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Despite reports to the contrary, the forthcomingAmanda SeyfriedandJames Norton-starrerThings Heard and Seenis not a horror film.
The film also starsNatalia Dyer,Rhea Seehorn, Alex Neustaedter, and F. Murray Abraham.
Here, Pulcini and Springer Berman preview their new film, which hits Netflix April 29.
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The desire to film this landscape up in the Hudson Valley was really what brought me to the book.
It kind of captured for me this area.
I also felt like there was something oddly timely about it.
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And I think one of the most frightening things in the world is a marriage.
So in spite of all the fear, we seemed to have overcome it.
So I think it’s more of a supernatural thriller if you’re going to give it a genre.
There’s supernatural elements to it.
For us, this was a blending of those things, but I would not say horror.
I think that’s been a misrepresentation.
We tried to honor the tone of the book, I would say.
We definitely kept that.
In the book, there are three brothers, and we made two brothers.
So we went on this kind of long casting journey, like exploring other options.
So he suddenly had a window and we were like, “Yes!”
So that worked out really well.
And I just am a huge fan of his work.
I think he’s just an incredible actor.PULCINI:And we were just thrilled to land Amanda.
She is, I think, a standout in the movie.
We were really struggling with who would be right, and it just clicked.
And it just took me on this journey that I didn’t expect.
The big questions.PULCINI:How long can you get away with wrongdoing on earth?
What kind of forces bring that around?
It is in the book, and we definitely addressed it.
