Film from First Time Writer/Director Matthew Charman
- Netflix and MRC Film have partnered on “Mothership” from Matthew Charman. Halle Berry is set to headline the film.
- Director: Matthew Charman (Bridge of Spies, Operation Finale)
- Writer: Matthew Charman
- Cast: Halle Berry (John Wick Chapter 3 –Parabellum, Kingsman: The Golden Circle)
- Producers: Fred Berger (La La Land, Bad Education, Destroyer) and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Midnight Special, Outside the Wire) of Automatik
- Executive Producers: Halle Berry and Danny Stillman
- Logline: A sci-fi adventure that follows Sara Morse (Halle Berry) one year since her husband mysteriously vanished from their rural farm. When she discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home, Sara and her kids embark on a race to find their husband, father and most importantly – the truth.
- This will be Matthew Charman’s directorial feature debut.
- Charman was nominated for an Academy Award for his “Bridge of Spies” screenplay with Joel and Ethan Cohen, a film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks.
- Academy Award winning actress Halle Berry will next star in the Netflix original film Bruised for which she made her feature directorial debut. Recent projects include John Wick Chapter 3 – Parabellum and her directorial debut, Bruised.
- MRC Film most recently released the global box-office hit and Oscar nominated film Knives Out from writer/director Rian Johnson and The Lovebirds starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae with Netflix.