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…the film succeeds in being an unnerving odyssey over one New York night. — Screen Rant
…Holland’s arresting and understated performance as an increasingly helpless man overwhelmed by a possibly imaginary woman’s sexual wiles — and by his own place in the universe as a Black man on a corporate, white-laid track to no place fulfilling — makes ‘The Dutchman’ a hypnotic watch. — IndieWire
…Gaines’ update of The Dutchman offers a hopeful thought — it’s never too late to change the narrative. — Deadline
...Andre Holland again proves he’s one of our most mesmerizing screen presences. — The Playlist
...the sheer creative gall behind the movie is worthy of note, making it a fascinating artifact of stage-to-screen translation. — Mashable
…a commercially appealing introduction to Baraka’s work. — The HollyWood Reporter
With just a few subtle strokes, the screenplay underscores how everyone here is fudging the truth a bit, and its restraint is the film’s quiet strength.— The Guardian
“The Knife,” the wonderfully tense directorial debut of Nnamdi Asomugha, creates a juicy moral dilemma whose consequences are slowly wrung out, along with meditations on race and class. — New York Times
It’s masterful in developing a gnawing suspense that permeates the film, and never falters in engaging us from start to finish. — Screen Rant
The tension is relatable and relevant, with complexities of truth-gathering added organically until a nice little pot of motivational stew is boiling. — UK Film Review
The overriding suspense here is largely created by watching truth become negotiable, and through the small, plausible distortions of the truth that people come up with when survival instincts kick in. — Slant Magazine
The Dutchman is ready to arrive in theaters.
Rogue Pictures and Inaugural Entertainment are set to release director Andre Gaines’ psychological thriller in theaters nationwide Jan. 2, 2026, The Hollywood Reporter has exclusively learned. André Holland, Zazie Beetz and Kate Mara star in the modern feature adaptation of the 1964 Obie Award-winning play of the same name.
The Dutchman centers on Clay (Holland), a successful but troubled businessman who attends therapy sessions with wife Kaya (Beetz) but soon learns that the therapist follows unconventional methods. Clay also deals with the potentially life-altering impact of a chance encounter with seductive Lula (Mara), whom he meets on a New York City subway ride.
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“The Knife,” the wonderfully tense directorial debut of Nnamdi Asomugha, creates a juicy moral dilemma whose consequences are slowly wrung out, along with meditations on race and class.
The investigative chamber piece is set entirely in and around a Black family’s home. Chris (Asomugha, as assured in front of the camera as he is behind it), a construction worker, is asleep next to his wife, Alex (Aja Naomi), when he hears a noise downstairs: an unkempt, middle-aged white woman has invaded his home.
With its twists and rug-pulls, “The Knife” makes for an absorbing drama, but it’s also deeply exasperating in that it feels less like a social commentary grounded in reality than an edgy play on emotions.
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EXCLUSIVE: Relativity Media and Inaugural Entertainment are set to release The Knife, a thriller marking the directorial debut of Nnamdi Asomugha that he co-wrote with Mark Duplass, in theaters nationwide on August 15.
Winning Best New Narrative Director and Best Cinematography in its world premiere at Tribeca, The Knife tells the story of a young family whose world is thrown into chaos by the unexpected arrival of a stranger in their home. As tension builds over one harrowing night, a determined detective races to uncover long-buried truths and the far-reaching consequences of past choices.
Asomugha stars alongside Oscar winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter), Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away with Murder), and Manny Jacinto (The Good Place). Also the winner of Deauville’s Jury Prize, the film is produced by Asomugha’s iAm21 Entertainment and Duplass Brothers Productions. Producers are Asomugha, Jonathan T. Baker, and Ami Werges. Executive producers are Mark Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Jay Duplass, Shuli Harel, Rao Meka, Chijioke Asomugha, and Akbar Gbajabiamila.
“EXCLUSIVE: Aldis Hodge (Black Adam) and Lauren E. Banks (City on a Hill) are the latest additions to the cast of The Dutchman, the psychological thriller based on the Obie Award-winning play by Amiri Baraka, which began filming under a SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement in September.
The actors join an ensemble that includes André Holland, Kate Mara, Zazie Beetz and Stephen McKinley Henderson, as we were first to tell you. Emmy nominee Andre Gaines (The One and Only Dick Gregory) is directing from his screenplay written with filmmaker Qasim Basir.
The Dutchman‘s producers are Gaines and Emmy nominee Jonathan T. Baker (Sylvie’s Love, The Banker). The film is financed by Gaines’ multi-platform media company, Cinemation Studios, and E.O.A Productions, which previously collaborated on the soundtrack for Gaines’ Showtime doc The One and Only Dick Gregory. Nicole A. Parke and Enoch K. Osei-Acheampong, co-founders and executive board members of E.O.A. Productions, are serving as exec producers. Kyle Townsend and Matt Rachamkin are also exec producing, alongside Joshua Blum and Han West for Washington Square Films, with UTA Independent Film Group repping sales.”
VOGUE: At The Public, The Harder They Come Sings Its Way to the Stage
“If the film’s original songs are still the best potted history of the Jamaican music of the era, the added numbers—whether mined from the same rich musical terrain of the time (it’s my long-held contention that, measured by either population or square mile, Jamaica’s musical contribution to the world is rivaled by no other country on earth) or conjured by Parks—only build on that accolade, and they’re rendered in a spectrum that ranges only from breathtaking to awe-inspiring.”
“THE ONE AND ONLY DICK GREGORY” NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY
Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary NOMINEE
iAm21 Announces new feature film, “The Knife”
EXCLUSIVE: Academy Award winner Melissa Leo (The Fighter, I Know This Much I True), Aja Naomi King (Sylvie’s Love, How to Get Away with Murder), Manny Jacinto (Nine Perfect Strangers, The Good Place) and newcomers Amari Price and Aiden Price will star alongside Nnamdi Asomugha in his feature directorial debut, The Knife, which recently completed production in Los Angeles.
The film written by Asomugha and Mark Duplass is a psychological thriller that follows a family over the course of one night, after a frightening event threatens to dismantle their household and uncover the illusions of their lives.
Asomugha is producing under his iAm21 Productions banner, alongside Jonathan T. Baker and Ami Werges, with Mark and Jay Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila, Chijioke Asomugha and Rao Meka serving as executive producers.
IAM21 INKS FIRST-LOOK DEAL WITH AMAZON STUDIOS
Sylvie’s Love star and producer Nnamdi Asomugha has entered into an exclusive first-look deal with Amazon Studios via his iAm21 Entertainment. Under the pact, Asomugha will develop and produce projects to premiere in theatres and on Amazon Prime in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. The deal follows Asomugha’s recent Emmy nomination for outstanding television movie for the Amazon Original movie, Sylvie’s Love.
Former All-Pro NFL player-turned-actor and producer Asomugha stars opposite Tessa Thompson in Sylvie’s Love. In addition to his Emmy nomination, the film has received numerous honors and multiple nominations, including “Best Movie” by the African American Film Critics Association.
“I’m thrilled to be joining forces with Jennifer Salke and the entire Amazon team. Since Crown Heights, Amazon has been an inspiring and rewarding creative home for me and they’ve consistently supported my desire to tell compelling and authentic stories. I couldn’t be more excited to continue our collaboration.”
In 2015, Asomugha founded his production company iAm21 Entertainment and partnered with producer, Jonathan T. Baker, to bring inclusive and diverse stories with mass appeal to a global audience.
As a producer, Asomugha has been behind projects such as the award-winning films, Beasts of No Nation, The Banker and Harriet, as well as the Broadway stage production of American Son.
