Severance Producer Joins Indian Fantasy-Horror Film 'Tongue' as Executive Producer
Nicholas Weinstock, an executive producer on Apple TV+'s Severance, has signed on to produce the Indian fantasy-horror feature Tongue, written and directed by Krishnarjun Bhattacharya and starring Sayani Gupta. He will produce through Invention Studios with Divya D'Souza, while Gupta also serves as the film's Indian producer. The project was selected for the Indo-Canadian Producers' Lab and will be showcased at the Toronto Film Festival's co-production market.
Weinstock brings experience from the acclaimed Apple TV+ series to this genre project, partnering with Divya D'Souza under his Invention Studios banner. Lead actress Sayani Gupta expands her role beyond performing, taking on producing duties for the Indian side of the production.
The film's selection for the Indo-Canadian Producers' Lab and its presentation at the Toronto Film Festival's co-production market highlight growing cross-border collaboration between Indian and Canadian film industries. This platform typically connects emerging projects with international financing and distribution partners.
This cross-continental collaboration could raise the international profile of Indian genre cinema, potentially opening new distribution pathways for fantasy-horror films from the region. The involvement of a high-profile Hollywood producer may attract broader audience attention and encourage similar partnerships, benefiting independent filmmakers seeking global reach. Industry professionals and festival programmers may view this as a signal of increasing appetite for culturally specific genre storytelling in mainstream markets.