Sydney Sweeney’s new movie Reality is picked up by HBO Films after rave reviews at Berlin Film Festival… in time to ‘qualify for Emmy consideration’
The rights to the Sydney Sweeney-starring movie Reality have been acquired by HBO Films.
According to Deadline, the drama feature received ‘rave reviews’ from critics during its premiere at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival.
The 25-year-old Euphoria star – who attended the movie’s premiere this week – was singled out for her acting performance.
Though a release date has not been announced, the outlet hinted that Reality will be available ‘in the near future’ and just ‘in time to qualify for Emmy consideration.’
Reality is based on Tina Satter’s play This Is A Room, which initially debuted Off-Broadway in 2019.
Going wide: The rights to the Sydney Sweeney-starring movie Reality have been acquired by HBO Films
Satter went on to serve as the film’s director and co-wrote its script alongside James Paul Dallas.
The movie is centered on whistleblower Reality Winner, who was arrested after she leaked information about Russian interference in the 2016 United States election season to The Intercept.
The film is centered on the interrogation at the hands of FBI agents that Winner went through following her arrest.
The former US Air Force member was eventually sentenced to over five years in prison in 2018, but she ultimately entered a transitional facility in 2021.
Development on Reality was revealed to the public last June, and Marchant Davis and Josh Hamilton starred alongside Sweeney in the project.
Physical production on the feature had already commenced the previous month and concluded after just 16 days of filming.
Reality eventually premiered on February 18 and it currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Sweeney spoke about working on the project during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, where she revealed that she regularly contacted Winner during the movie’s production.
![Rave reviews: According to Deadline, the drama feature received 'rave reviews' from critics during its premiere at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival; Sydney seen on February 18](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/25/07/68070481-11791877-Doing_well_According_to_Deadline_the_drama_feature_made_quite_th-a-2_1677310053157.jpg)
Rave reviews: According to Deadline, the drama feature received ‘rave reviews’ from critics during its premiere at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival; Sydney seen on February 18
![The 25-year-old Euphoria star - who attended the movie's premiere this week - was singled out for her acting performance; Sweeney is seen with director Tina Satter and costars Josh Hamilton and Marchant Davis earlier this month](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/25/07/68070477-11791877-Almost_here_HBO_Films_has_not_given_Reality_a_release_date_as_of-a-1_1677310053156.jpg)
The 25-year-old Euphoria star – who attended the movie’s premiere this week – was singled out for her acting performance; Sweeney is seen with director Tina Satter and costars Josh Hamilton and Marchant Davis earlier this month
![Focus: The movie is centered on whistleblower Reality Winner, who was arrested after she leaked information about Russian interference in the 2016 United States election season to The Intercept; Sweeney, Davis and Hamilton are seen earlier this month](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/25/07/68070479-11791877-Focus_The_movie_is_centered_on_whistleblower_Reality_Winner_who_-a-3_1677310053178.jpg)
Focus: The movie is centered on whistleblower Reality Winner, who was arrested after she leaked information about Russian interference in the 2016 United States election season to The Intercept; Sweeney, Davis and Hamilton are seen earlier this month
‘I talked to her about the incident, but also about her life, the people she knew, her home, just about everything I could learn about her that I could draw from as an actor,’ she said.
The performer went on to express that working on the movie, which largely followed the verbatim recording of Winner’s interrogation, left her with a lasting impression.
‘I definitely felt the weight of the importance of every word and every moment that was shared between these characters,’ she stated.
Sweeney then spoke about what she hoped to achieve for Winner with the release of the movie.
‘I hope that instead of reducing her to just a headline, or interpreting the case through a partisan lens, that this movie can offer a window into what this woman went through on that day,’ she stated.
![Just in time: Though a release date has not been announced, the outlet hinted that Reality will be available 'in the near future' and just 'in time to qualify for Emmy consideration'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/02/25/07/68070483-11791877-Spilling_the_details_Sweeney_spoke_about_working_on_the_project_-a-4_1677310053255.jpg)
Just in time: Though a release date has not been announced, the outlet hinted that Reality will be available ‘in the near future’ and just ‘in time to qualify for Emmy consideration’
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