May 12, 2022
Starring Karen Gillan and Aaron
Paul, Dual follows a woman (Gillan) who has to
fight a clone of herself to the death after she unexpectedly
recovers from a terminal illness. Writer-director Riley Stearns
discusses how he crafted the film's out-of-this-world sci-fi
premise while staying grounded in reality: "I didn't want the
world to feel like this futuristic sci-fi space. I wanted it to
still feel like we could relate to it... It's like another
alternate reality where everything's the same except for this...
How do people interact with each other in a world where this
procedure exists?"
Stearns goes on to describe how he's evolved as a filmmaker since
directing his first feature in 2014: "I would say that
making Dual was the most confident and
comfortable I've felt on set... There are times where you second
guess yourself, and I still had those moments
on Dual, but I think that knowing that your
ideas have value, and trusting that, and trusting the people around
you, I felt like Dual was just that experience
that maybe... you wouldn't be the same person if you didn't learn
those lessons."
Dual is now available in select theaters and will be
available On Demand on May 20.
