Dust Bunny to premiere at TIFF, set for Dec 5 release

Bryan Fuller’s genre-bending fantasy film Dust Bunny, starring Mads Mikkelsen and Sigourney Weaver, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Tuesday and is slated for a wide theatrical release on December 5 by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. A trailer released online ahead of the festival debut teases a stylized, family-minded horror fable in which a 10-year-old girl enlists a mysterious neighbor to confront the monsters she believes killed her family.

The film follows Aurora, played by Sophie Sloan, who recruits Mikkelsen’s taciturn hit man after she becomes convinced a literal monster devoured her parents. The neighbor reluctantly accepts the job when he suspects assassins intent on killing him may be responsible, setting up a story that mixes real-world violence with fairy-tale imaginings. Sigourney Weaver, David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Henderson and Sheila Atim appear in supporting roles. Fuller wrote and directed the picture, which he describes as his feature directorial debut.

Fuller produced Dust Bunny with Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee; additional production partners include Entertainment One and Thunder Road. The project has been described by its backers...