A week after writer-director Ian Tuason wrapped Undertone, he called his own shot.
At the time, the Filipino-Canadian filmmaker and a production team were assembling an electronic press kit (EPK) to aid festival submissions and eventual distribution for his half-a-million dollar horror movie. The sound design-driven tale chronicles a paranormal podcaster (Nina Kiri’s Evy) who helps unleash something malevolent through her show, all while caring for her terminally ill mother. During an interview for the EPK in February 2025, Tuason predicted what would actually transpire that August when A24 purchased his feature directorial debut in a mid-seven-figure deal.
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“I’m on record saying that we’re going to sell to either A24 or Neon. I also said the dollar amount, and I was right,” Tuason tells The Hollywood Reporter in support of Undertone’s March 13 theatrical release. “It’s in the EPK. There’s proof. A24
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