The Man in My Basement
Synopsis
Charles Blakey, a man living in Sag Harbor, is stuck in a rut, out of luck and about to lose his ancestral home when a peculiar businessman offers to rent his basement for the summer.
Production Budget Analysis
The production budget for The Man in My Basement (2025) has not been publicly disclosed.
CAST: Corey Hawkins, Willem Dafoe, Anna Diop, Jonathan Ajayi, Gershwyn Eustache Jnr, Pamela Nomvete DIRECTOR: Nadia Latif CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ula Pontikos MUSIC: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe PRODUCTION: Protagonist Pictures, Good Gate Media, B.O.B. FilmHouse, Andscape
Box Office Performance
The Man in My Basement earned $2,942 in worldwide box office revenue.
Profitability Assessment
Insufficient publicly available data to assess profitability.
INDUSTRY IMPACT
PRODUCTION NOTES
▸ Production
In March 2022, it was announced that a film adaptation of Walter Mosley's 2004 novel The Man in My Basement was in development, with Nadia Latif making her directorial debut as well as writing the screenplay. Jonathan Majors had been cast as Charles Blakey and that he would also serve as an executive producer. In August 2022, Willem Dafoe joined the cast of the film portraying Anniston Bennet.
In 2023, following Majors's arrest in March 2023 and subsequent assault allegations, he was fired from the film. In January 2024, Corey Hawkins was cast to replace Majors. In February, Anna Diop joined the cast of the film playing Narciss Gully.
▸ Filming & Locations
Principal photography began on January 30, 2024, in Cardiff, Wales.
[Filming] Principal photography began on January 30, 2024, in Cardiff, Wales.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
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