Fox Searchlight Acquires Shame Starring Michael Fassbender

Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender in 'Shame'
Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender in 'Shame' - © Fox Searchlight

Fox Searchlight has officially announced the studio’s picked up Shame for theatrical release. Co-written and directed by Steve McQueen, Shame is the story of a New Yorker (Michael Fassbender) who “shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex.” Carey Mulligan (Drive) co-stars as his younger sister who moves in and stirs up memories of their painful past.
 
In the press release announcing Shame‘s acquisition, Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula stated, “Steve McQueen’s courageous exploration of modern life’s extremes is breathtaking. He has crafted an extraordinary film that probes some of the deepest and darkest issues ever portrayed on screen with amazingly gifted performances by Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan.”
 
“This is a brave statement and an important move by Fox Searchlight. I am very happy they came on board to release Shame in the U.S. It’s great to be working with a team that is so passionate about cinema,” stated writer/director McQueen.
 
Iain Canning and Emile Sherman produced the film with Tessa Ross, Robert Walak, Peter Hampden and Tim Haslam executive producing.
 
Fox Searchlight will release Shame later this year.
 
Source: Fox Searchlight – September 9, 2011