Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominated actress Evan Rachel Wood (“Westworld,” Across the Universe, “Mildred Pierce”), Tony nominee Josh Gad (Frozen, “The Book of Mormon”) and Emmy and SAG nominee Anthony Carrigan (Fatherhood, “Barry”) will star in Alex Winter’s (The YouTube Effect, Zappa, Fever) The Adults as a brother/sister duo investigating long-held family secrets. The film is being produced by Winter, Scott Kroopf of Many Rivers Productions (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Limitless), and Russell Hollander (Intrusion, Valentine’s Day), Executive Produced by Connie Tavel (Confess, Fletch, Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey) with screenplay by novelist Michael M.B. Galvin (Fat Kid Rules the World, Freaks Talk About Sex). CAA Media Finance, which is arranging financing for the film, will represent the domestic sale, while Rocket Science will launch international sales at the upcoming European Film Market (EFM) in Berlin.
The Adults is a feature film about a sister and brother, Megan and Nathan (Wood and Gad), who are barely hanging on in present-day America, like all of us. Their lives are completely upended when they discover a dead body, long buried in their parent’s basement, sending them down a rabbit hole of crime and murder.