TIFF Premiere
Mahershala Ali’s newest action drama will be making its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. It joins movies like I Play Rocky and The Debut. Stay tuned for our review on the film as our own Chris Bumbray will be in attendance.
Orion and Amazon MGM Studios has also now released a new trailer for the film that is significantly longer than the teaser and you get a better look at the story this time around. Mahershala Ali is a single father, but goes into action mode when he needs to protect his family.
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Orion Pictures distributes the film, which is a production from Two & Two Pictures. Joining Ali in the cast is John Cho, Abubakr Ali, Laith Nakli, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, and Giancarlo Esposito. The film also stars Adia and Jaheel Kamara.
The official plot synopsis from Orion reads,
“From writer-director Bassam Tariq, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother stars Mahershala Ali as Latif, a devoutly religious hitman who struggles to balance work, faith and fatherhood. When his wife dies, he embarks on a desperate journey across Houston to protect his children, confronting the forces closing in around him – and the beliefs threatening to unravel within.”
Bassam Tariq writes and directs Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Tariq is known for collaborating with Riz Ahmed on a couple of projects — Mogul Mowgli and the Prime Original series Bait. Tariq also produces with Lucan Toh and Babak Anvari joining him. Brian O’Neill is an executive producer on the film.
No Blade
While Ali chooses a blade over guns in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, this will be the closest we get to seeing him in the Marvel role, as he has recently confirmed he is no longer playing the Day-walker. When asked if fans can expect the long-gestating project soon, Ali answered, “Not with me. The best way I can answer this question is, when I look at what is for me, it was either this or that—and I’ll take this. No offense to them. I’ve been doing this professionally for pushing 30 years now, and one thing I’ve learned is that what is for you is for you and what is not is not. For whatever reason, that project is not for me. If they wanted to do it, we would’ve done it. So I have to move on, and I have moved on.”
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