Director Richard Bates Jr. (Excision, Suburban Gothic) will have his next project, ‘Tone-Deaf‘ in theaters on August 23, 2019.

The film recently made its debut at the SXSW Film Festival and will be released by Saban Films. Amanda Crew (The Haunting In Connecticut) plays ‘Olive,’ a millennial who recently left the city for a weekend of peace in the country after losing her job and her latest dysfunctional relationship falling apart.

She rents a country home from Harvey, played by Robert Patrick (Termindator 2: Judgement Day), who is an old-fashioned widower with psychopathic tendencies. The film is produced by Circle of Confusion’s Lawrence Mattis, Brad Mendelsohn and Matt Smith. Also, Brion Hambel and Paul Jensen of Best Medicine Productions also produce.

James C. Walker and Andrew Brown of Lightning Entertainment, as well as James Swarbrick of Hindsight Media – along with James Scott, Tim Smith and Tracey McCarrick will executive produce.