One of the buzziest titles here at TIFF has been Dust Bunny, Bryan Fuller’s feature directorial debut and reunion with his Hannibal star, Mads Mikkelsen. Fuller is best known, not only for that beloved series, but other popular shows such as Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me, Star Trek: Discovery, and American Gods. For someone with such a varied resume, it’s no surprise his film is a genre-bending ride that is a hitman movie, a coming-of-age story, and a creature feature.
SYNOPSIS: In visionary creator Bryan Fuller’s (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies”) fantastical and wickedly inventive feature directorial debut Dust Bunny, a 10-year-old girl joins forces with her hit man neighbor to confront each other’s monsters.
Ten-year-old Aurora has a mysterious neighbor (Mads Mikkelsen) who kills real-life monsters. He’s a hit man for hire. So, when Aurora needs help killing the monster she believes ate her entire family, she procures his services. Suspecting that her parents may have fallen victim to assassins gunning for him, Aurora’s neighbor guiltily takes the job. Now, to protect her, he’ll need to battle an onslaught of assassins ― and accept that some monsters are real.
Joining Mikkelsen in the cast are Sophie Sloan, Sigourney Weaver, David Dastmalchian, Rebecca Henderson, and Shelia Atim.
Dust Bunny opens in theaters on December 5th by Roadside Attractions.
