# Premiere of Courteney Cox film Evil Genius

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> Updated: 2026-09-13T21:09:37.000Z. Sources: 13. Developments: 2.

Courteney Cox premiered her true-crime thriller, ‘Evil Genius’, at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film marks Cox’s first feature film as a director in 12 years.

Based on a 2018 Netflix documentary, the movie provides a fictionalized account of the 2003 ‘pizza bomber’ case in Erie, Pennsylvania. The plot centers on a robbery involving Brian Wells, a pizza delivery man who wore a homemade bomb around his neck during a bank heist; the device later detonated, resulting in his death.

The film stars Patricia Arquette as Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong, the woman convicted of masterminding the robbery, and David Harbour as Brian Wells. The production also features Bill Rothstein, Christine Taylor, and David Arquette.

## Timeline

### 2026-09-13: Courteney Cox debuts ‘Evil Genius’ at Toronto film festival

Courteney Cox’s directorial thriller ‘Evil Genius’ premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, dramatizing the infamous 2003 ‘pizza bomber’ bank robbery case.

3 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/courteney-cox-debuts-evil-genius-at-toronto-film-festival

### 2026-09-11: Courteney Cox premieres true-crime thriller Evil Genius at TIFF

Courteney Cox returned to directing with the true-crime thriller “Evil Genius,” which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, dramatizing the infamous 2003 “pizza bomber” case.

10 sources. https://clstr.news/cluster/courteney-cox-to-direct-evil-genius-true-crime-film

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