Slingshot Director Mikael Håfström Dishes on His Sci-Fi Thriller & His Classic Stephen King Film 1408
Aug 29, 2024
Filmmaker Mikael Håfström (Evil, Derailed) discusses his new sci-fi thriller Slingshot and his work with Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, and Tomer Kapon. He also revisits his great Stephen King movie, 1408, and shares his thoughts on other King adaptations. Slingshot is out Aug. 30 from Bleecker Street Films.
In Slingshot, an astronaut struggles to maintain his grip on reality during a possibly fatally compromised mission to Saturn’s moon, Titan.
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