Jeremy Saulnier is heading back into the wild. The A24 filmmaker behind the brutal precision of “Blue Ruin” and “Green Room” has begun production on “October,” a new fugitive thriller that reunites him with A24 and builds on the momentum of his major comeback with “Rebel Ridge.” Imogen Poots, James Badge Dale, and Matty Matheson are the latest to join the cast alongside Jodie Comer and Boyd Holbrook.
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Filming is underway in Canada, with Saulnier once again writing and directing the project. “October” follows a fugitive navigating a deadly pursuit through the wilderness — a stripped-down premise that plays directly to Saulnier’s strengths: sustained tension, moral ambiguity, and a slow burn that culminates in violence.
After the success of “Rebel Ridge,” which became one of Netflix’s most acclaimed original thrillers and reestablished Saulnier as one of America’s most distinctive genre formalists, “October” arrives as a natural progression, “Rebel Ridge” turned systemic injustice into high-velocity social pulp; this new film looks to pare things back to the raw, elemental chase — a man, a landscape, and a sense that civilization is never far from collapse.
For Saulnier, who’s long built his reputation on low-light violence and tightly controlled chaos, “October” sounds like a return to the brutal minimalism of “Blue Ruin” and the anarchic dread of “Green Room.” Dale, fresh off the action thriller “King Ivory” and “High Tower,” brings that familiar sense of working-class gravity. Poots, recently seen in Apple TV’s “All Of You,” remains one of the most unpredictable actors of her generation, while Matheson — still best known as “The Bear” chef-turned-character actor — continues his surprising run of authentic, left-field turns.
With A24 backing, “October” is shaping up as another icy, human, and brutal piece of genre cinema — a story of pursuit, desperation, and the dark mechanics of survival. No release date has been announced, but with cameras rolling, expect “October” to hit the 2026 festival circuit as Saulnier’s next blood-soaked meditation on violence, instinct, and redemption.
