An aspiring documentary filmmaker comes across an unsolved murder and decides it’s time to make a true crime documentary. Things don’t go according to plan and the filmmaker is eventually arrested and forced to face the realities of the entertainment industry.
Killer Whales stars Wyatt Bunce, Greg Vrotsos, Anthony Carrigan, Kristin Couture, Michael Cognata, Thom Reidy, Kiel Kennedy, Adam Blodgett, and Harry Dreyfuss. It’s directed by Willow Hamilton and written by Bunce, who both serve as producers alongside Reidy. It comes to us from Gravitas Ventures and is set to release on July 26, 2022.
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Ahead of the release of Killer Whales, we have an exclusive trailer to premiere. “Hi, I’m Donny Wunder. In 2013, I set out on an artistic journey,” begins the trailer. “I made a documentary about the murder of artist David Hackneyed… The wounds suggest a butter knife. It had the potential to be a great film, in the spirit of timeless classics such as The Jinx, The Makings of a Murderer, or The Staircase,” it continues, cutting to a shot of a man intensely staring into the camera. “It was set to launch my career,” says Donny. Cut to, “Donny, in a lot of ways this film is a mistake.” You can watch it in full below.
Exclusive Killer Whales Trailer
The official synopsis reads: When aspiring documentarian Donny Wunder stumbles across an unsolved murder, he sets out to make the next big true crime documentary. But as scatter-brained suspects and a tyrannical director wreak havoc on set, the production crumbles in spectacular fashion, culminating with Donny’s arrest. One year later, Donny and producers sit for interviews and revisit the failure that was Killer Whales. That’s when the shocking fraud that put Donny behind bars is revealed. This is a dark comedy about a naive filmmaker’s loss of innocence as he confronts the realities of the entertainment industry.
Killer Whales looks to include all of the typical documentary elements; found footage, first-hand interviews, conflicting points of view, etc., provided in excellent form for parody. Carrigan, who plays Squire Naljaimon in the film, can be recognized for his work on Barry, Bill & Ted Face the Music, Gotham, The Flash, and much more. Cognata is known for his work in The Young and the Restless and Chicago Fire, and Vrotsos for his work in Orange Is the New Black, Mayans M.C., and Twin Peaks.
Killer Whales is a production of Magpie Factory.
