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Normal (2025 film)

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Normal
Directed byBen Wheatley
Screenplay byDerek Kolstad
Story by
Produced by
Starring
Production
company
  • Odenkirk Provissiero Entertainment
Distributed byAmazon MGM Studios (Canada)
Release date
  • September 2025 (2025-09) (TIFF)[1]
Running time
90 minutes[2]
Countries
  • United States
  • Canada
Languages
  • English
  • Japanese[2]

Normal is an upcoming crime thriller film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by Derek Kolstad, based on a story by Kolstad and Bob Odenkirk. Odenkirk also stars in the film alongside Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Brendan Fletcher, Peter Shinkoda, and Jess McLeod.

The film is slated to premiere in the Midnight Madness program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.

Premise

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Ulysses comes to the sleepy town of Normal to serve as the temporary sheriff after the passing of the original sheriff. A bank robbery in Normal leads Ulysses to find that a criminal underground reaches throughout the entire town.

Cast

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Production

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Derek Kolstad had written a script for Normal prior to filming the 2021 film Nobody, and while working on that film together, he and Bob Odenkirk discussed the project and decided it would make for another good collaboration between the two. The script had action, but also Hitchcockian crime-thriller and mystery elements.[3] Kolstad and Odenkirk further developed the story to the final screenplay,[4][5] and the project was taken to the 2024 European Film Market, packaged with Ben Wheatley directing and Odenkirk starring.[6] Principal photography began on October 21, 2024 in Winnipeg with a cast reported in November 2024 that also includes Henry Winkler, Lena Headey, Ryan Allen, Billy MacLellan, Brendan Fletcher, Peter Shinkoda, and Jess McLeod.[4]

Release

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Among the companies that the film was sold to in pre-sales at the EFM included Sky Cinema for the United Kingdom, Amazon MGM Studios for Canada, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan Filmexport for France and Leonine Studios in Germany.[7]

The film is slated to premiere in the Midnight Madness program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Rubin, Rebecca (July 24, 2025). "TIFF Unveils Midnight Madness Slate, Including Bob Odenkirk's Normal and F— My Son!". Variety. Penske Media Corporation.
  2. ^ a b "Normal". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  3. ^ Roxborough, Scott (February 15, 2024). "Why Bob Odenkirk Is Ready to "Get His Ass Handed to Him" Again". The Hollywood Reporter. Eldridge Industries. Archived from the original on February 15, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Shanfeld, Ethan (November 4, 2024). "Henry Winkler and Lena Headey Join Bob Odenkirk in Action Movie Normal (Exclusive)". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on November 11, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  5. ^ Vlessing, Etan (July 24, 2025). "Bob Odenkirk's Action Pic Normal, Bryan Fuller's Dust Bunny Join Toronto Film Fest Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  6. ^ Roxborough, Scott (February 8, 2024). "Bob Odenkirk Reteams With Nobody Writer on Normal". The Hollywood Reporter. Eldridge Industries. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.
  7. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (May 2, 2024). "Bob Odenkirk Action Movie Normal Pre-Sells Around The World". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Archived from the original on May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
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