#FIRSTLOOK: MUBI CANADA RELEASE DATE SET FOR “LURKER”

LURKER – streaming on MUBI – OCTOBER 10, 2025.

Synopsis:

When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death. LURKER stars Canadian actor Théodore Pellerin (Becoming Karl Lagerfeld, Franklin, Beau is Afraid), Archie Madekwe (Saltburn, Midsommar), and is the directorial debut from The Bear and Beef writer-producer Alex Russell. The film had its Canadian premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2025.

Writer & Director: Alex Russell

Producers: Alex Orlovsky, Duncan Montomery, Galen Core, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Archie Madekwe, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby

Executive Producers: Mal Ward, Matt Aselton, Alfonso Angoitia Legorreta, Gabriele Moratti, Lily Collins, Nicholas Wirth, Nicol Pone, Ben Shafer

Principal Cast: Théodore Pellerin, Archie Madekwe, Zack Fox, Havana Rose Liu, Wale Onayemi, Daniel Zolghadri, and Sunny Suljic

Score By: Kenny Beats, Dijon, Rex Orange County;

Performed by Archie Madekwe

2025 / United States / 100 minutes

ABOUT WRITER/ DIRECTOR ALEX RUSSELL

Alex Russell is the writer & director behind LURKER, which premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. He most recently served as a Co-Executive Producer on Netflix/A24’s BEEF, for which he won an Emmy award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series. And he was recently a Supervising Producer on FX’s THE BEAR. His episode – ep 207 – titled “Forks,” was one of the best reviewed episodes of television last year and nominated for a WGA award. He got his start as a staff writer on the first two seasons of DAVE – and was also recently a Producer on Hulu’s series INTERIOR CHINATOWN.

About MUBI

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