Dream Scenario movie storyline. Nicolas Cage stars as Paul Matthews, a listless family man and tenured professor with an affinity for evolutionary biology and anxiety regarding his own anonymity. One day, he discovers he has begun to appear in other people’s dreams at an exponential rate.
As in life, his presence in these dreams is banal and non-intrusive — he’s simply there, staring indifferently at the fantasies and nightmares of strangers. Nonetheless, he becomes an overnight celebrity, and is soon showered with the attention he has long been denied. But when Paul encounters a dreamer whose visions of him differ substantially from the norm, he finds himself grappling with the Faustian bargain of fame as his dream-selves start inexplicably becoming violent within their respective subconsciousnesses.
Dream Scenario is an upcoming American comedy film written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli. It stars Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula and Dylan Baker. It is produced by Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner, alongside Cage, Jacob Jaffke and Tyler Campellone.
Principal photography commenced in Toronto in October 2022 and wrapped that November. Dream Scenario is set to premiere as the opening film in the Platform Prize program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2023. It was released by A24 on November 10, 2023.
Dream Scenario (2023)
Directed by: Kristoffer Borgli
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Jessica Clement, Sofia Banzhaf, Jennifer Wigmore, Domenic Di Rosa, Lily Bird
Screenplay by: Kristoffer Borgli
Production Design by: Zosia Mackenzie
Cinematography by: Benjamin Loeb
Film Editing by: Kristoffer Borgli
Costume Design by: Natalie Bronfman
Set Decoration by: Brittany Morrison
Art Direction by: John O’Regan
Music by: Owen Pallett
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: A24 Films
Release Date: September 9, 2023 (TIFF), November 10, 2023
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