Random Acts of Violence

Random Acts of Violence (2019)

Death imitates art

A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.

Date of release
2019-07-31
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (111)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Drama
Director
Jay Baruchel

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Random Acts of Violence

Random Acts of Violence is a 2019 slasher film directed and produced by Jay Baruchel, who wrote the screenplay with Jesse Chabot. An adaptation of the 2010 graphic novel, the film follows a comic book creator whose works are used as inspiration for a string of real-life murders. Jordana Brewster and Baruchel also star.

Production

Writing partners Jay Baruchel and Jesse Chabot were provided a copy of the one-shot comic Random Acts of Violence in 2010. They met with publisher Kickstart Comics about a separate project, and were later hired to write the film adaptation in May 2011. Comic co-writer Jimmy Palmiotti praised the hiring, and also said that "having [Baruchel] also star in it would be a super bonus", suggesting him for either of the lead roles.

The project was not discussed publicly again until a January 2015 interview, where Baruchel revealed that financing and casting had been completed and that he was attempting to film the project that year. He also said that he "might get to direct that this year as well" and announced various crew members, including editor Jason Eisener, cinematographer Bobby Shore, make-up artist Paul Jones, and composer Matthew Good.

In July 2018, Jesse Williams, Jordana Brewster, and Niamh Wilson were announced to lead the cast. Williams was cast as Todd Walkley, the creator of the fictional comic character Slasherman. Brewster will portray his girlfriend Kathy, Wilson will play his assistant Aurora, and Baruchel was also confirmed to be starring as Todd's best friend Ezra. By August 2018, principal photography had begun in Toronto and lasted until September 2018.

By October 2018, Baruchel was working on editing the film, balancing his time between an editing suite set up in his basement and promotion of How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). In a February 2019 interview, Baruchel gave more insight on the film by stating, "We're trying our best to give the world something interesting and unique and legitimately scary.

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