Kin is the story of family and family relationships

Kin is the story of family and family relationships:
Daniel Casey

Lionsgate’s next, Kin is all set to take us on a journey of twist and turns of events that we have never experienced before. It’s the story of a young boy trapped in unexpected circumstances and on a run with his elder brother with a weapon of mysterious origin as their only protection.

According to the screenwriter Daniel Casey, the movie is a coming-of-age story. He explains, “Obviously for the main character, Eli, but it’s also a coming-of-age story for Jimmy, his older brother. The movie is called Kin because this is a story specifically about family and family relationships. The further we got along into developing the script and making the film, the more we realized that our story featured so many intersections of people just kind of searching for family or trying to get along with family.”

There were these elements that helped the team to provide a story structure to the movie and brought a very powerful and tricky narrative which could stand on its own even without its sci-fi details. Casey further adds, “That was a goal we all adopted as we went along, the idea to tell a story that took place in and around this family that was breaking up, that had demons, and to just kind of life with these characters as human beings rather than having to talk about spaceships. As long as your characters are working, as long as they have real emotional wants and needs, I think you wind up with a good movie first, and then the science fiction components you add on top of that to help elevate it into something distinct. The human story was always the top priority.”

With all the intriguing plots, Kin is all set to take you on a thrilling journey and we can’t wait to watch it in theaters soon.

Here comes the trailer of a pulse-pounding

Here comes the trailer of a pulse-pounding crime thriller with a sci-fi twist - Kin!

Please find the below: 

https://twitter.com/LionsgateIndia/status/1031837121315790849?s=19

Kin is distributed by Lionsgate India starring Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor, and James Franco directed by Jonathan And Josh Baker and is slated to be released on August 31st, 2018.

Ethan Tobman on Kin: A film about an America that is no longer the same

Ethan Tobman on Kin: A film about an America that is no longer the same

The crime thriller, Kin is predominantly a road film whose plot required its production to be shot in several states. Commenting on the same, Production Designer, Ethan Tobman said, “There are more than 75 locations, and we’re portraying multiple climates, mostly in Toronto. We have 15 builds from scratch, but dozens of other locations that were heavily modified.”

 

Having shot both in exterior as well as interior spaces, the filmmakers of Kin have set a dark tone to the film, representing ‘vanishing America’ while simultaneously focusing on the aspect of family and brotherhood.

 

Adding further, Tobman said, “From the moment I read the script, my feeling was that this was a film about an America that is no longer the same. I walked into our first meeting on production design wanting to represent that, and the directors had the same instincts. We have a road movie taking place in an America that's no longer driven by the dream of white picket-fences that starts in a gorgeous but crumbling city that is a symbol of America's ultimate shame, of stunning corruption and industrial failure.”

 

Exploring an America that is no longer safe, Kin will lead the audience into a terrifying world which is deadly and anxiety stricken. 

 

Kin will be distributed by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures & stars Myles Truitt and Jack Reynor. Directed by Jonathan Baker and Josh Baker and written by Daniel Casey, the film is slated to release on 31st August 2018.