Cole Sprouse Thriller 'Vintage Violence' Lands Sales Agent Ahead of Toronto Premiere

Cole Sprouse and Kiko Mizuhara are heading to Toronto's Midnight Madness with Vintage Violence, and the film's already got heat. Best Friend Forever just locked in international sales rights on the thriller ahead of its world premiere at the festival—a solid signal that people are paying attention.

Director Eugene Kotlyarenko keeps doing what he does: building features around the chaos and dark corners of internet culture. This is his eighth feature, and WME is handling the domestic side. The fact that a sales agent is boarding this before Toronto even happens tells you something about the appetite for what Kotlyarenko's cooking.

Midnight Madness has always been the place where edgy, unconventional stuff finds its people—filmmakers and buyers who aren't afraid of weird energy. If Vintage Violence lands there and already has a distributor circling, that's the ecosystem working right. We'll see what the premiere brings.

Read the full story at Variety → https://variety.com/2026/film/global/toronto-midnight-madness-vintage-violence-best-friend-forever-1236841445/