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A small mountain lake town is consumed by chaos in the new trailer for Mary C. Russell's The Otherkind!

"Labranche Productions and director Mary C. Russell have released the first-look trailer for The Otherkind, a new film which chronicles a mountain lake town that descends into anarchy as residents start to change. The suspenseful story marks the feature directing debut of Mary C. Russell, whose short films have screened worldwide. Her acclaimed slasher short, Carved, is available on Shudder.

The Otherkind is written and directed by Mary C. Russell. Caroline O'Meara produced and Gary Labranche and Karen Labranche executive produced. The village is populated by cast members Marc Anthony Samuel, Lestonja Diaz, Rebekah Kennedy, Paris Dylan, Muneeb Rehman, Laura Dromerick, Luciana Faulhaber, Caroline O'Meara, Jeff Pride, and Madonna Young-Magee.

As the film prepares for its debut, Russell shared, "When I wrote the first draft several years ago, I was...

With exactly one week left until its launch, Quibi has put four new shows in development, Variety has learned exclusively.

Among the additions to to the platform’s swelling slate are an animated comedy from “Curb Your Enthusiasm” writer Steve Leff, and a thriller from “A Discovery of Witches” showrunner Kate Brooke.

The Leff-created comedy is called “God’s Assistant, Emily,” and follows the trials and tribulations of Emily, an assistant to a blundering boss who happens to be God. The series will focus on Emily’s frantic struggles to ensure that her buffoonish boss doesn’t make our human lives miserable down here, and Emily and her co-workers’ lives up there.

ShadowMachine, one of the production houses behind “BoJack Horseman” and Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming stop-motion “Pinocchio” feature, is set to produce the series.

Meanwhile Brooke’s prospective show is a London-set drama called “Holland Park.” It centers...