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''Daniel's Gotta Die'' is a 2022 Canadian
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directed by Jeremy LaLonde and written by Matthew Dressel. The film stars
Joel David Moore Joel David Moore (born September 25, 1977) is an American character actor and director. Born and raised in Portland, Oregon, Moore studied acting in college before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a film career. His first major role was as Owen ...
, Jason Jones,
Mary Lynn Rajskub Mary Lynn Rajskub () is an American actress and comedian who is best known for portraying Chloe O'Brian in the action thriller series '' 24'' and Gail the Snail in ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''. Rajskub was a regular cast member on HBO' ...
,
Carly Chaikin Carly Chaikin is an American actress. Her acting career began in 2009 and she received her breakout role two years later, co-starring as Dalia Royce in the ABC sitcom ''Suburgatory''. She played the role until the series' cancellation in 2014, ...
,
Chantel Riley Chantel Riley (born 27 June 1986) is a Jamaican Canadian actress. Riley made her stage debut in 2011 playing the character of Nala in a German production of ''The Lion King'' in Hamburg. The following year she played the same character on Bro ...
,
Iggy Pop James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster. He was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band the Stooges, who were formed in 1 ...
, and
Bob Saget Robert Lane Saget (May 17, 1956 – January 9, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, and television host. He portrayed Danny Tanner on the sitcom ''Full House'' (1987–1995) and its sequel '' Fuller House'' (2016–2020). ...
. It is Saget's final film, released posthumously.


Plot

Daniel Powell's plan to reconnect with his siblings hits a snag when he discovers they all want to kill him for his inheritance. As the brothers and sisters are forced to spend the weekend together at the family beach house on the Cayman Islands, one thing becomes painfully clear: Daniel's going to find out what family means, even if it kills him.


Cast


Production

The screenplay was originally titled ''Killing Daniel'' and written by Dressel in 2011. It was originally slated to enter production in 2015, with
Bill Duke William Henry Duke Jr. (born February 26, 1943) is an American actor, director, and producer. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres often as a character related to law enforcement. As a ...
directing a primarily
African-American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...
cast, but was not completed at that time. After LaLonde signed on as director, the film re-entered production in 2021, under the title ''Blue Iguana''.
Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...
began on the island of
Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the territory's capital, George Town, Cayman Islands, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles (121 km) southwest of L ...
on March 8, 2021 and concluded on April 2, 2021.


Release

''Daniel's Gotta Die'' premiered at the
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on October 28, 2022.


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* 2022 films 2022 comedy films 2022 independent films 2022 thriller films 2020s Canadian films 2020s comedy thriller films 2020s English-language films Canadian comedy thriller films Canadian independent films English-language Canadian films Films about dysfunctional families Films about inheritances Films directed by Jeremy Lalonde Films set in the Cayman Islands Films shot in the Cayman Islands English-language independent films English-language comedy thriller films {{2020s-Canada-film-stub