Excellent Cadaver is an American film and television

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founded by actress

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History

In 2018, Excellent Cadaver was founded by actress

. Lawrence will produce with her producing partner, Justine Polsky. In October 2018, it was announced that the company had signed a

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with Makeready, who will finance and produce independently with Excellent Cadaver, or through Makeready's finance and production deals with

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and

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. According to a Facebook post in November 2022, animator and filmmaker Don Herzfeldt was approached by Lawrence to create an animated logo for the company. The logo was featured in the company's first feature film, ''

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''.

Filmography

In development

* ''Burial Rites'' (with

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) * ''Die, My Love'' * ''Mob Girl'' (with Makeready) * ''Project Delirium'' (with 2929 Entertainment) (to be directed by

) * ''Untitled Jennifer Lawrence/

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Project'' * ''Zelda''

In production

* ''Bad Blood'' (with

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, and

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) * '' No Hard Feelings'' (with

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) * ''Sue'' (with Picturestart and Apple Studios)

Released

* ''

'' (with IAC Films and

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)

References

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External links

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