{"id":25805,"date":"2024-09-03T23:19:22","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T03:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25805"},"modified":"2024-09-03T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T03:21:47","slug":"the-front-room-max-sam-eggers-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=25805","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Front Room&#8217;: Max and Sam Eggers on the Psychological Thriller Starring Brandy (Video Interview)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Jon Pack\/Jon Pack &#8211; \u00a9\u00a0Pink Chair Productions LLC<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surely, it has to be difficult being the brother of a filmmaker or actor who has found a lot of massive success, something that might be confirmed if you were to ask Jonah Nolan, Casey Affleck, Clint Howard, or even Martin McDonagh\u2019s older brother, John Michael McDonagh. For years, Max and Sam Eggers may have been living quietly under the shadow of older brother Robert Eggers, whose debut feature <\/span><b><i>The VVitch<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was received with such acclaim, but at least Max Eggers ended up co-writing his brother\u2019s sophomore feature, <\/span><b><i>The Lighthouse<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, Max and Sam are breaking out on their own with the psychological horror film, <\/span><b><i>The Front Room<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which they adapted from the short story of the same name by Susan Hill, who wrote <\/span><b><i>The Woman in Black<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and its sequel. It stars Brandy Norwood (<\/span><b><i>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) as the newly-pregnant Belinda, whose husband (Andrew Burnap) just lost his father, so they\u2019re convinced to take in his ailing step-mother Solange, played by Kathryn Hunter from <\/span><b><i>Poor Thing<\/i><\/b><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once in the house, Solange proves to be a bit of a monstrosity, constantly judging and reprimanding Belinda, never happy with anything she does.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> spoke with the twin brothers about their background doing theater with their family that led to them into directing their first movie, how Kathryn Hunter brought her all to playing Solange, and how being directors with acting experience helped them figure out how to split their directing duties.<\/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\/FrontRoomPosterA24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-25808\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FrontRoomPosterA24-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FrontRoomPosterA24-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FrontRoomPosterA24-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FrontRoomPosterA24-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FrontRoomPosterA24-696x1031.jpg 696w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FrontRoomPosterA24.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriters\/Directors: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Max and Sam Eggers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brandy Norwood, Andrew Burnap, Kathryn Hunter, Neal Huff<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucan Toh, Babak Anvari, David Hinojosa, Julia Oh<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two &amp; Two Pictures, 2AM, A24<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/a24films.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A24<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> R (Language|Some Violent\/Disturbing Content|Brief Sexuality and Nudity)<\/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<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Theaters):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> September 6, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 hour, 34 minutes<\/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 for <\/span><b><i>The Front Room <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"eMQt_V2eCRY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Front Room | Official Trailer 2 | A24\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eMQt_V2eCRY?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>Photo by Jon Pack\/Jon Pack &#8211; \u00a9\u00a0Pink Chair Productions LLC Surely, it has to be difficult being the brother of a filmmaker or actor who has found a lot of massive success, something that might be confirmed if you were to ask Jonah Nolan, Casey Affleck, Clint Howard, or even 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