{"id":29126,"date":"2025-03-12T01:32:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T05:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29126"},"modified":"2025-03-12T01:43:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T05:43:10","slug":"novocaine-interview-with-actors-jacob-batalon-and-amber-midthunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29126","title":{"rendered":"Novocaine : Interview with Actors Jacob Batalon &#038; Amber Midthunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on TV Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<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>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29127\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Novocaine-Poster.png\" alt=\"Novocaine\" width=\"900\" height=\"1348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Novocaine-Poster.png 900w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Novocaine-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Novocaine-Poster-684x1024.png 684w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Novocaine-Poster-768x1150.png 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Novocaine-Poster-696x1042.png 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Novocaine<\/strong> : When the girl of his dreams (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped, everyman Nate (Jack Quaid) turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength in his fight to get her back.<\/p>\n<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>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3228270\/?ref_=tt_ov_dr_1\">Dan Berk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm3228270\/?ref_=tt_ov_dr_1\">Robert Olsen <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Producer<\/strong> : Drew Simon, Tory Tunnell, Joby Harold, Julian Rosenberg<\/p>\n<p><strong> Screenwriter<\/strong> : Lars Jacobson<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distributor<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paramountpictures.com\/\">Paramount Pictures <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Safehouse Pictures, Infrared<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rating<\/strong> : R (Strong Bloody Violence|Language Throughout|Grisly Images)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Action, Comedy, Mystery &amp; Thriller<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Mar 14, 2025, Wide<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 50m<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like the interview, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-PyOIlJEdqA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Novocaine | Official Trailer (2025 Movie) - Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-PyOIlJEdqA?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<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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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