Imogen Poots, Anton Yelchin enter Jeremy Saulnier’s Green Room

Last Updated on August 2, 2021

One of the best films I've seen all year is Jeremy Saulnier's BLUE RUIN, a tense revenge thriller filled with captivating performances and excellent storytelling that put Saulnier on my 'directors to watch' list. Back in May we learned that Saulnier was set to write and direct the punks vs. skinheads thriller GREEN ROOM and now we've learned that the film has begun to cast up, adding FRIGHT NIGHT hottie Imogen Poots and ODD THOMAS star Anton Yelch.

Also joining the cast of GREEN ROOM is Alia Shawkat ("Arrested Development"), Callum Turner, Joe Cole ("Peaky Blinders"), BLUE RUIN's Macon Blair, and Mark Webber ("Laggies").

GREEN ROOM centers on…

…a punk band, headlined by Yelchin’s character, who witnesses a murder at one of their shows in a middle-of-nowhere venue. They find themselves locked in the green room and targeted for death by a gang of racist skinheads.

Poots will play a skinhead whose friend is the one whose death sets the action in motion and who joins forces with the band.

Broad Green Pictures will produce and finance Jeremy Saulnier’s GREEN ROOM alongside Filmscience, with the film slated to go into production this month in Portland. Anish Savjani and Neil Kopp of Filmscience will produce with BGP’s Victor Moyers. Gabriel and Daniel Hammond will be executive producing.

Imogen Poots