Indie distributor IFC has date with "Hideous Men"

LOS ANGELES – Actor John Krasinski's directorial debut, "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men," has secured U.S. distribution in a deal with IFC Films. Krasinski also wrote and stars in the dark comedy, based on the book by David Foster Wallace.

"Interviews," which premiered at the Sundance festival in January, stars Julianne Nicholson as a graduate student interviewing a series of men for her thesis project. Krasinski plays one of the interview subjects, alongside Will Arnett, Dominic Cooper, Bobby Cannavale, Timothy Hutton, Christopher Meloni, Max Minghella and Ben Shenkman. The film was produced by Krasinski, Eva Kolodner, Yael Melamede and James Suskin and exec produced by Kevin Connors.

IFC will release "Hideous Men" on September 25 in theaters and as a video-on-demand offering. The film also will go through IFC's exclusive DVD rental deal with Blockbuster.