Searchlight Pictures has set “Rental Family,” a dramedy set in Japan and starring Oscar winner Brendan Fraser, for release on November 21.
The film stars Fraser as a down-on-his-luck actor living in Tokyo who gets a job at a “rental family” company to play various stand-in roles in other people’s lives. In the process, he finds himself bonding with the families he is sent to work with and building surprising human connections.
The film also stars “Shogun” actor Takehiro Hira and Japan Academy Award winner Akira Emoto. Mitsuyo Miyazaki, who goes by the professional name Hikari and whose credits include the Netflix series “Beef,” directed the film.
“Rental Family” will hit theaters on the weekend before Thanksgiving, looking to build up word-of-mouth among arthouse audiences heading into a holiday period where it will share specialty screens with Chloe Zhao’s “Hamnet,” which will be released by Focus Features. The film will also be released the same day as the wide release of Universal’s “Wicked: For Good.”
More to come…
