AFM 2023: The buzz titles from North America | Features

A24 will be kicking off talks on Civil War, directed by Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation), an action title set in a volatile near-­future America. Kirsten Dunst stars alongside Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Cailee Spaeny, the Venice Volpi Cup-winning lead in A24’s Priscilla. A24 will produce with DNA and Gregory Goodman.

FilmNation will be talking up Halle Berry psychological thriller The Process, about a married couple’s divergent responses to a self‑help weekend seminar; Berry was attached before the SAG-AFTRA strike began in July. Tara Miele will direct, and Verve Ventures and WME Independent represent US rights. Novocaine marks the first production from Film­Nation’s Infrared label, set up to finance and produce potential franchises. Jack Quaid (Oppenheimer) stars as a man who feels no physical pain and must rescue his love. Dan Berk and…