De Oliveira, Scamarcio Wrap Burns' Sci-Fi Thriller Telephone
Telephone, directed by Anthony Scott Burns and executive produced by Gale Anne Hurd, shot in Sudbury, Ontario, and follows a woman sent back in time.
Laysla De Oliveira and Riccardo Scamarcio have finished shooting the independent sci-fi thriller Telephone, directed by Anthony Scott Burns, according to Deadline.
The film was shot in Sudbury, Ontario. The cast also includes Rohan Campbell, Tenika Davis and Michael Greyeyes.
In Telephone, Sandy is abducted by her mysterious neighbors and told she must travel back in time to save the future. The script is by Jack Stanley, with revisions by Burns.
The film is produced by Jason Ross Jallet, Andrew Bronfman, Jonathan Bronfman and Benoit Roland. Gale Anne Hurd, Todd Brown, Jack Stanley and Phillip Kobylanski serve as executive producers.
Telephone hails from Valhalla Entertainment, Beyond the Frame and 10.80 Films.
Recent honors for the leads
Earlier this month, De Oliveira won the Breakthrough Actress – Series award at the Critics Choice Association's Celebración of Cinema & Television for her role in Lioness. Scamarcio won Best Actor in the Orizzonti sidebar at this year's Venice Film Festival for I Figli Della Scimmia (Children of the Monkey). Burns' past films include Come True and Our House.
Quick answers
Who directs Telephone?
Anthony Scott Burns directs the film, from a script by Jack Stanley with revisions by Burns.
Who stars in Telephone?
Laysla De Oliveira and Riccardo Scamarcio lead the cast, alongside Rohan Campbell, Tenika Davis and Michael Greyeyes.
Where was Telephone filmed?
Production shot in Sudbury, Ontario, and has now wrapped.