For those who don’t know, Rob’s production company Icki Eneo Arlo produced the recent film “Rotting in the Sun”. Rob recently interview the star Jordan Firstman for Interview Magazine. Below is the interview conducted over Zoom:

“Jordan Firstman is in his movie star era. The 32-year-old writer and comedian got famous by posting during lockdown, mostly in the form of impressions and character sketches on his Instagram page. But talent that big can’t be contained to an iPhone screen, which led Firstman, who was getting bored of social media fame anyway, to his first starring role in the Sebastián Silva-directed Rotting in the Sun. In the sex-and-ketamine powered dark comedy, Firstman and Silva play versions of themselves in a sort-of retelling of how they first met on a gay beach in Mexico. What follows is a dead-on satire of a world where clout-chasing and creativity collide—to reveal any more would spoil the experience (you can watch it on Mubi). One person who loved it was Robert Pattinson, who signed on as a producer through his company Icki Eneo Arlo shortly before the movie’s Sundance premiere. A few weeks ago, he joined Firstman on Zoom to ask about social media fame, courting controversy, and gay sex.

JORDAN FIRSTMAN: Hey, what’s up?

ROBERT PATTINSON: How’s it going?

FIRSTMAN: Are you still in London?

PATTINSON: Yeah. I’m so brain foggy. I feel like I’m jet lagged, but I’m not. Are you in L.A.?

FIRSTMAN: I’m back in L.A. 

PATTINSON: Is this the first time you’re promoting something in a conventional movie sense?

FIRSTMAN: Yeah. I’ve done traditional press before, but I’ve never had to talk about the same project to 50 different outlets and be asked the same questions over and over again. No one teaches you how to do that.

PATTINSON: I was thinking that this morning while doing my research for this interview, which was looking at your Instagram when I was on the toilet for about five minutes. [Laughs]

We reported back in January 2023 that Rob’s production company was involved with “Rotting in the Sun”. Rob attended MUBI In Partnership With BUTT Magazine Presents UK Premiere Of “Rotting In The Sun” on 8 September 2023. Here’s some lovely photos – I feel like it’s been ages since we saw Rob on a red carpet. That’s Jason Firstman, writer of the film.

19 January 2023

Deadline has confirmed Rob’s production company is now involved with Sebastian Silva’s black comedy “Rotting in the Sun”. I wonder if Rob will show up at Sundance this year?

Robert Pattinson’s production company Icki Eneo Arlo and LA-based independent production company Spacemaker Productions have joined the filmmaking team for Sebastian Silva’s outrageous black comedy Rotting In The Sun, starring Silva and comedian Jordan Firstman.

Rotting In The Sun, produced by Hidden Content, The Lift, and in association with Caffeine Post, will have its world premiere at Sundance 2023 in the Premieres section. This is Silva’s fifth time back at Sundance, where he’s previously won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize and Directing Award. Range Select is handling domestic sales. 

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“We’re beyond thrilled to welcome Icki Eneo Arlo and Spacemaker Productions to the incredible team who made this wild film possible. We can’t wait to premiere at Sundance.” says producer of Rotting In The Sun, and co-founder of Hidden Content, Jacob Wasserman.

IMDbPro have also updated – exciting to see Rob’s production company finally involved with a project.

IndieWire announced the jurors for this year’s Sundance Film Festival being held in Park City, Utah, between 19 and 29 January 2023. And although Rob doesn’t have any films being screened, Indiewire gave this interesting little tidbit about juror Marie-Louise Khondji (who is also the daughter of cinematographer Darius Khondji [The Lost City of Z and Mickey17]):

Marie-Louise Khondji is the founder of Le Cinéma Club — a free, curated streaming platform presenting one film a week, with an emphasis on short formats. Prior to Le Cinéma Club, she worked in film production and distribution. She was an associate producer of Josh and Benny Safdie’s “Heaven Knows What” (2014) and Antonio Campos’ “Simon Killer” (2012). She is currently working with Robert Pattinson on his new production company.