Stars: Rachel Shelley, Wayne Brady, Heida Reed, Annie Cusselle, Rebecca-Clare Evans | Written by Stephen Herman | Directed by Natalie Kennedy
Combining two popular themes, an author struggling with writer’s block and AI run amuck, Blank is the story of Claire Rivers who can’t seem to put words on paper even as the bills pile up and the calls from her agent become more frantic. Finally, facing a one month deadline to either produce a book or lose her publishing deal she decides to spend that time at The Retreat, a high tech facility for the creatively blocked.
Her room comes complete with a holographic concierge named Henry and Rita an android assistant. There’s also a weird little device for Claire to attach to her head in order to stimulate her creativity. It doesn’t seem to help though as we mostly see her drinking wine and falling asleep in front of the TV.
Combining two popular themes, an author struggling with writer’s block and AI run amuck, Blank is the story of Claire Rivers who can’t seem to put words on paper even as the bills pile up and the calls from her agent become more frantic. Finally, facing a one month deadline to either produce a book or lose her publishing deal she decides to spend that time at The Retreat, a high tech facility for the creatively blocked.
Her room comes complete with a holographic concierge named Henry and Rita an android assistant. There’s also a weird little device for Claire to attach to her head in order to stimulate her creativity. It doesn’t seem to help though as we mostly see her drinking wine and falling asleep in front of the TV.
- 12/22/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
"I cannot open the door until your work is completed." Brainstorm Media has debuted an official trailer for an indie sci-fi thriller titled Blank, yet another Artificial Intelligence goes rogue and turns violent horror film. There's so many of these A.I. horror films these days I don't know why they keep making them when it's pretty much always the same story. The big difference with this one is that it also involves an android woman. After checking in for an A.I. operated writer's retreat, Claire finds herself trapped in her unit with a malfunctioning android. As her captor becomes increasingly unstable she has to outsmart the technology in order to make it out alive. Rachel Shelley stars as Claire, with Heida Reed, Wayne Brady, Rebecca-Clare Evans, and Annie Cusselle. This doesn't look as bad as so many other A.I. films, but it doesn't look that good either.
- 8/17/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Sci-fi drama “Blank” has wrapped filming and is now in post-production, with a first-look image released of the lead actresses. The movie stars “L Word” and “Deep State” actress Rachel Shelley, and “Poldark’s” Heida Reed. The cast also features U.S. star Wayne Brady, whose credits include “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Let’s Make a Deal” and “How I Met Your Mother.”
“Blank” sees a desperate writer sign up for a fully A.I. operated retreat to cure her writer’s block, but when an unforeseen software glitch occurs, she gets trapped inside her unit with an unstable android and no communication with the outside world.
Shelley plays the writer, Claire Rivers, with Reed as ‘the A.I.,’ and Brady as the “host.” Jamie Lomas, Bhasker Patel, Rebecca-Clare Evans and Annie Cusselle (“The Silent Child”) round out the cast.
“Blank” marks the feature debuts of director Natalie Kennedy and writer Stephen Herman.
“Blank” sees a desperate writer sign up for a fully A.I. operated retreat to cure her writer’s block, but when an unforeseen software glitch occurs, she gets trapped inside her unit with an unstable android and no communication with the outside world.
Shelley plays the writer, Claire Rivers, with Reed as ‘the A.I.,’ and Brady as the “host.” Jamie Lomas, Bhasker Patel, Rebecca-Clare Evans and Annie Cusselle (“The Silent Child”) round out the cast.
“Blank” marks the feature debuts of director Natalie Kennedy and writer Stephen Herman.
- 7/26/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
The company has been created by Bifa-winning producer Rebecca-Clare Evans and director Natalie Kennedy.
Natalie Kennedy’s debut feature Blank, a sci-fi film about a woman with writer’s block, will shoot from May 25 for nascent UK production company Kenmor Films.
Manchester-based KenMor Films is a new company created by Kennedy with producer Rebecca-Clare Evans. They previously collaborated on In Another Life, which won the Discovery award at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) on which Kennedy was the camera operator and Evans the producer.
Blank, which is written by Stephen Herman, is being financed by Templeheart Films. It is...
Natalie Kennedy’s debut feature Blank, a sci-fi film about a woman with writer’s block, will shoot from May 25 for nascent UK production company Kenmor Films.
Manchester-based KenMor Films is a new company created by Kennedy with producer Rebecca-Clare Evans. They previously collaborated on In Another Life, which won the Discovery award at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs) on which Kennedy was the camera operator and Evans the producer.
Blank, which is written by Stephen Herman, is being financed by Templeheart Films. It is...
- 5/21/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
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