Overview
- Next Life premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend and is being marketed to buyers as a festival launch vehicle.
- Distribution and sales are largely settled: CAA Media Finance handles U.S. rights, Rocket Science represents international sales, and Vertigo Releasing secured U.K. and Ireland distribution.
- The film stars Emilia Clarke opposite Édgar Ramírez with Jack Farthing in a key role and centers on a woman facing parallel-life choices without revealing plot outcomes.
- Drake Doremus says the story was inspired by pandemic-era life changes including a move to London, and this is his first feature in seven years that he calls the start of a ‘second act.’
- Music and atmosphere are central to the film—Dan Romer composed the score and drummer Femi Koleoso makes his acting debut—but early reviews praise Clarke and the jazz setting while some critics fault uneven romantic chemistry, especially in Ramírez’s performance.