictures produces The Dregs alongside Fraulein Filmworks, Microelle, Astral Plane and Rosewood.
- Father Figure won Chroma and Fantastic Fest’s 2026 Pitch Lab in September, judged by Gore Verbinski, Catherine Hardwicke and Nicolas Curcio, and carried a $100,000 Chroma financing award, a distribution deal and a premiere at next year’s Fantastic Fest.
Why it matters: WTFilms gains an AFM-ready, cast-stacked genre package to sell, while buyers receive a promo reel for a film already in post-production after its British Columbia shoot. For Connor Martin, his first directing credit now has a concrete sales vehicle, and his earlier Father Figure win brought a $100,000 financing award and distribution deal.
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