Amazon MGM Studios’ psychological drama After the hunt from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Luca Guadagnino arrives on Prime Video on November 20, representing a 41-day window of streaming cinema.
The R-rated film, which made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, follows a college professor (Julia Roberts) who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when a star student (Ayo Edebiri) makes an accusation against one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield), and a dark secret from her own past threatens to be revealed. Nora Garrett wrote the film.
The production reportedly cost between $70 and $80 million, but it did not perform well at the box office, grossing only $3.2 million in the United States, with a current offshore taking of less than $6 million. After the hunt opened on October 10 in a limited edition before expanding widely.
Producers are Brian Grazer, Guadagnino, Jeb Brody and Allan Mandelbaum. The EPs are Karen Lunder, Justin Wilkes, Alice Dawson and Garrett. The film also stars Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sévigny.
It was recently announced that After the huntGuadagnino and star Julia Roberts are selected to receive the 2025 Gotham Awards Visionary Tribute at the 35th Annual Gotham Film Awards on December 1.
The Visionary Tribute recognizes “groundbreaking collaborations that push the boundaries of cinematic storytelling,” said organizer Gotham Film & Media Institute. Last year, James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet received the honor for A complete stranger.
Guadagnino prepares another production with Amazon MGM Studios, the AI feature Artificialwhich features his Bones and all star Mary Rylance, as well as Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Billie Lourd, Jason Schwartzman, Cooper Koch, Cooper Hoffman and Ike Barinholtz. Official plot details are being kept under wraps, although the film is billed as a comedic drama set in the world of artificial intelligence.
