At the start of this year, we heard that Babak Anvari, the director who earned a lot of positive attention with his feature directorial debut Under the Shadow but had a bit of a sophomore slump with his second film Wounds, had wrapped production on this third feature, a neo-noir thriller called I Came By. Now a trailer for I Came By has arrived online – you can check it out in the embed above – and along with that trailer comes the news that the film will be available to watch on the Netflix streaming service as of August 31st!
Scripted by Anvari and Namsi Khan (His Dark Materials), I Came By has the following synopsis:
A pair of rebellious, young graffiti writers, Toby (George Mackay) and Jay (Percelle Ascott) regularly target the homes of the U.K.’s wealthy elite and ruling class. When Toby breaks into the home of renowned former High Court Judge Sir Hector Blake (Hugh Bonneville) he discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.
The film stars George Mackay (1917), Percelle Ascott (The Innocents), Hugh Bonneville (Paddington), Kelly Macdonald (No Country for Old Men), and Varada Sethu (Strike Back).
I Came By is one of the first titles on the new UK film slate at Netflix, which was commissioned by Director Of UK Features Fiona Lamptey with the intention of developing distinctive British productions. The film was produced by Lucan Toh for Two and Two Pictures. Film4 and New Regency developed the project and executive produce alongside XYZ. In addition to working with Netflix on this movie, Anvari and Toh have also renewed their first look TV deal with AMC Studios, a deal they first signed in 2017. Anvari hasn’t had a show air on AMC yet, but he was an executive producer and director on the Hulu series Monsterland.
I liked Under the Shadow enough that I’ll watch anything Anvari makes. I wasn’t a fan of Wounds, but hopefully I Came By will be a step up from that one.
What did you think of the trailer for I Came By? Does this look like a movie you’ll be watching? Share your thoughts on this one by leaving a comment below. Here’s the poster for you to take a look at while you’re scrolling down: