Amazon Studios announced on Thursday that it has picked up distribution rights to first-time filmmaker Andrew Patterson’s “The Vast of Night.”
The science-fiction thriller premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Midnight Madness category Thursday night.
The film, set at the dawn of the space-race, takes place over the course of one night in 1950’s New Mexico, it follows a young switchboard operator and a radio DJ as they uncover a strange frequency that could change their lives, their small town, and all of Earth – forever.
“When we discovered The Vast of Night, we were all blown away by this slow-burn, supernatural story and the spectacular filmmaking,” Amazon co-head of Movies Ted Hope said in a statement.