UTA Signs ‘Union County’ Filmmaker Adam Meeks (EXCLUSIVE)
UTA has signed filmmaker Adam Meeks, the writer-director of the debut feature 'Union County,' which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. The film, starring Will Poulter and Noah Centineo as brothers dealing with opioid addiction, blends fictional storytelling with real-life participants from a drug rehabilitation program in rural Ohio. Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired the film for a theatrical release later this year.
- ▪'Union County' debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and received an extended standing ovation.
- ▪The film stars Will Poulter and Noah Centineo as brothers navigating opioid addiction in rural Ohio.
- ▪Meeks expanded 'Union County' from his 2020 short film of the same name, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival.
- ▪Oscilloscope Laboratories acquired the film for distribution with plans for a theatrical release.
- ▪Adam Meeks is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and a graduate of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
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