{"id":25325,"date":"2024-08-08T22:50:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T02:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25325"},"modified":"2024-08-10T08:28:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T12:28:09","slug":"cuckoo-director-tillman-singer-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25325","title":{"rendered":"Cuckoo : Exclusive Interview with  Director Tillman Singer on His Eerie Horror-Thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">German filmmaker Tillman Singer first came onto the scene with 2018\u2019s <\/span><b><i>Luz<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a lower-budget horror film that won a number of awards at that year\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fantasticfest.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fantastic Fest<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. His new movie, <\/span><b><i>Cuckoo<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, has the benefits of a bigger budget and a studio like Neon backing it, which means it\u2019s likely to be seen by many more people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The movie stars Hunter Schafer from <\/span><b><i>Euphoria<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as 17-year-old Gretchen, who has arrived at a resort in the German Alps with her extended family when odd occurrences begin happening, mostly revolving around the head of the resort, Herr K\u00f6nig, played by Dan Stevens. She soon meets a detective (Jan Bluthardt) who has been looking into those same strange occurrences, but Gretchen just wants to get away from it all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cinema Daily US <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">interviewed Singer last week, and spoke to him about how <\/span><b><i>Cuckoo<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> came about, as well as how his film may have inadvertently gotten a boost from the trailer appearing in front of Neon\u2019s mega-horror-hit, <\/span><b><i>Longlegs<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CuckooPosterNeon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25328\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CuckooPosterNeon-698x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"1021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CuckooPosterNeon-698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CuckooPosterNeon-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CuckooPosterNeon-768x1127.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CuckooPosterNeon-696x1022.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/CuckooPosterNeon.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter\/Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tillman Singer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Czokas, Jessica Henwick, Mila Lieu, Greta Fern\u00e1ndez<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ben Rimmer, Josh Rosenbaum,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ken Kao, Thor Bradwell, Maria Tsigka<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fiction Park, Neon, Waypoint Entertainment<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Neon<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> R (Violence|Bloody Images|Language|Brief Teen Drug Use)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Horror, Thriller<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> English, German, French<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> August 9, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 1 hr 42 mins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video interview, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can watch the trailer below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"sBoPoKL0EQY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CUCKOO - Official Trailer #2 - In Theaters August 9\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sBoPoKL0EQY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German filmmaker Tillman Singer first came onto the scene with 2018\u2019s Luz, a lower-budget horror film that won a number of awards at that year\u2019s Fantastic Fest. 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